Good post scott737
Re the 195s
I would tend to agree that it's odd to store aircraft and still pay lease payments but then bring in 3rd party contractors to operate on flybe's behalf which happen on occasion.
What's the answer, if I knew I would work in the industry but I don't !
However. Some bases are seeing good growth, example being NQY-MAN which is now going to run at 10 weekly this summer compared to 8 last year. However if they have spare aircraft wouldn't it make much more sense to operate morning and evening to allow day trips and decent connection opportunities at MAN ? Currently some flights operate within 2-3 hours.
If MAN & BHX are going to be the focus of BE routes shouldn't they in turn have decent regional connectivity and feed to connect to those banks of euro flights ?
cs