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Eastern '76' flight numbers
Is this not likely to be in preparation for switch to BE rather than T3 prefix, re forthcoming Flybe franchise, i.e. to then become BE76xx? Loganair's Flybe franchise flights used a 66xx to 69xx sequence, and Blue Islands utilise 63xx to 65xx. 76xx seems like a resonable option for Eastern, and doesn't conflict with any other Flybe flight no sequences? Any thoughts?
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I've heard Flybe are getting shot of Eastern's Saab 2000s which may have already been mentioned on here. I can see them eventually getting shot of the Jetstreams and before you know it a franchise arrangement will become a very quiet takeover.
Some of these J41s have worn several liveries over the years. Manx, Loganair, British Midland (G-MAJA), one or two BA, Eastern and now FlyBe. I hope the old paint is removed before the new paint is applied, in order to minimise weight gain.
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Eastern is very much more at risk in this battle than Loganair; and from within. Eastern has owners with an additional raison d'être and who may object to pointlessly incurring losses on an airline.
I would hesitate to say that Eastern is worth as much as £1 as a whole. Someone else might want to try their routes (I have no idea who; there isn't a good fit anywhere), but nobody would buy the company in its present condition.
I would hesitate to say that Eastern is worth as much as £1 as a whole. Someone else might want to try their routes (I have no idea who; there isn't a good fit anywhere), but nobody would buy the company in its present condition.
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I thought Eastern had stated from the outset that FlyBe was taking the commercial risk?
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Eastern is very much more at risk in this battle than Loganair; and from within. Eastern has owners with an additional raison d'être and who may object to pointlessly incurring losses on an airline.
I would hesitate to say that Eastern is worth as much as £1 as a whole. Someone else might want to try their routes (I have no idea who; there isn't a good fit anywhere), but nobody would buy the company in its present condition.
I would hesitate to say that Eastern is worth as much as £1 as a whole. Someone else might want to try their routes (I have no idea who; there isn't a good fit anywhere), but nobody would buy the company in its present condition.
Surely your base is where you'd have ' prestige routes '?.
Maybe they'd be better relocating over to Doncaster to one of those services offices to cut overheads and operate services from.there as a hub.
Leaving DTV And HUY With ABZ/NWI.
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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.
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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excuse my ignorance butvi this why the airline has it's base at HUY but only one route from.there in year upon year ?.
Surely your base is where you'd have ' prestige routes '?.
Maybe they'd be better relocating over to Doncaster to one of those services offices to cut overheads and operate services from.there as a hub.
Leaving DTV And HUY With ABZ/NWI.
Surely your base is where you'd have ' prestige routes '?.
Maybe they'd be better relocating over to Doncaster to one of those services offices to cut overheads and operate services from.there as a hub.
Leaving DTV And HUY With ABZ/NWI.
Why was British Midland (BMI) based in EMA when all their prestige routes were from LHR?
The answer is to base one's administration where office accommodation and general cost of living is cheaper.
British Caledonian proved such a point when for a period their operations department day to day managed the airline from a stand at the Ideal Home Exhibition.
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BMI is/was based at EMA because that's where it was born. You tend not to move your head office operations unless there's a very good reason i.e. significant cost savings. It doesn't actually matter where your head office is as long as the time zone isn't massively different from when most of your ops depart.
