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Well one place to start would be Embraer's own leasing subsidiary:
http://www.eccleasing.com/Pages/Embraer-195.aspx
but Nordic and GECAS would be worth contacting too. Many other options of course; maybe flyBE will prefer to sell one or two of their "legacy" E-195s rather than persist with some of the regional airport deals they have negotiated? Although those deals result in a sharing of costs, a sale may be more attractive.
http://www.eccleasing.com/Pages/Embraer-195.aspx
but Nordic and GECAS would be worth contacting too. Many other options of course; maybe flyBE will prefer to sell one or two of their "legacy" E-195s rather than persist with some of the regional airport deals they have negotiated? Although those deals result in a sharing of costs, a sale may be more attractive.
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I was under the impression that FlyBe now have work for all of their E-Jets and that they are all flying - they opened the new CWL and DSA bases with them and operate the sun routes from SOU and NWI and EXT ...
I'm sure it can't be that difficult to go an lease a few E-Jets on the open market ...
I also believe the new bases are doing rather well ...
I'm sure it can't be that difficult to go an lease a few E-Jets on the open market ...
I also believe the new bases are doing rather well ...
I do find it perplexing the anti-stobart tone of so many postings, people seem to have very short memories.SEN was doomed as an airfield and without the investment from Stobart the airfield would probably have been lined up as a brownfield development site as so many airfields currently are.
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Obviously in development terms SEN has come a long way with Stobart's investment, but it's not just about having a shiny new terminal with it's own railway station, much as that may please local enthusiasts. Remember that Stobart are a business with shareholders, and those shareholders expect to see a return on that investment. It's by no means clear, at this stage, whether that's going to happen.
It is frustrating that SEN has yet to garner good carriers other than easyJet, but give it time.
Agreed. It's worth noting, though, that during the period from the mid-90's to the mid-00's when LCY really established itself it was privately owned. No pesky institutional shareholders with their short term expectations to keep happy!
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Being a critic of the Stobart Group does not make you anti-SEN. It's clear that there are plenty out there that believe that their investment was poorly judged, and they lack the vision to make the airport work.
But if that is the case it doesn't mean we who live in the region have not benefited from their investment. And there are many like me who believe the airport can go from strength to strength and the future is bright because of the investment (adequate return or not).
I often think about the incredible waste of public money called the Millennium Dome. Then someone came along who knew how to make it work.....
So if they sell up one day and leave with heads held high or with tails between legs, it doesn't change my view that without them the airport would have ended up as a horrible derelict brown field site. And I do believe they deserve success, because anyone who invests and creates something of value that benefits real people is OK by me.
But if that is the case it doesn't mean we who live in the region have not benefited from their investment. And there are many like me who believe the airport can go from strength to strength and the future is bright because of the investment (adequate return or not).
I often think about the incredible waste of public money called the Millennium Dome. Then someone came along who knew how to make it work.....
So if they sell up one day and leave with heads held high or with tails between legs, it doesn't change my view that without them the airport would have ended up as a horrible derelict brown field site. And I do believe they deserve success, because anyone who invests and creates something of value that benefits real people is OK by me.
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Precautionary emergency landing for the BA8737 E-190 from Frankfurt tonight, diverting from LCY. System indicating emergency brake failure. Normal landing completed.
Interestingly, in view of our discussions concerning the viability of new routes from SEN, there were apparently only 39 souls on board this LCY-bound flight.
Interestingly, in view of our discussions concerning the viability of new routes from SEN, there were apparently only 39 souls on board this LCY-bound flight.
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A few calculations for Summer 2017 shows there will be approximately 266 weekly flights (133 outbound, 133 inbound), which equates to roughly 34,400 weekly seats. This assumes the use of the 156 seat A319, 72 seat ATR72, 125 seat B717, and the 118 seat E195, plus the 4x weekly PMI EZY flight operated using a PMI based A320.
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That is correct - the EZY A320 (in 180Y config.) operates on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday evenings:
PMI (17:50) > SEN (19:20)
SEN (19:45) > PMI (23:00)
PMI (17:50) > SEN (19:20)
SEN (19:45) > PMI (23:00)
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