It owns Humberside, which I imagine is why Bristow wanted the company; they can do a lot with Humberside even if Eastern can't.
If it wasn't for that then I guess their natural base might have been Aberdeen. They're not the only airline this sort of thing has happened to, of course.
But will Eastern make a shedload of money in the next 20 years?
The thing going for it is that it is the rare example of an airline that benefits from high oil prices. The thing going against it is that it appears to be the airline of an era that doesn't exist any more; hence why it is trying to see if it can get in on Loganair's game instead. A tie up with FlyBe may be what it needs though; who knows. It may be able to pick up some of the sorts of routes that FlyBe would give up on because its plans are too big. But other than that it can't compete. Every time something starts to do well someone comes along with a bigger plane to take advantage of it. And FlyBe customers aren't used to the premium fares; Bmi customers might have had more patience for them.
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