Originally Posted by spanishflea
Seeing as the Dash 8 fleet has been the only section of BACON other than LCY to have ever made any money this is unlikely to happen. Its the poor jet equipment that is the main problem.
Also consider the success of flybe with their fleet of Dash-8 aircraft. Unsure whether they still operate the Dash 8-300, but the Q400 has completely revitalised the company, and allowed them to comfortably compete in numerous markets alongside low-cost airlines flying bigger Airbus & Boeing jets. Surely BA Connect would want to phase out the ERJ-145 with more Dash 8s, rather than do the opposite, given today's price of oil.