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Old 18th Nov 2004, 16:36
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JobsaGoodun
 
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Jeeeez guys,

One thing at a time. Now the company is profitable they can move on to the whole fleet issue and address the 146. With the lease rates on these aircraft so low it would be foolish to think that they will exit the fleet completely anytime soon. Yes, I think we may see a reduction but Flybe have a need for capacity around 100 seats that currently isn't available elsewhere. The 146/Avro RJ still fills this gap well.

CaptJ - please read once more the link at the top. This quite clearly shows the impact on revenue that the Air France franchise and the charter operations have. Quite simply, they alone are not enough to cause any substantial drop in revenues should they be lost. Yes they are important but certainly not as much as they used to be.
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