Just what AF/Cityjet wanted to hear!
Got to hand it to the 'professionals' in Didsbury and Waterside...
Just a matter of time until flybe swallow the whole lot up.
BA didnt want a 'prop' fleet, so they got rid of the ATP and Dash8s. They got rid of the routes that these aircraft flew - to flybe.com and took a share in said airline too.
NOW we see that BACityflyer will take Dash8-400s! Whats the mainstay of flybes fleet? Rumour has it that flybe will in due course, take over the LGW-EDI/GLA route with 190s. Bring it on!
Think about it. Flybe have a FULL engineering base at EDI/GLA with spares for the Q400 and 190. Whats the cost / timescale of re-training the BACF engineers. Costings and timescales too for crews to convert...
BA has maintained its stake in flybe for a reason. Theres now another reason for keeping it and possibly upping it, and giving flybe some more work!