Originally Posted by
BAladdy
Is there enough work out there for Scot Airways to run a profitable operation once the Cityjet flights to DND and EDI are taken over by the WX F50's??.
Dundee is one thing, they are the only operator to the city. But if Cityjet think that they can use F50s to Edinburgh and be competitive with BA's Embraers, they have got another think coming.
Scot managed to do well with the Dornier because it really seems like an executive aircraft (and Scot still provide a cabin service to suit, whatever the Cityjet corporate manual says). They are also speedy for a prop aircraft, and they feel modern. In contrast the F50 feels like a basic old plodder (which is of course what it is, a 1950s F27 with different engines). The F50 had to come off the Amsterdam route in similar circumstances once BA started serving there.