GUYS,
I AM SICK TO DEATH WITH THE CONSTANT SLAGGING OFF ABOUT MYTRAVEL AND OUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, YES WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS....BUT WHO DOESNT IN THIS DAY. TAKE A LOOK AT THOMAS COOK,UK SIDE JUST ABOUT OK BUT THE GROUP ON THE WHOLE MADE NEARLY AS MUCH OPERATING LOSS AS WE DID.
WHEN DOWNSIZING A COMPANY, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ANNOUNCE A HUGE "PAPER LOSS" AS U BEGIN TO WRITE DOWN ASSETS ETC IN ORDER TO RAISE CASH TO GET YOU THROUGH. IF YOU WERE RUNNING THE COMPANY AND CASH WAS RUNNING LOW,YOU WOULD DO EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY COULD TO KEEP A WELL KNOWN,QUALITY TOUR OPERATOR AND AIRLINE AFLOAT.
THERE HAS BEEN MANY CHANGES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND FIGURES SHOW THAT WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY AND PROFIT MARGINS ARE IN LINE....IF NOT BETTER THAN WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING.STRONG ROMOUR HAS IT THAT WE COULD EASILY BE BACK IN PROFIT BEFORE THE DUE DATE IN 2005.
AS FOR ALL THE SUB CHARTERS ON SOME ROUTES AT PRESENT, THE LEASED A330-300 FROM SKYSERVICE WAS TAKEN BACK TO ITS LEASE COMPANY AS IT WAS BEING SOLD TO ANOTHER AIRLINE, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY THINK THAT SUBCHARTERING IS AN EXPENSIVE AND COSTLY WAY TO DO THINGS.... THE COMPANY HAS ACTUALLY SAVED APPROX 1 MILLION POUNDS BY DOING THIS.
FLEET:
DC10-30 TO REMAIN AS A BACK UP AIRCRAFT WITH A SMALL PROGRAMME FOR SUMMER BASED IN MANCHESTER.
757'S WILL SLOWLY BEING PHASED OUT AND A321'S BEING BROUGHT IN INSTEAD.
767-300 WILL BE SPEND ALOT OF TIME OPERATING FLIGHTS FROM LGW / MAN ASWELL AS FLIGHTS FROM CARDIFF AND BIRMINGAM.
A330-200 USUAL LONG HAUL ROUTES AS WELL AS SOME SHORT HAUL....LGW-PMI/IBZ/MIR/PFO ETC.
SUMMER PROG 2004:
CAN ONLY REALLY SPEAK ABOUT LGW HERE BUT IT WILL BASICALLY BE A RE-RUN OF LAST SUMMER, NO NEW DESTINATIONS AS SUCH AND THE CANADA FLIGHTS WILL BE BACK TOO.
THE PROGRAMME SEEMS SMALLER WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT IT BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT INSTEAD OF DOING 2 FLIGHTS TO ARRECIEFE ON A THURSDAY ON AN A320....WERE JUST DOING THE ONE BUT ON A 767.
UTILISING THE AIRCRAFT BETTER.
I DO HAVE THE SUMMER PROG RIGHT HERE IN MY MUGGY PAWS AND LOOKING AT THE LOADS SO FAR FOR AUGUST...I CAN SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF FLIGHTS ARE ALLREADY 1/2 FULL IF NOT MORE AND WE STILL HAVE 5-6MTHS TO SELL THE REST...I THINK WERE DOIN ALLRIGHT.
ALL THE STAFF AT LGW AND I KNOW AT OTHER BASES TOO WORK OUR BUTTS OFF DURING THE SUMMER TO KEEP THIS OPERATION GOING AND IT UPSETS ME TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE SLAGG OFF OUR HARD WORK THAT WE DO.
WE'RE A GOOD COMPANY TO WORK FOR AND HAVE LOTS OF FUN AT THE SAME TIME....I PERSONALLY....FEEL PROUD TO BE PART OF THEM AND WILL DO MY BIT TO DEFEND THE BITTER AND TWISTEDNESS OF SOME PEOPLE THAT COME ON HERE.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS THEN PLS PVT MSG ME AND THX FOR READING THIS POST BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO TELL PEOPLE WHATS HAPPENING IN THE "MYTRAVEL WORLD".
MANY THX
TJ747