A slab wing pilot told me they could get 80 pax into sumburgh with the runway extention, which is an improvement but doesn't save the operation as a whole much. Currently they're using six pumas and feeding them with two 146s (they
can get three heli loads to a plane at scatsta). So, even if they put 80 pax on a plane and sent it to sumburgh they would still need to run the second 146 to get the rest of the pax up. Even if you were able to fill all 100 seats of the 200, you still need two planes to match up with six helis.
If Bristows restrict the operation to five S92 (only using 19 seats each) and somehow land a full 146 at sumburgh you could save money there by getting rid of plane. But that's a reduction on the current operation just to make the move to sumburgh cheaper.
I think...
