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Old 5th Oct 2001, 13:28
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Mad Mitch
 
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Capt Veeclean

Where is this profit and how much is it that VEX have made since closing down VEI.
Guv is right VEX and the BCA have been a basket case for years and VEI was sacrificed as the easier option. The only reason VEX continues is the Sabena codeshare where SN were daft enough to agree to buy 82 seats on every VEX flight. Now that SN are terminal that codeshare is finished.
While the other low cost operators GO, EZY, Ryan were expanding routes and fleets VEX were reducing theres.
The only chance they had of competing outside the SN codeshare was VEI as a creditable option to the above. A good company wtith hardworking and motivated people with a good low cost base that was never allowed the opportunity to progress due to the idiots at the BCA and weak management in BRU. Just look at the BCA actions over the last few weeks with SN, they never change do they.

Also Capt, what was this money that was hemmoraging at VEI. If you look at the figures of the 60million Euro loss last year aprox 2.4million was down to VEI. In my sums that means the Belgys lost 57.6.
Get your facts right mate, theres a lot of us ex VEI guys out there with good memories of what the BCA did to VEI. Nice to see them squirmimg now. What goes round comes round.
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