Southend-2

[mik3bravo]

Dornier 328 Jet (not the TP) will be the ideal a/c for that route.

Which airline could fit the bill with this airframe or under wet lease? BA?

328 jet

General characteristics

Crew: three (two pilots + flight attendant)
Capacity: 30 to 33 passengers, Max payload 3,266 kg (7,200 lb)
Length: 21.11 m (69 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 20.98 m (68 ft 10 in)
Height: 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 40.0 m2 (431 sq ft)
Empty weight: 9,420 kg (20,768 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 15,660 kg (34,524 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306B , 26.9 kN (6,000 lbf) thrust each
Performance

Maximum speed: 750 km/h (466 mph; 405 kn)
Range: 3,705 km (2,302 mi; 2,001 nmi) with optional long range fuel tank
Service ceiling: 11,000 m (35,000 ft)

[SWBKCB]

No mention of cost in any of those numbers.

[onion]

BA don't own the 328 Jet!
Why not the TP version? They are fast for a turbo prop and probably cheaper than the jet to operate.

[BAladdy]

BA don’t but BA’s franchise Sun-Air do.

[Buster the Bear]

Currently undergoing conversion at Coventry into passenger configuration.

[Planespeaking]

If that was ever utilised on a schedule between SEN and CAX it would never be short of pax!

[SWBKCB]

"Bring back the Dak!" - where do I book?

[SEN Observer]

Has Stobart now actually taken over the E195 planes from Flybe? There are three E195 at SEN this morning, G-FBEF, EH and EI. Do we know if these are now permanently the SEN allocation?

[Jerry123]

Stobart Air now own all 3 i believe.

[southside bobby]

Interestingly CAA website GINFO states all 3 a/c are OWNED by Flybe Ltd & OPERATED by Stobart Air.

[SEN Observer]

southside bobby - perhaps the GINFO site needs to be updated? I don't know; only suggesting it MAY be out of date. Depends how recently Stobart acquired these 3 E195s (if indeed they have).

[Jerry123]

I'm sure Stobart bought 3 of Flybe's E195s for £54 million?

[Expressflight]

Jethro's lists the three aircraft that Stobart have bought as being G-FBEH, EM & EN so I should imagine that the presence at SEN today of G-FBEH plus EF & EI is purely coincidental.

[cumbrianboy]

Stobart have the aircraft on dry lease from FlyBe at the moment.

The 3 that have been bought are still leased to FlyBe and due to be returned in the spring/summer. When this happens then Stobart will take ownership and the aircraft on dry lease are returned. So it is possible that in the interim there will be a few aircraft swaps to cover planned maintenance etc

[compton3bravo]

You are saying Cumbrian that it is dry lease, so Stobart are employing there own crews with the relevant SOPs etc is that correct?

[cumbrianboy]

yes that is correct, they are now operating on the Stobart AOC and stobart are using their own SOPs, own crew etc.

[Jersey32D]

As has already been suggested, FBEI was flown in to cover for FBEH on maintenance in Birmingham, as part of the lease agreement with Flybe to cover for maintenance...

[tayair6]

FBEI is at MAN for Flybe and the FBEH is still at SEN as normal rotation

[southside bobby]

Curiouser & curiouser...
BEE released their financial update today & stated..... "BEE`s commercial agreement with STK to operate 2 E195`s under a dry lease arrangement from London Southend began during the quarter".

So 2 frames not 3...& no mention by them of a sale of E jets in the streamlining of their fleet.

A search on GINFO for the last 3 mentioned airframes FBEH FBEM FBEN all are quoted as OWNED by Flybe Ltd & just one FBEH is stated as OPERATED by Stobart Air.

No trace of transference of ownership of any BEE E jet in the last 12 months within the UK either in separate listings.

[Expressflight]

The Southend-Chateauroux flights are now on sale on the IGavion website. Days of operation from 26/4 to 14/6 are Thursday & Sunday with departure SEN at 1955 & 1240 respectively. From 17/6 to 28/8 days of operation are Tuesday & Sunday with departure SEN at 1605 & 0905 respectively. Prices are from 49 Euros one-way including a 12kg hold baggage allowance.