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Old 20th Jan 2009, 09:02
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TuckUnder77
 
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Don't think so.

BT is leaving VNO partly due to VNO airport's pricing policy, partly due to lack of profit. In the end, it's a political pressure exercised from BT. Who will bring visitors to the European Culture Capital of 2009? Hmm.

Route network out of VNO has been reduced to a minimum, only 1 x F50 and 1 x B737 remaining. Both VNO MCC and VNO administration is closing down. CAs are made redundant, those who are not are offered positions in RIX. F/Os are offered positions in RIX. The same goes for VNO captains, working some three weeks in a row out of RIX before they have a home stay in VNO.

All according to a BT employee in VNO who I had the pleasure of visiting last week. Though BT officially has, as always, difficulties admitting publicly what they are up to and what is the future of their VNO base.
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