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Well, nothings been announced as yet. Eastern and Loganair have announced a raft of routes. But nothing for IOM which makes me think that the meeting with Loganair had nothing to do with the collapse of Flybe, and the govt just hoped for the best.
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Two airlines competing to take on the routes - Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham - with a degree of Gov support/incentives.
Announcement to be made tomorrow morning pending some final phone calls and decisions this evening.
Announcement to be made tomorrow morning pending some final phone calls and decisions this evening.
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I honestly don't see the fascination with Easy Jet they will only be interested in dropping in flights to suit the rest of their network and there is virtually no chance they would leave an aircraft overnight to allow for an early start. The island needs a regular well timed service that is reliable and efficient lets hope sense prevails and that's who is chosen.
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If they could bring in an airline to operate the 3 routes, fantastic.
A bonus would be a resumption of Glasgow and Belfast City - Loganair I believe would be the front runners to do these 2.
A bonus would be a resumption of Glasgow and Belfast City - Loganair I believe would be the front runners to do these 2.
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I honestly don't see the fascination with Easy Jet they will only be interested in dropping in flights to suit the rest of their network and there is virtually no chance they would leave an aircraft overnight to allow for an early start. The island needs a regular well timed service that is reliable and efficient lets hope sense prevails and that's who is chosen.
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For any airline, unless they do 5 a day back and forth - any sector pairing is simply to suit them.
I'd rather have the certainty of an airline that isn't going bust as opposed to an airline that panders to 80,000 people's demand for a high frequency route but doesnt last the test of time
I'd rather have the certainty of an airline that isn't going bust as opposed to an airline that panders to 80,000 people's demand for a high frequency route but doesnt last the test of time
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Have to remember that stobart air isn’t an airline. It is an ACMI charter. It would need to be under the EI banner or some other airline otherwise.
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I can't help thinking that we should have an airline in which the UK government or the UK and Islands governing bodies has a stake operating the Islands routes. Or at least owning/leasing the aircraft like the Twotters in Scotland.
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