Its for a contract (Augusta - Westland) and contracts need renewing. Eastern are totally bereft of ideas when it comes to devopling new schedules. They have not come up with even one good idea for ASW. Nothing! CH and his team think that a good route is to link CWL with MME, ha ha ha!!! Two of the most depressed places in Europe and they think they will find demand, lol. The demand is there in the southwest but they lack the flare and understanding to unlock it. Why not try flying to a satellite of Amsterdam or Paris....they are closer than Aberdeen for goodness sake. Furthermore your car generally sinks when you try and drive it across the channel.
They also seem intent on pissing off any remaining pax by refusing to operate out of PLH during August. They have known for over a year that PLH Mil closes annually during the summer so why didnt the ammend the summer schedule before selling it rather than having to phone all the customers to tell their journey will commence 1.5 hrs early with a grinding coach ride?
Although Eastern have flourished in the 'noughties' there are another 2-3 years of this depressed market yet to come. Majority of Easterns schedules are very thin (just like majority of ASW's) and their business will unravel overnight when they loose an oil contract (just like when ASW lost LGW). Deja vu!!