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I guess it’s better to pull it rather than keep it and lose money.
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This was an unfortunate year to start any new operation especially at short notice. All the holiday operators are, not surprisingly, reporting an absence of late bookings, a combination of the summer and the low £, I guess. So regardless of Primera's shortcomings, they were going to struggle.
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This was an unfortunate year to start any new operation especially at short notice. All the holiday operators are, not surprisingly, reporting an absence of late bookings, a combination of the summer and the low £, I guess. So regardless of Primera's shortcomings, they were going to struggle.
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What a way to run a business, management should have thought about that in the first place. Yet again an example of bad planning, bad decision making, total incompetence all round. Who suffers? the poor customer who put their trust in them who pay and expect a service. I hope the crew manage to find jobs at alternative carriers.
) Malaga ends 28 October leaving just KEF but by 5pm tomorrow?Apparently not just BHX now as Stansted also showing cuts on short-haul.
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I posted recently the cancellation of my Primera Air flight from AGP-BHX. I requested the option of a full refund on 24 July, and I'm impressed that the full refund was in my account by 26 July. I think that's a very creditable response, although I'd rather it hadn't been cancelled in the first place.
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I posted recently the cancellation of my Primera Air flight from AGP-BHX. I requested the option of a full refund on 24 July, and I'm impressed that the full refund was in my account by 26 July. I think that's a very creditable response, although I'd rather it hadn't been cancelled in the first place.
Pete
First bit of positive news from them for a while although the TTG article on the Primera thread claims that they still have confidence in the Midlands market for Transatlantic. Not so short-haul though going by the amount of flights removed from sale this week from BHX & STN.
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They could have an uphill PR ride, but people have short memories, and if the price is right you never know, they could be "2nd time lucky". They shouldn't at any rate have issues with the equipment in 2019.
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Do you locals think it's a power battle and maybe the Chairman or another boird member is running the show.
it seems odd that having had such a high profile spokesperson in recent times that momentum for good or sometimes bad has been lost.
There has to be somebody running the show and making ultimate decisions.
it seems odd that having had such a high profile spokesperson in recent times that momentum for good or sometimes bad has been lost.
There has to be somebody running the show and making ultimate decisions.
Do you locals think it's a power battle and maybe the Chairman or another boird member is running the show.
it seems odd that having had such a high profile spokesperson in recent times that momentum for good or sometimes bad has been lost.
There has to be somebody running the show and making ultimate decisions.
it seems odd that having had such a high profile spokesperson in recent times that momentum for good or sometimes bad has been lost.
There has to be somebody running the show and making ultimate decisions.
The board / owners might for all we know have concluded that the business can function without the extra expense of a figurehead on a 6 or seven figure salary; it could be that the current caretaker is being groomed to take up the CEO position, or that someone else in the management team will take on the permanent mantle without using the title CEO - which is a term that has only come into use comparatively recently - probably from the American language!
For now the business is still making good profits for the owners, even though headline passenger numbers have taken a hit following the collapse of Monarch. Having a CEO would have made no difference to that, not the debacle that has been Primera this summer.
There has to be someone who is answerable to and make the big decisions and basically steer the ship, after all the crew of a ship depend on the captain to see the big picture
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June Passenger figures.
Excellent figures (never thought I would say that when they are down) - 1,239,181 down 4.84%
Incredible really especially when you look at some of the individual routes and the hit taken such as Malaga, Alicante and Faro.
Qatar was miserable again but Emirates up on fewer flights but did average under 400 (just).
Primera Newark was around 68-70% depending on the 757 config (68% based on the NEO)
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PMI & BCN from Sept 3rd and then the remaining AW18/19 flights from 29th Oct apparently but personally I'd keep a close eye on your emails for cancellations between now and then. They have been known to cancel random flights infrequently.
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