Originally Posted by
BA318
Who is going to book with a carrier that currently cancels nearly 1 in 3 flights. Regardless of the reason thats a big problem. And just under half of flights are at least 15 mins late. The compensation alone must be costing a fortune especially on cancelled services where passengers can get a refund and €250 compensation.
Indeed, the refund and compensation issue alone could drain the airline of significant funds. Apart from cancelling 1:3 flights, the timetable at BHD just isn't competitive with Emerald, so the only thing they have going for the are low fares. I have just had a quick look at BHD-LBA, both airline have fares available for Thursday morning for <£40. Emerald have 3 flights that day, flyBe one. Emerald have higher fares for the rest of the day and when they dont compete with flyBe. It doest take a genius to work out what's going on here....the only question is how deep flyBe's pockets are?
Have a look at EI fares for November and December on LBA-BHD on Sundays. Its over £300 each way on both flights. flyBe don't even fly LBA-BHD on Sundays. What Emerald looses on the sectors where they compete with flyBe they gain in spades on the sectors they don't compete on. flyBe don't have that ability. Or the commercial acumen to offer flights between NI and GB on a Sunday afternoon, a fairly peak time, in my experience.