Emerald Airlines
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A PSO in Finland has been awarded and might give an idea on who will be interested in this one too:
TransAviaBaltika (KTB, Kaunas) has been awarded a EUR5.7 million (USD6.7 million) Finnish domestic public service obligation (PSO) route to handle traffic between Helsinki Vantaa and the town of Savonlinna in the south-east of the country, the transport agency Traficom has revealed.
The deal, whose costs will be borne equally by both the Finnish state and the municipality of Savonlinna of 32,700 inhabitants, cover the period from October 4 this year to December 20, 2024. The route is not currently served, according to the ch-aviation capacities module, and was last operated as a scheduled passenger service before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, courtesy of Latvia’s RAF-Avia (MTL, Riga).
TransAviaBaltika will operate the same number of frequencies as before - two daily round-trip flights on weekdays, with the exception of Fridays when one will take place.
“A regular air traffic connection is perceived as very important for international industry and business life in Savonlinna as air traffic resumes after a stop of more than a year and a return to normal air traffic begins. Likewise, this continuation of air traffic guarantees the year-round operation of Savonlinna Airport and we can launch, for example, the marketing of charter flights on this basis,” said Jarmo Häkkinen, business director at Savonlinna municipality.
However, Traficom’s director, Pipsa Eklund, told the Finnish broadcaster Yle that no large-scale flow of passengers is expected and that the minimum requirement for the type of aircraft had been reduced to 19 seats.
“We have estimated the number of passengers at five to ten passengers per plane,” she said.
Traficom received seven tender applications, of which the lowest-priced offer won. Despite the limited passenger expectations, the number of offers was a positive surprise, she added.
The tender was announced on June 29 with a deadline of August 30. According to a document detailing the procurement decision, six of the seven were found to meet the conditions of the competition, none of which were Finnish. They provided the following offers, explaining TransAviaBaltika’s victory:
TransAviaBaltika (KTB, Kaunas) has been awarded a EUR5.7 million (USD6.7 million) Finnish domestic public service obligation (PSO) route to handle traffic between Helsinki Vantaa and the town of Savonlinna in the south-east of the country, the transport agency Traficom has revealed.
The deal, whose costs will be borne equally by both the Finnish state and the municipality of Savonlinna of 32,700 inhabitants, cover the period from October 4 this year to December 20, 2024. The route is not currently served, according to the ch-aviation capacities module, and was last operated as a scheduled passenger service before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, courtesy of Latvia’s RAF-Avia (MTL, Riga).
TransAviaBaltika will operate the same number of frequencies as before - two daily round-trip flights on weekdays, with the exception of Fridays when one will take place.
“A regular air traffic connection is perceived as very important for international industry and business life in Savonlinna as air traffic resumes after a stop of more than a year and a return to normal air traffic begins. Likewise, this continuation of air traffic guarantees the year-round operation of Savonlinna Airport and we can launch, for example, the marketing of charter flights on this basis,” said Jarmo Häkkinen, business director at Savonlinna municipality.
However, Traficom’s director, Pipsa Eklund, told the Finnish broadcaster Yle that no large-scale flow of passengers is expected and that the minimum requirement for the type of aircraft had been reduced to 19 seats.
“We have estimated the number of passengers at five to ten passengers per plane,” she said.
Traficom received seven tender applications, of which the lowest-priced offer won. Despite the limited passenger expectations, the number of offers was a positive surprise, she added.
The tender was announced on June 29 with a deadline of August 30. According to a document detailing the procurement decision, six of the seven were found to meet the conditions of the competition, none of which were Finnish. They provided the following offers, explaining TransAviaBaltika’s victory:
- Amapola Flyg (HP, Stockholm Arlanda) EUR9,529,954 (USD11.24 million)
- Budapest Aircraft Services (RP, Budapest) EUR6,535,583 (USD7.71 million)
- DAT (DX, Kolding) EUR12,621,585 (USD14.88 million)
- Nordic Aviation Group dba Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri) EUR8,978,778 (USD10.59 million)
- NyxAir (NYX, Tallinn Lennart Meri) EUR7,402,431 (USD8.73 million)
- TransAviaBaltika EUR5,711,215 (USD6.73 million)
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Emerald Airlines to lease four aircraft from NAC
https://www.independent.ie/business/...-40915150.html
This brings up the number of ATR 72-600 to 10
EMERALD Airlines, Conor McCarthy’s start-up carrier that will operate the Aer Lingus Regional service, has agreed to lease four aircraft from Limerick-based lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
Emerald has committed to the lease deal for the turboprop ATR 72-600 aircraft as the carrier gears up to launch services after receiving its air operator certificate last month.
Emerald has committed to the lease deal for the turboprop ATR 72-600 aircraft as the carrier gears up to launch services after receiving its air operator certificate last month.
This brings up the number of ATR 72-600 to 10
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Think the flash / night makes it look blue, its the "green" EI are using....
EI-GPP Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72-600 (72-212A) Photo by Bradley Bygrave | ID 1223183 | Planespotters.net
EI-GPP Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72-600 (72-212A) Photo by Bradley Bygrave | ID 1223183 | Planespotters.net
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Must be on the cards see they looking flight crew and cabin crew for Belfast. A bit of a two fingers to BE. I suppose the race to the bottom will begin in ernist in new year see you can run who off what routes.
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I assume they'll also be the front-runners to operate the DUB-CFN route once the short-term contract that was awarded to Amapola Flyg comes to an end and they'll also probably take on DUB-KIR if/when Ryanair decides to stop operating a B737 on this route as it'll more than likely then revert back to a Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract?
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As Emerald are only a franchise, and not part of IAG. It would make no economic sense to vacate the Belfast network and hand that work over to a 3rd party operation, even if painted in Aer Lingus colours, and have IAG owned and operated aircraft sit idle as a result. To say nothing of some of the revenue going to a 3rd party also.
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If you think the EI franchise even in good times was a "bad contract" what are they going to make of it now... as with the franchise the commercial risk is with Emerald and still 12 months to go till start. The three units GPN/O/P are just doing some crew training flights by the seems of it... cash out to the max this.. in SEP21 McCarthy said 16M was in the bank account... would love to know how much he has drained in 3 months..
They are sufficiently astute as to be well ahead of the issue you highlight, and only on the hook for full outgoings for the aircraft once they start generating revenue. And when you've got your own engineers to look after them, incremental cost isn't huge there either. Main outlay will be on salaries for management and the limited number of crews already on payroll but I'm pretty sure their outgoings will be only as much as they expected them to be.
Has anyone actually said the EI franchise was a "bad contract"? I'm not sure they have.
Tomorrow is another day - but perhaps slightly more than that if you're Emerald. Let's see whether there is genuinely a year to wait until they get flying in earnest....
Has anyone actually said the EI franchise was a "bad contract"? I'm not sure they have.
Tomorrow is another day - but perhaps slightly more than that if you're Emerald. Let's see whether there is genuinely a year to wait until they get flying in earnest....
Has anyone actually said the EI franchise was a "bad contract"? I'm not sure they have.
Let's see whether there is genuinely a year to wait until they get flying in earnest....
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Stobart were not flying only the EI contract.
They also had an extensive network under the BE franchise with problematic EMB 195s in the fleet but it was really the liabilities that existed within the ATR fleet leases that resulted in the liquidation of Stobart Air. Esken still carry some of those contingent liabilities today.
They also had an extensive network under the BE franchise with problematic EMB 195s in the fleet but it was really the liabilities that existed within the ATR fleet leases that resulted in the liquidation of Stobart Air. Esken still carry some of those contingent liabilities today.
Stobart were not flying only the EI contract.
They also had an extensive network under the BE franchise with problematic EMB 195s in the fleet but it was really the liabilities that existed within the ATR fleet leases that resulted in the liquidation of Stobart Air. Esken still carry some of those contingent liabilities today.
They also had an extensive network under the BE franchise with problematic EMB 195s in the fleet but it was really the liabilities that existed within the ATR fleet leases that resulted in the liquidation of Stobart Air. Esken still carry some of those contingent liabilities today.
Presumably Emerald won't have the same ATR lease issues?