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It looks like but obviously could be wrong, did it hit the 145 on a stand? My only comment but am aware to leave the facts to the AAIB, I hope they were not delay engine start on taxi. Does not seem prudent on an aircraft as someone else said has not flown in months. Fuel saving would seem irrelevant for a aircraft being repo'd.
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Yes, but if the Nitrogen charge is depleted then there will be almost no parking brake available. The N2 charge is 500psi not 1500 psi on the Q400, (my error). A lot of people don't understand how an accumulator works.
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No point flying a half full jet over a short route, more economical to use a TP.
Whilst the Q400 isn't as economical as an ATR its still more economical than a 737 or A320. It will be interesting to see what Austrian, LOT, Olympic and other Dash/mixed fleet airlines choose to use first.
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As predicted, the regionals are filling the gaps https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/artic...st-city-routes
I did hear that a select few ex flybe staff are talking about a likely resurrection of of the airline from potential buyers. If true, very irresponsible and childish to even utter that rumour as it gives false hope to people already in dire circumstances.
I did hear that a select few ex flybe staff are talking about a likely resurrection of of the airline from potential buyers. If true, very irresponsible and childish to even utter that rumour as it gives false hope to people already in dire circumstances.
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From the Australian Business Review Newspaper - https://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...3f8bfcc174bedb
If you don't want to pay its below. Bottom line is Cyrus know about the airline business and Peachy is still a director of Connect Airways.
Cyrus Capital is still hoping that grounded UK airline Flybe can get back into the air again, providing jobs for many of the 2000 workers who were laid off when it collapsed in March.
Jonathan Peachey was a key player in the consortium formed in 2018, Connect Airways, alongside Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic and Irish company Stobart Aviation that took over Flybe early last year.
Based in Exeter in southwest England, with hubs in Manchester and Birmingham, Flybe was the largest independent regional airline in Europe carrying eight million passengers a year between airports in Britain and Europe.
Never financially strong, Flybe was hit hard by the travel slump as a result of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After failing to get the requested support from the British government, it collapsed in March.
Critics of Cyrus and Sir Richard are pointing to the Flybe example, arguing that it shows the consortium may not follow through on all its promises to invest in Virgin Australia and could walk away from it if the going got tough.
READ MORE:Peachey knows how to engage with people Down Under|Cyrus proposes ‘hybrid’ Virgin|‘Green lanes’ to isolate trans-Tasman bubble
Mr Peachey rejected suggestions that Cyrus’s handling of the Flybe takeover raised questions about what could happen if it took over Virgin Australia.
“It’s definitely not the case that we have abandoned Flybe,” said Mr Peachey, who has been a director of Flybe since February 2019 and has been closely involved with the airline since the Connect takeover.
“I’m hopeful the administration process will enable the business to re-emerge from administration.”
He said Cyrus was still a “key stakeholder in the administration process”.
“We invested as part of a consortium with three shareholders. The shareholders committed over £100m to the business.
“We invested everything that we had committed to invest and an additional sum in the months prior to the business going into administration as a result of the impact of COVID-19.
“We are in regular contact with the administrator and we are doing everything we can to ensure that the business can emerge in some form from administration.
“There’s still a demand for regional connectivity in the UK.
“Cyrus is doing everything it can, along with the other consortium members, to ensure that a business emerges that can rehire the many thousands of employees who were dependent on it.”
If you don't want to pay its below. Bottom line is Cyrus know about the airline business and Peachy is still a director of Connect Airways.
Cyrus rejects fears Virgin Australia could go way of Flybe
Cyrus Capital is still hoping that grounded UK airline Flybe can get back into the air again, providing jobs for many of the 2000 workers who were laid off when it collapsed in March.
Jonathan Peachey was a key player in the consortium formed in 2018, Connect Airways, alongside Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic and Irish company Stobart Aviation that took over Flybe early last year.
Based in Exeter in southwest England, with hubs in Manchester and Birmingham, Flybe was the largest independent regional airline in Europe carrying eight million passengers a year between airports in Britain and Europe.
Never financially strong, Flybe was hit hard by the travel slump as a result of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After failing to get the requested support from the British government, it collapsed in March.
Critics of Cyrus and Sir Richard are pointing to the Flybe example, arguing that it shows the consortium may not follow through on all its promises to invest in Virgin Australia and could walk away from it if the going got tough.
READ MORE:Peachey knows how to engage with people Down Under|Cyrus proposes ‘hybrid’ Virgin|‘Green lanes’ to isolate trans-Tasman bubble
Mr Peachey rejected suggestions that Cyrus’s handling of the Flybe takeover raised questions about what could happen if it took over Virgin Australia.
“It’s definitely not the case that we have abandoned Flybe,” said Mr Peachey, who has been a director of Flybe since February 2019 and has been closely involved with the airline since the Connect takeover.
“I’m hopeful the administration process will enable the business to re-emerge from administration.”
He said Cyrus was still a “key stakeholder in the administration process”.
“We invested as part of a consortium with three shareholders. The shareholders committed over £100m to the business.
“We invested everything that we had committed to invest and an additional sum in the months prior to the business going into administration as a result of the impact of COVID-19.
“We are in regular contact with the administrator and we are doing everything we can to ensure that the business can emerge in some form from administration.
“There’s still a demand for regional connectivity in the UK.
“Cyrus is doing everything it can, along with the other consortium members, to ensure that a business emerges that can rehire the many thousands of employees who were dependent on it.”
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Word is that the CAA have put a stop to any further Q400 ferry activity until the incident in Aberdeen is understood and actions to prevent a recurrence are in place.
On the Flybe restart, this is not just idle chatter. There is quite a bit of discussion going on and although I can't find the link right now, there was something floating around from an Australian press source last week where Cyrus Capital had said they wanted Flybe airborne again as they were setting out their credentials as a potential bidder for Virgin Australia. It certainly seems to be more than usual rumours from the cleaners - not that all of them aren't furloughed too at the moment!
On the Flybe restart, this is not just idle chatter. There is quite a bit of discussion going on and although I can't find the link right now, there was something floating around from an Australian press source last week where Cyrus Capital had said they wanted Flybe airborne again as they were setting out their credentials as a potential bidder for Virgin Australia. It certainly seems to be more than usual rumours from the cleaners - not that all of them aren't furloughed too at the moment!
