Armavia/Astra/Air India
crewmeal
Not heard anything more about Armavia, still in the drop-down box on
their website but could not get any flights to come up. Until Christmas
the first flight bookable was 2-3 three weeks in advance of the date
of the search. As another week went by the closest date would be
removed and it would be another 2-3 weeks in advance.
Now I can't find a single flight although I did not try hard.
Astra
They are operating now but with 2 x ARJ's out of SKG but the site
mentions leasing in 2 x A320's. Perhaps they have seen an opportunity
and took it but these type of arrangements always seem worrying.
I assume it will have to be BHX based due to the different destinations
if they only have a couple of aircraft.
Air India
PIA's load factor varies from 75-90% but all O & D, where as AI had
the majority of the aircraft as transits ATQ-YYZ although I don't doubt
that if 100% of the seats were available for BHX-ATQ they would have
filled. AI's prices on ATQ-BHX were not the cheapest which is always a
decent sign.
Pete
Last edited by OltonPete; 12th Jan 2011 at 16:58.
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