Let's wait and see, shall we!!
SkyAirWorld also hailed from the banana state and started out as a resources charter company, albeit with a more cost effective ERJ than the EMB 135/145 and then (presumably due to the revenue shortfall) expanded into RPT. As a consequence and in an impressively short time frame they spectacularly showed the industry what can be done with a "big fortune".
I seem to recall reading in a recent JetGo press release from either messrs JR or RG that as a charter airline they only flew when the aircraft costs were covered by the client's fixed price.
Publishing an RPT schedule and hoping sufficient passengers book to firstly cover costs and then hopefully turn a profit is a very different proposition. Perhaps this is why Aeropelican/Brindabella after very recently announcing their alliance/merger, then informed the market/industry of their RPT rationalisation in order to provide more turboprop resources to service an increased demand for charter capacity.
Time will tell of course whether there is any substance to JetGo being associated with this rumour!
The Oracle
Last edited by THE ORACLE; 5th Aug 2012 at 00:33.