G-AWZK
I don't recall anyone stating that WW was expanding?
Yes people will have to either relocate or commute or leave the business.
bmi continues to have negative earnings and I think that all are aware that given a choice LH would have not bought the business had they had the option to walk away, equally it is common knowledge that they looked at selling bits or all of the business but the numbers weren't right for prospective buyers or LH
There are a lot of people on here that thought bmi & baby would have gone under a year or more ago, but hey guess what it's still here! They now are back to two 330 flying for bmi in bmi/star colours and have a number of 321 being delivered over the next 12 months these are new aircraft.
In the mean time baby have just 14 aircraft to earn a living from. When baby was expanding it was opening bases and adding aircraft and crews and peaked at around 20/21 aircraft. In the early days post LH it was envisaged that as group losses reduced then the fleet could be rebuilt and expanded, that still remains the plan, however the Arab spring and week UK Market has created more headwinds than planned, so plans have had to change. Given that it is unlikely that the group will move into profit before 2012/3 then there was little point in making that objective more difficult by propping up two small marginal bases in MAN & CWL. Whilst BHD raised a few eyebrows it is not a base, just a night stop for two aircraft and a W location for a lot more next year, sales of which are going very nicely
So expanding no , successful trying to be, being sold no, going bust no, got a plan yes, paying wages and bills on time yes, added to which a dozen or so new pilots have started their flying career with baby this spring, or as the Everest double glazing add says, now you wouldn't have expected that a few years ago, would you?