QUOTE: "The company back in the late 80s and well into the 90s was run by accountants does that not tell a story or two it normally does?." UNQUOTE
Find me a Airline (or most other Companies for that) which isn't run by Accountants now a days?
Yes AUR did suffer in the past when they were part of a larger financial group, whose focus was not really on running or expanding the airline, just liked its cash flow.
MH may have history but some was related to outside events (9/11) that had major impact on the airline industry worldwide (Sabena, Swissair etc).
From the States point of view it was a no-brainer when BA announced they were to pull out - all eggs in the Flybe basket??
Inter-island. Hmmm. I believed that the passenger numbers have been falling in recent years as competition from the fast ferries has increased, and charges at the airports have climbed, which form a large part of the cost of the ticket. Perhaps AUR are happy for BCI to take on the task? Once the SD3-60 had finished the economics of ATR72 on these short sectors is probably dreadful, and they are too large?
AX. Well they don't seem to be making much effort with 3 Jetstreams - 1 IOM a day Mon-Fri, 1 JER-BOH (3 or 4 times a week) and a CWL on a Saturday. Do they have something in the pipeline? Oh do tell............