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Old 27th Aug 2017, 22:03
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Originally Posted by tescoapp
There just isn't the market for it.

They did have a few more routes out of HUY and more rotations years ago in the Jetstream 32 days.

They were never near 100% load factor. I presume when they got shot of the JS32's then the J41 was just way to big to support them.

And now there are less oil workers positioning and do so less often to save costs the routes can't be supported.
And they'd also have to find airports, which are usually busier and perhaps more commercially aware, at the other end willing to humour the kind of routes they specialised in operating. A few years ago an airport like Edinburgh might have been interested in someone operating flights to Humberside or Norwich with 6 passengers each in the morning peak. Nowadays they might think they can find something more remunerative...
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