Scot Airways is a very much larger business and don't forget they started in Cambridge and based their aircraft there initially, so I don't think that is very a valid comparison in all honestly.
Don't get me wrong, I wish CWC every success, but I still feel that a fledgling, small company needs to have its commercial and operational activities in one place. What good reason is there for doing otherwise? If your aircraft is based away from your commercial base you are having to pay a handling agent at the remote location to do the operational/traffic activities you could be doing in-house. Crew training and maintenance etc. can also be a bind in those circumstances.
I've been there, done it, had the ulcers and sleepless nights so I'm simply offering advice from personal experience. Never complicate something that you could have kept simple.
Finally, has the market for the scheduled freight operation been thoroughly researched? I certainly hope so.
Last edited by Expressflight; 4th March 2007 at 10:14.