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I hope BMI Regional can sustain the route, and advertise it widely. Incidentally even the airport has only said the bare minimum about Flybe launching SOU-MUC, while they have been quite frequently promoting the BMI Regional route, suggesting they don't like Flybe's tactics either.
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whats the story with liege, has it been dropped, and does anyone know how the Munich operation is performing, in particular Brno which didn't last long operating under cirrus Airlines the last time around.
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Has to be the Dash 8? Most of the benefits of a jet but with lower operating costs. I'd imagine on most of the sectors that jet vs. turboprop speeds would be comparable.
Horizon Air seem to be going all E-jet so there will be some used aircraft coming on to the market soon. The Dash8 works well for Porter who have a similar commuter/premium set up as BMIr.
Horizon Air seem to be going all E-jet so there will be some used aircraft coming on to the market soon. The Dash8 works well for Porter who have a similar commuter/premium set up as BMIr.
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There aren't really many options are there? Other than more ERJ's. Quite a niche aircraft segment. Does the Dash have lower operating costs than the ERJ though? In which case the growth might be more palatable
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I would probably say E170 size aircraft which would give them a bit more range. Would be interesting to see how that would benefit their scheduled services or give more options for ad-hoc market.
What's the range difference between DH4-8 and E170/175?
We've seen BE add E175 and I think Eastern have picked up some.
What's the range difference between DH4-8 and E170/175?
We've seen BE add E175 and I think Eastern have picked up some.
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Notice that Montpellier is shown as a destination in the drop down box on BM's booking page. However doesn't say were the flight is operating from. Possibly another new route for BRS or maybe MUC?
BALaddy - Montpellier as a BMIR destination certainly sounds interesting. If it's going to fly BRS-MPL I'm wondering how a sub 50 seat jet on what is presumably a summer seasonal focussed leisure centric route (unless it's French domestic) would compete against a 150+ seat jets currently flying with Easyjet and Ryanair to Toulouse, Beziers or Marseille. Perhaps a MUC-MPL route has a better chance of profitability than BRS-MPL ?
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Given today's VLM news what's the current state of the BMI fleet. Mix of E35/45 and where are each based.
Is there capacity in the fleet or would any expanded route network require additional frames added to the fleet.
cs
Is there capacity in the fleet or would any expanded route network require additional frames added to the fleet.
cs
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Interesting as I was thinking the same as it would be a perfect opportunity for BMIR to expand from SOU to Brussels and Hamburg and possibly Frankfurt code shared with SN and LH.
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Given the loads that were reported, the SOU route must have been a rather large nail in the coffin of VLM, so I would not put any money on that... Even if the yield was spectacular, it cannot be that high high to make single digit loads work.
Realistically, the only routes that were apparently doing ok'ish were those from Friedrichshafen in Germany. And bmi regional had the opportunity to take these over just a couple of months ago - and did not. Maybe they were just late then, but it would require a two/three aircraft base and I am not sure that bmi regional has that much spare capacity
Realistically, the only routes that were apparently doing ok'ish were those from Friedrichshafen in Germany. And bmi regional had the opportunity to take these over just a couple of months ago - and did not. Maybe they were just late then, but it would require a two/three aircraft base and I am not sure that bmi regional has that much spare capacity