Originally Posted by
virginblue
The July 2016 planning permission states:
Any information if the required waiver has been granted?
If not, it looks as if Cityjet is in serious trouble then as they have no alternative aircraft type available. As far as I see it, Swiss has reacted by outsourcing flights to Helvetic's E190s.
Interesting sidenote: This will take away business from the likes of Jota and WDL that were the operators of choice with their 146s/Avros for short-term leases covering LCY routes. And this will also present airlines serving LCY with a dilemma when they need short term replacements for AOG or aircraft in maintenance. The only other aircraft that could be leased in is the Embraer 190 which, as far as I see it, is not offered by European ACMI-specialists.
I guess Eastern Airways with its ERJ170 will see increased business. BA appears to be already using them a bit for ACMI flights at City.