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Old 20th Sep 2009, 18:53
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Phil Brockwell
 
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When I checked their one way pricing it is similar to our pricing plus a brokers commission, but the day returns, 1 - 4 overnights are 30%+ more than our prices even from routes to and from Cologne -

It's obviously a model based on avoiding brokers commission and based on loaded sectors. If they are willing to guarantee availability they may take some Bravo / Diamond Jet clients from Netjets, but I'd be surprised if they could run more than 1-4 aircraft to any great level of utilisation.

Given the dire performance of Claret's investment portfolio, I don't see this working, the cash injections would be big and monthly if they even take delivery of 10% of the alleged orders.
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