Swissport
bmibaby
Not spoken to my friend at Swissport recently but there were problems
on both sides. His gripe was the amount of late aircraft changes due
to tech or other reasons, which caused knock on problems.
I also believe that the "turnaround" becomes free if any delay is proven to be caused by Swissport and this aspect is contentious.
As an outsider looking in I certainly cannot think of any other airline
that has in the past changed aircraft so often for one reason or the
other. Whether this has been due to tech aircraft or routine maintenance I do not know.
Of course some would see this as a plus point as Flybe do seem
to have a spare aircraft available in BHX a lot of the time, thus keeping the pax reasonably happy, as there are few canx flights.
On the other hand I suppose handlers do not rota staff on the basis
that airlines are going to chop and change their aircraft so often.
I have to say I have always been impressed with Aviance at BHX
and was surprised when Flybe moved. I assume that the price was
right and some would say you get what you pay for!
I feel this one is going to run and run.
OltonPete