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It has been quiet from the administrators, I have noticed Company name on booking website Virgin Connect Ltd company number 02769768, (same company number as Flybe Ltd)
also that Stobart Air is looking for a financial partner
also that Stobart Air is looking for a financial partner
Does the UK need another regional airline, or would it be better for Aurigny / Blue Islands / Eastern / Loganair to pick up the additional routes that can't support a 737/A319, once lockdown is properly gone ?
Maybe not great for competition, but better perhaps to have stability in the market
Maybe not great for competition, but better perhaps to have stability in the market
Originally Posted by davidjohnson6
Does the UK need another regional airline, or would it be better for Aurigny / Blue Islands / Eastern / Loganair to pick up the additional routes that can't support a 737/A319, once lockdown is properly gone ?
Maybe not great for competition, but better perhaps to have stability in the market
Maybe not great for competition, but better perhaps to have stability in the market
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Originally Posted by SWBKCB
So what's left? Which BE routes haven't been picked up yet - is BHX the biggest loser?
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Originally Posted by SWBKCB
Have many (any?) of BE's European routed been picked up?
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MAN, BHX and BHD bases.
W pattern into the others.
For Easy Jet.....BFS isn't convenient like BHD and the A320 is too big to make money when they're putting on 3/4/5 flights a day (as per their website) to BHX/MAN/GLA and EDI. If it would make money O'Leary would be doing it.
That amount of flights will be cut in short order as they will be half empty, they are just trying to put the kibosh on a restart. Given the cash they're currently burning at the moment they probably don't have the stomach to fly these routes/frequency for long - I'd do a limited service to BHD, GLA and EDI from BHX/MAN. Also Easy Jet do hardly any regional UK flights from MAN/BHX.
Is the British Government really going to rely on Blue Islands and Aurigny for Regional Connectivity on the South Coast?
Eastern Airways - Really.... might do a bit but think they're bit niche. They can have Middlesborough, Norwich and most of Leeds domestic traffic. I'd let they crack on and pay SOUs extortionate fees too.
BA - just do LHR and back
Logan Air - Main players! especially when they have the ATR fleet BUT they can't upscale quickly - it will take time to get the ATR! How will their finances be coming out of this mess and does the current 49 seat Jet and 34 seat Saab really provide the capacity to step up?
Politically - will Boris and the Westminster lot really want Tartan liveried planes connecting England to the regions and have to listen to Sturgeon banging on about it.
How-about a restart and codeshare between Logan and Flybe with a virtual Hadrians wall
W pattern into the others.For Easy Jet.....BFS isn't convenient like BHD and the A320 is too big to make money when they're putting on 3/4/5 flights a day (as per their website) to BHX/MAN/GLA and EDI. If it would make money O'Leary would be doing it.
That amount of flights will be cut in short order as they will be half empty, they are just trying to put the kibosh on a restart. Given the cash they're currently burning at the moment they probably don't have the stomach to fly these routes/frequency for long - I'd do a limited service to BHD, GLA and EDI from BHX/MAN. Also Easy Jet do hardly any regional UK flights from MAN/BHX.
Is the British Government really going to rely on Blue Islands and Aurigny for Regional Connectivity on the South Coast?
Eastern Airways - Really.... might do a bit but think they're bit niche. They can have Middlesborough, Norwich and most of Leeds domestic traffic. I'd let they crack on and pay SOUs extortionate fees too.
BA - just do LHR and back
Logan Air - Main players! especially when they have the ATR fleet BUT they can't upscale quickly - it will take time to get the ATR! How will their finances be coming out of this mess and does the current 49 seat Jet and 34 seat Saab really provide the capacity to step up?
Politically - will Boris and the Westminster lot really want Tartan liveried planes connecting England to the regions and have to listen to Sturgeon banging on about it.
How-about a restart and codeshare between Logan and Flybe with a virtual Hadrians wall
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SOU Restart of Services
Southampton will not only be served by Blue Islands to Jersey, and Aurigny to Alderney and Guernsey. Loganair start services next week to Newcastle, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Eastern start on 22/06 to Aberdeen, Newcastle, Belfast, and Manchester, then Leeds/Bradford and Teeside. They will slowly ramp up schedules and destinations through Jul, Aug, and Sep.
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Originally Posted by gkmeech
Southampton will not only be served by Blue Islands to Jersey, and Aurigny to Alderney and Guernsey. Loganair start services next week to Newcastle, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Eastern start on 22/06 to Aberdeen, Newcastle, Belfast, and Manchester, then Leeds/Bradford and Teeside. They will slowly ramp up schedules and destinations through Jul, Aug, and Sep.
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Originally Posted by Jersey32D
GJEDW also on the way from EDI. Both airframes showing as owned by Flybe. Who would be flying these ?
Might be flown to Saarbrucken Airport for engine changes.
As one engine on G-PRPE might belong to G-JEDW, and one engine on G-JEDW might belong to G-PRPE.
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Originally Posted by Wycombe
G-JECM was having an engine change at SOU yesterday. Chat elsewhere suggests this a/c was u/s before Flybe ceased ops
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Well G-JECK has had a ground incident today in Aberdeen. Looks like it hit a Loganair E145 whilst taxiing and the Q400’s cockpit is wedged underneath the right hand engine on the Emb. Loss of brake pressure whilst taxiing? Wouldn’t be the first time...
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Originally Posted by Piece of Cake
Well G-JECK has had a ground incident today in Aberdeen. Looks like it hit a Loganair E145 whilst taxiing and the Q400’s cockpit is wedged underneath the right hand engine on the Emb. Loss of brake pressure whilst taxiing? Wouldn’t be the first time...
