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The original press release states:
“Both the Embraer 170 and 190 have the ability of offering steep approaches to restricted airports, good short-field performance and long-range operations making them one of the most flexible aircraft in the up to 100-seat market”
The E170 fulfils all the criteria listed above, However I believe the E195’s are fitted with more than 100 seats and I am not sure if they have the steep approach capabilities mentioned in the original press release.
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Has anything been discussed about what would happen to Eastern’s operations if Flybe ceased trading?
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Whatever they are, they are largely immaterial to whether the routes were a success financially. Sell 100 seats at £10 each and you've got £1000 revenue, sell the same 100 seats at £100 and you've got £10000. It's the revenue that counts, not the load factor.
It would be surprising with such a scenario and it's effect on Eastern had not been discussed by Eastern's management. I suppose it's just conceivable that the addition of three E190 / E195 (delete which not applicable) may be some sort of contingency since they apparently don't have any concrete work for them, at least so far as has been publicly announced.
It would be surprising with such a scenario and it's effect on Eastern had not been discussed by Eastern's management. I suppose it's just conceivable that the addition of three E190 / E195 (delete which not applicable) may be some sort of contingency since they apparently don't have any concrete work for them, at least so far as has been publicly announced.
I believe Eastern don’t directly sell anymore, so if Flybe went, how would Eastern be able to sell capacity on their flights? Presumably, they would have to resurrect their own sales side? Clearly I am thinking of the MME operation which will soon have a very big Eastern presence (sold through Flybe).
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That is interesting.
I believe Eastern don’t directly sell anymore, so if Flybe went, how would Eastern be able to sell capacity on their flights? Presumably, they would have to resurrect their own sales side? Clearly I am thinking of the MME operation which will soon have a very big Eastern presence (sold through Flybe).
I believe Eastern don’t directly sell anymore, so if Flybe went, how would Eastern be able to sell capacity on their flights? Presumably, they would have to resurrect their own sales side? Clearly I am thinking of the MME operation which will soon have a very big Eastern presence (sold through Flybe).
Don't begin to know how they perform financially with Flybe, but I would imagine the likes of BHX and SOU to GLA / EDI may be interesting, also perhaps routes like BHX and MAN to Milan and Stuttgart could prove viable provided the leasing costs on the 190/195s were a better deal than the one that Flybe got themselves into.
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Word on the street is that the Embraer 190s are an aspiration and a long way off becoming a reality. Most of the discussions above could appear to be just as speculative.
The 170 is the aircraft they originally had in their fleet.
The 170 is the aircraft they originally had in their fleet.
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According to Jethros the 3 x 190s have been acquired by Eastern with no in service dates. On an unrelated matter Flybe return their next 195 to the lessor tomorrow, the one after that on 13 Mar and the next one on 18Apr....
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Before some get carried away - in this month's Airliner World, the news item on Eastern's plan to acquire E190s has the information that the aircraft are intended to strengthen the airline's charter operation.
Given Flybe are now quite possibly going to close, given Virgin Connect is no more than a name with six weeks to go before the summer season and no business plan to feed VS announced, what's the contingency plan for T3 on day one if their whole booking engine and payment process closes down with Flybe?
I remember how long it took, how much it cost and how much pain and hassle doing so inflicted on Loganair, as they had to put in a new website to deal with this, but they had months of notice.
It's not an overnight fix, given the likely revenue gap and lack of confidence, is there a business plan to address this danger?
I remember how long it took, how much it cost and how much pain and hassle doing so inflicted on Loganair, as they had to put in a new website to deal with this, but they had months of notice.
It's not an overnight fix, given the likely revenue gap and lack of confidence, is there a business plan to address this danger?
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Eastern may possibly still be onboarded with AirKiosk and may possibly be loading schedules as a contingengy... it's all sub-hosted, so very little work on their website and more for ops on the backend.
