Aer Arann
Aer Arann teams up with Etihad
Reported by The Irish Independent, 16th Jan 2009
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Originally Posted by IOMspotter
Cant work out how the Ethiad code share works on LCY IOM as I hadnt seen the Ethiad 380 landing at Ronaldsway or Lcy. Presumably its just a gimmik
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Fred it was born yesterday mother and child doin well.........
What's with the sour puss face, here's lookin forward to a fine healthy brute, next time you might give us a smile............fair play RE and best of luck!
What's with the sour puss face, here's lookin forward to a fine healthy brute, next time you might give us a smile............fair play RE and best of luck!
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hiwhack,
isn't sourpuss its dunno,
is sourpuss. So I guess Fred was just askin
. Good on you boys from over there for a ballsy move
startin a new route in January takes a lot of bottle
..and a few quid. Itll all look OK come march
isn't sourpuss its dunno, is sourpuss. So I guess Fred was just askin. Good on you boys from over there for a ballsy move startin a new route in January takes a lot of bottle..and a few quid. Itll all look OK come march
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early stages on the IOM have been positive. half filling the 42 at the mo but give it time and it'll be a success im sure.
I want RE to start a IOM-LPL rtn to compete with Maybe.
I would choose RE over BE anytime and im not alone.
Come RE and just consider it, the Manx have faith in you
I want RE to start a IOM-LPL rtn to compete with Maybe.
I would choose RE over BE anytime and im not alone.
Come RE and just consider it, the Manx have faith in you
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j41cac - As explained in other threads where you have made the same comment:
RE would be very foolish to compete on a route with such a large airline as BE, on a route which does not have sufficient passenger numbers. If the two operators had smaller a/c then this could be a possibility as the need for additional capacity would be there but its not.
It would be far better, as highlighted on other threads where you have made the same suggestion, to focus on the LCY service which would be a prime business route. This is where the money would be so they need to ensure they establish a successful link first. Not all Manx residents would be behind RE as you may think - take a look at their history and they probably have had a fair few complaints passed their way from IOM residents too.
If RE move on to routes already served, and I mean Manx2 as well, this could cause a few problems for them. They are fairly new to IOM in comparison to Manx2 and Flybe (in terms of expansion and number of routes from IOM) and as you will know it takes a while to build up the trust of IOM passengers.....I dont think it would be worth risking it whilst things are the way they are.
With regards to your own travel, why not use the boat?
RE would be very foolish to compete on a route with such a large airline as BE, on a route which does not have sufficient passenger numbers. If the two operators had smaller a/c then this could be a possibility as the need for additional capacity would be there but its not.
It would be far better, as highlighted on other threads where you have made the same suggestion, to focus on the LCY service which would be a prime business route. This is where the money would be so they need to ensure they establish a successful link first. Not all Manx residents would be behind RE as you may think - take a look at their history and they probably have had a fair few complaints passed their way from IOM residents too.
If RE move on to routes already served, and I mean Manx2 as well, this could cause a few problems for them. They are fairly new to IOM in comparison to Manx2 and Flybe (in terms of expansion and number of routes from IOM) and as you will know it takes a while to build up the trust of IOM passengers.....I dont think it would be worth risking it whilst things are the way they are.
With regards to your own travel, why not use the boat?
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I might agree with you Cloud1 but maybe in the near future if trust is restored in RE, then there could be or will be enough capacity for the 42 to do it.
We'll see, fingers crossed for an Island full of Monopolies.
On the other hand, the boat makes me green.
We'll see, fingers crossed for an Island full of Monopolies.
On the other hand, the boat makes me green.
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RE on some other IOM routes?
Aer Arann have expressly said that the future strategy is to scale down scheduled operations and expand on lease/wet lease arrangements etc, in addition competing is out of the question on IOM LPL or any other they gave up on these before after lengthy competition with Euromanx. RE then operated on their behalf.
I simply cannot see RE challenging BE when they do so much sub contract work for them. I actually saw 2 RE ATR72s take off in close succession from BHD last week, am I correct in saying that Re are still doing work for BE?
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I simply cannot see RE challenging BE when they do so much sub contract work for them. I actually saw 2 RE ATR72s take off in close succession from BHD last week, am I correct in saying that Re are still doing work for BE?
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A quick ACARS check shows that EI-REJ (the old EMX one) has been flying continuously for BE, mostly between BHD and GLA/INV/ABZ this last week.
As said over on the IOM thread, many in the IOM associate RE with 'start-stop' attempts to run IOM-LPL/MAN/PIK/LTN which were all aborted fairly quickly, for one reason or another, in much more prosperous times than these.
IOM-LTN was a particularly sorry tale where they swamped the the route with far too many seats, drove off the incumbent operator, then withdrew, killing the route completely.
Let them just stick to LCY and see if they can make that work. If they are still on it in 12 months, then maybe that will show they have the staying power to try something else from IOM.
As said over on the IOM thread, many in the IOM associate RE with 'start-stop' attempts to run IOM-LPL/MAN/PIK/LTN which were all aborted fairly quickly, for one reason or another, in much more prosperous times than these.
IOM-LTN was a particularly sorry tale where they swamped the the route with far too many seats, drove off the incumbent operator, then withdrew, killing the route completely.
Let them just stick to LCY and see if they can make that work. If they are still on it in 12 months, then maybe that will show they have the staying power to try something else from IOM.