Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
Would somebody be kind enough to explain why Emerald has both a UK and Irish AOC ? I understand a UK AOC might be required to fly UK mainland to/from Belfast... but if they have a UK AOC, why do they need to retain an Irish AOC ? Or are they planning to fly from the Republic to places like France ? Will UK-Ireland flights remain on the Irish AOC, or will they switch to the UK AOC ?
Apologies if this is obvious to others, but I'm trying to understand the overall business strategy
As a consequence of Brexit any airline with a base within the UK will require a UK AOC. Other airlines including Ryanair and Easyjet are doing the same, you may notice flights operated by Easyjet UK rather than Easyjet Europe, this depends on where the aircraft is based and under which AOC they are operating. In many ways it will appear as a separate airline on paper.
Emerald will have bases in both Ireland and the UK so will require both AOCs. Once UK AOC obtained we will see more aircraft transferred from the irish register to the UK reg.
Hope that clears up your query......