Originally Posted by
Wycombe
Eastern seem to do a pretty good job at damaging themselves!
Logan offer a decent product/service but at prices that are just too high for a lot of leisure travellers.
Hopefully Flybe will find a niche here (initially) with more price sensitive leisure and business travellers that don't need to be on the early and late flights.
All flybe will do is make inroads into Loganair's existing traffic, there's not enough room for both operators to make a decent margin . If you want high frequency you need higher fares, some low fares WILL be essential for volume and are available. flybe's entry is an attempt to get Loganair off "their" old turf, there's no scope for both IMHO. How many times has SOU been round THAT merry go round now? SOU was also Loganair's turf back when they bought the Jetstream 31 and 41. If you want to serve SOU-Scotland you will need to offer 2-3 daily, the notion that flybe2 will simply serve the off peak leisure market is unlikely, it it more likely that one operator will leave the market.