Originally Posted by
willy wombat
Actually I think the Irish gentleman shelled out quite a lot of money to persuade you know who to take them away.
Sort true due to carried over debt- including some from other divisions ; that 767 was charged to them above typical market leasing rates .
Those Amazon jets weren’t and never have been appropriate for the European market , and especially after the flexible fares carriers arrived on the scene.
Work adequately flying from boon dock towns many lacking a regular coach services let alone rail connections (Greyhound and Amtrak make the UK services look positively luxurious and reliable by comparison ) into one or other US hub as life line services.
They were rather less suitable from Manchester/ Birmingham and Southampton when competing with the full sized 320/737 services of the EU mainline carriers, and rapidly expanding flexible fare carriers eating their lunch .
Still another life time ago now - we have voting adults today that weren’t even ameba back then.
Through is some circles the sour taste often lingers; then you sit back and see the massive explosion in range of destinations and indeed based fleets today compared to those of BA back in the day.