A planned Australian start-up, as yet unnamed, is preparing to commence passenger and cargo services in Nov-08, using E-170, E-190, ATR-72 and A300F aircraft, as revealed exclusively on peanuts.aero.
The airline, currently based in Melbourne, will launch service with four E-190s, followed by one E-170, and plans an extensive network covering Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Hobart and the Gold Coast. While slot allocation has been granted at all destinations, the airline will progressively launch its network, with an initial focus on Sydney, Gold Coast and Melbourne.
Wrong aircraft, wrong market, wrong timing.......Sounds more like a plan built on wishful thinking than anything else....Would be really surprised to see it go ahead.....Reminds me of kiwijet ........both will not come to pass.. it's all about capital folks and most start ups will find it next to impossible to raise enough to get off the ground let alone the war chest required to sustain services in the airline bus...the airline industry is a very bad investment for most... this would be even further compounded in the current economic climate... Although I'd gladly be proven wrong
