It is true Skytrans are heading to northern or central NSW in the coming days to announce they'll be taking over some ex-BNE routes?
What, are they going to buy Brindy out or something?
How can they announce that they are taking over the routes already? Do they have some kind of interim CAsA approval to add those ports onto their AOC forthwith without any sort of assessment? They may have pulled off that trick when Macair folded but surely with an audit just completed and 27 NCN's CAsA won't be too hasty in granting any approvals? Haven't they sold some of their aircraft and made crew redundant? Aren't pilots already churning out maximum hours creating crewing issues at the best of times? Can they fund the additional start up costs? And would Skytrans be willing to agree to an OTP KPI penalty system with the NSW government to ensure some OTP consistency rather than the current shambles?