Eastern Airways-2

[tigertanaka]

Eastern applied for 38 slots at LHR (presumably for MME-LHR?) for the upcoming winter season and got none. In fairness, hardly any airlines got any extra slots.

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...Report-NEW.pdf

[JSCL]

Originally Posted by tigertanaka

Eastern applied for 38 slots at LHR (presumably for MME-LHR?) for the upcoming winter season and got none. In fairness, hardly any airlines got any extra slots.

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...Report-NEW.pdf

Yet interestingly Flybe is still allocated 190 slots...

[Wolfgang5150]

Airbus

Do Eastern still have a contract with Airbus/Bae?

[Fly757X]

Originally Posted by Wolfgang5150

Do Eastern still have a contract with Airbus/Bae?

No, BMI took it and then Loganair continued it after their cessation.

[BOHEuropean]

Originally Posted by Gunfighter52

Embraer 145 5N-BWQ has returned from its stint in Nigeria and will return to service as G-CIYX.

I note this aircraft has been re-registered as 2-TEZK to Eastern Airways International Ltd. on 07 May 2020

Is it still the plan that this aircraft will return to service with Eastern Airways at G-CIYX? Since the others are available for sale currently, does this mean the ERJs are being phased out?

[PintofDoom]

145

The Eastern 145s are all up for sale and being phased out of the fleet. In favour of the 41s, Saab 2000s, ATRs and 170s second one is due to return as well. Once more atrs arrive the Saabs will eventually leave. And the 41s will continue in service until God knows when.

[allan1987]

Wasn’t sure if the Ex Flybe Dash 8-Q400’s for sale or lease on Skyworld Aviation, was going to Eastern Airways, I do notice that there is ERJ 190 100 LR for sale/lease/ACMI on there as well.

This includes the 3 Embraer ERJ 145 for sale

[allan1987]

Originally Posted by PintofDoom

The Eastern 145s are all up for sale and being phased out of the fleet. In favour of the 41s, Saab 2000s, ATRs and 170s second one is due to return as well. Once more atrs arrive the Saabs will eventually leave. And the 41s will continue in service until God knows when.

Is there 4 or more ATRs to come and still 3 e190 to come?

[PintofDoom]

Originally Posted by allan1987

Is there 4 or more ATRs to come and still 3 e190 to come?

As far as I know there are no longer plans for the 190s. The ATRs maybe expanded if more can be leased although this is dependent on how the new routes perform.

[BAladdy]

Originally Posted by PintofDoom

The Eastern 145s are all up for sale and being phased out of the fleet. In favour of the 41s, Saab 2000s, ATRs and 170s second one is due to return as well. Once more atrs arrive the Saabs will eventually leave. And the 41s will continue in service until God knows when.

W20 schedule has started to be released. Looks like they are planning to base at least 4 ATR’s at SOU.

Routes that have yet to released for W20 are.

Aberdeen to Teeside
Cardiff to Anglesey
Cardiff to Teeside
Southampton to Teeside
Teeside to Dublin
Teeside to London City

https://www.easternairways.com/annou...us-information

[oapilot]

Saab 2000s

According to Jethros, KA and KB have been returned to Lessor. This just leaves 2 2000s now; RZ has gone to Orebro, (presumably for a C check) and EB.

Wonder if they are going to replace them (and the 145s if they manage to sell them) with ATRs?

[jethro15]

RZ has been returned as well.

[N707ZS]

Must be a good time to pick up some reasonable ATRs with a number of airlines ceasing operations, there's a fleet of planes at LIAT Airlines for a start, oldest 7 years old.

[SWBKCB]

Yes - would imagine there are deals to be struck for companies with good financial support.

[Albert Hall]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

Yes - would imagine there are deals to be struck for companies with good financial support.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. The plan for extra ATRs at Southampton with nothing to keep the aircraft busy between morning and evening is an interesting move for both aircraft and crew utilisation.

Lessors will be desperate to place aircraft but only with airlines with strong credit ratings. The only thing worse than an aircraft not on lease is an aircraft impounded with the lessor having to pay big airport and Eurocontrol bills to reclaim their asset. With the Flybe experience having scarred many, credit-worthiness of airline lessees will be critical.

I’d heard the Saab 2000 leases ended in acrimony after a big fall-out with the lessor. The lessor has no new customer for the aircraft but apparently did not want to leave them with Eastern anyway. It’ll be interesting to see if ATR lessors feel differently.

[SWBKCB]

What's the status of the first 2 ATR's - owned or leased? Where they part of the buy back deal from Bristow?

[Albert Hall]

Happy to stand corrected here but I thought those two aircraft were leased directly to Eastern by Nordic Aviation Capital. Don’t think Bristow are/were involved but I can’t say with certainty so will defer to anyone who can !

[PintofDoom]

Originally Posted by Albert Hall

Happy to stand corrected here but I thought those two aircraft were leased directly to Eastern by Nordic Aviation Capital. Don’t think Bristow are/were involved but I can’t say with certainty so will defer to anyone who can !

Both aircraft were owned directly by Bristows but subsequently sold to NAC on a sale and leaseback arrangement when Bristows needed more liquidy as the aircraft were part of a compensation package for the H225s. Eastern have taken over the leases of the two aircraft after the divorce from Bristows.

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[Wycombe]

Looks like the 2 aforementioned AT72's are currently making their way from ABZ to SOU.

[s_insania]

Looks like the two Jetstream’s have gone to Aberdeen to operate the BP oil flights to Sumburgh which seem to have restarted. Do they still have crews in ABZ?