A bit confused about the whole Skywork vs. Powdair situation at the moment. Appears Powdair are out and Skywork are in. A translated article today reads:
Skywork takes off flights from Sion. No connection with Powdair.
The Swiss regional airline Skywork Airlines expands its flight offer to Sion airport on 14 December 2017. From there the cities Hamburg, Bristol, Antwerp, London-Luton, London Southend and Southampton will be offered.
One thing in advance: In the last few days there was a lot of confusion in the industry, because Skywork product, which is unrelated to the Powdair startup.
"Skywork Airlines, with the addition of these routes, is loosening the market from Sion and has no contractual relationship with the 'virtual airline' Powdair. Skywork is the only airline available on the market airport, such as London-Luton, Hamburg and Manchester, and Skywork will be able to use the appropriate aircraft size" said a spokesman for the regional airline.
"Powdair does not have a code, because Powdair is not an airline (it does not have an AOC), and as a result Powdair cannot have any slots, there is no contractual relationship between Skywork and Powdair.
Skywork Airlines is a Swiss regional airline operating on turboprops of the types Dornier 328 and Saab 2000. The first type of machine is scheduled to be removed in the course of the year. Currently, Skywork is evaluating the influence of regional jets, according to a spokesperson for the Embraer 190, Sukhio Superjet
According to PowdAir they are in negotiations with SkyWork for them to operate on their behalf, but only if SkyWork can secure a jet aircraft for the operational period. So basically Skywork will operate the route this winter, with or without Powdair. Looks like they want to operate it by themselves.
In addition: "I can confirm that Powdair and Skywork are in negotiations," explains Stewart, "however, nothing has yet been decided and we are negotiating with several partners. We knew nothing about the flights of flights through Skywork. Possibly, this is a negotiating tactic "According to him, the flight times and slots were secured for Powdair - contrary to what claimed Skywork.
Last edited by tws123; 29th Jun 2017 at 12:59.