Originally Posted by Yer Man
This is a major threat for Eirjet.
The vast majority of their flying contracts are for other tour operators and given Eirjet's appalling performance track record it will be easy for Excel to pick off their business.
Excels record aint the hottest either.....its all those clapped out ex Air Atlanta 757 and 767s I reckon....the 737-800s cant be all that bad, surely?
My guess is that 737-800s will be used....the 757s will prob be phased out once the 739s start arriving....but you never know!
As for EirJet....most of their flying is for First Choice brands in Ireland. Excel Ireland would appear to be headed by ex Falcon(as First Choice trades in Ireland) people, so my guess is eirJet will loose a lot of business.