Re: BACitiExpress The final solution!
Just to put Tiggerific in the picture as regards the age of the aircraft in the current BACX fleet, the last EMB 145 was delivered in July of 2002 and the youngest RJ 100 was first registered in January 2001. So the fleet is not that old. But I do agree, the aicraft are not really suitable for what they are being used for.
Are lower fares the way to get more bums on seats? lets hope so. But if you have forty nine bums on seats at £25.99 each that ain't alot of money. Probably won't even cover the fuel cost, let alone the wages bill.
Larger aircraft that are more fuel efficient is one way to go. but hey we can't do that because of some agreement that says BACX pilots can't fly aircraft with more than one hudred seats, they have to be operated by mainline flt crew. So how can we compete with outdated, in-efficient and unsuitable aircraft. What we really need is a huge investment in new modern aircraft. Hail the A319/318. Only a few months ago mainline were bashing on about how fuel efficient their new 319's were compared to the aircraft they replaced on a certain route to somewhere in Europe and using some two and half tons less fuel.
Sorry, been going on a bit, just my opinion. BACX has suffered from a lack of investment in equipment, so lets have some. You can do all the rebranding you like. But as far the aircraft are concerned you can't polish a t**d.
All the best
BB
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