PIA at Leeds
PIA has operated for many years as a government owned public service. Nothing wrong with that in my opinion but it probably explains why they operate into LBA as well as MAN. This cannot be a cost efficient way to serve what is essentially a single market, but was done no doubt due to lobbying by the ex-pat communities in Yorkshire. If PIA are now looking at routes on a more commercial basis, bearing in mind the withdrawal of the A310s at some stage I think consolidation of the LBA services to MAN is inevitable. That's assuming MAN continues, of course. It would be fairly drastic if it didn't.
Last edited by roverman; 11th Jan 2011 at 20:52.
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