Loganair
It was only a matter of time until Loganair announced it was not happy with the way the franchise with BA was being managed. Its not such a good deal for Loganair afterall. Loganair is a great airline, doing what it knows best, but not getting whats best for it in return.
To start with as Mr Grier has already stated, no one from the new BA management team at Waterside (Waterworld) has called to introduce themselves or even say Hi... How unprofessional is that.
Next you have the problem in that BA handle Loganair at EDI and GLA, who themselves (ground staff) are not exactly impressed with orders from down south. In EDI the lack of staff available to carry out their duties ie meeting and boarding flights and ramp support staff with inadequite and unreliable equipement is disgusting. The crew are forever putting in 'Service-Reports' about the poor standard of ground handling - airside, which isnt cheap!
On top of that, Loganair who have a monopoly really, should be making rakes of cash - but are they? BA will take a fee for 'Being associated with us' and once again the highly inflated handling charges, as well as the 'High' fuel costs and all other associated fees levied for using airports and airspace etc.
Now, would Loganair receive every penny of the subsidy from the Scottish Executive if they were to 'Go alone', instead of sharing most of it with BA... It couldnt be any worse. I know that Loganair did exist on their own before and it didnt work out, but that was before the Scottish Execuitve, and that was when they operated a multitude of different aircraft: Islander, JS31/41, Twin Otter, SH360, ATP, Bae146 and briefly the F27 and BAC1-11. Now things are much simpler with a fleet of Saab 340Bs (still operate the Twin Otter too).
Heres an idea! Why dont they get together with BAConnect and create a low fares outfit serving the whole of the UK - SAABs and Embraers (Possibly the RJ) which would serve all areas of the country. It would save BA from scrapping BAConnect and let BA do what they want. (T5 to the big bad world as BA dont want domestic flights anymore). It could also create a better suited domestic airline tailored to specific requirements ie Highlands and Islands and domestic UK services. Value for money and staff that really do enjoy working hard for an airline.
It has to have some sort of plausability...
Last edited by tristar500; 14th Nov 2006 at 18:11.