Eastern Airways-3

[SouthernAlliance]

Originally Posted by WHBM

Eastern E190 G-CLSN here at London City this morning flying circuits for the steep approach. Haven't seen them here for some years. Have they picked up some subcharter work here ?

Don’t think they know what’s going on half the time. They have added schedules for W23 to some routes although not to ORY beyond end Oct, what’s going on there?

[Albert Hall]

I'm sure I'd heard somewhere that they were off doing some ACMI work for ITA Airways this winter, which would explain why they've also been advertising for Italian-speaking cabin crew.

Wonder how long that'll last?

[TartinTon]

Originally Posted by SouthernAlliance

Don’t think they know what’s going on half the time. They have added schedules for W23 to some routes although not to ORY beyond end Oct, what’s going on there?

They don't hold ORY slots in their own right as they belong to AF. Perhaps AF have no need for babysat slots for winter?

[WHBM]

Originally Posted by Albert Hall

I'm sure I'd heard somewhere that they were off doing some ACMI work for ITA Airways this winter, which would explain why they've also been advertising for Italian-speaking cabin crew. Wonder how long that'll last?

OK. ITA were running from London City almost since they started, having lost some of the Alitalia slots at Heathrow along the way, but did not use their own aircraft, from the start they have ACMI subchartered German Airways (that's a small independent, not to be confused with Lufthansa) E190s to operate the flights. These seemed to stop not too long ago, possibly they are to restart.

[davidjohnson6]

I hadn't previously thought that the Lufthansa business model would include Eastern

[Albert Hall]

Indeed. I don't think Lufthansa probably thought that either.

Given the track record with British Airways then TAP Air Portugal now Air France and next ITA, you do wonder. Air France does not seem to be going well. They've had some better days lately after a disastrous start on SOU-ORY with huge delays every day on the EMA-ORY-SOU flight before the schedules were changed - but today's was seven hours late.

[Atlantic Explorer]

Originally Posted by Albert Hall

Indeed. I don't think Lufthansa probably thought that either.

Given the track record with British Airways then TAP Air Portugal now Air France and next ITA, you do wonder. Air France does not seem to be going well. They've had some better days lately after a disastrous start on SOU-ORY with huge delays every day on the EMA-ORY-SOU flight before the schedules were changed - but today's was seven hours late.

Pretty much sums up everything they touch! It normally ends in disaster. They’ve canned the Esbjerg route from HUY- that didn’t last long at all.

[hatton]

Any thoughts on what the extra Emb 190 and x2 Emb 170 are going to be doing. Is it LCY work, corporate or sport charters?

[TartinTon]

Originally Posted by hatton

Any thoughts on what the extra Emb 190 and x2 Emb 170 are going to be doing. Is it LCY work, corporate or sport charters?

They're for the ITA contract out of LCY, I assume?

[allan1987]

Originally Posted by Albert Hall

I'm sure I'd heard somewhere that they were off doing some ACMI work for ITA Airways this winter, which would explain why they've also been advertising for Italian-speaking cabin crew.

Wonder how long that'll last?

Looks to be the E190 lease to ITA is until the end of October. When ITA bring their A220-100's in to service.

[virginblue]

Originally Posted by Atlantic Explorer

Pretty much sums up everything they touch! It normally ends in disaster. They’ve canned the Esbjerg route from HUY- that didn’t last long at all.

For many years they provided a decent service on behalf of BACF on the LCY-DUS, first with their Saabs, then with the Embraer 170. They pretty much built the route for BACF until they took over with the Embraer 190

[BA318]

Originally Posted by virginblue

For many years they provided a decent service on behalf of BACF on the LCY-DUS, first with their Saabs, then with the Embraer 170. They pretty much built the route for BACF until they took over with the Embraer 190

Didn't it end up going to Loganair operating it with a Saab? The IOM route went to Loganair.

[Diff Tail Shim]

Originally Posted by Atlantic Explorer

Pretty much sums up everything they touch! It normally ends in disaster. They’ve canned the Esbjerg route from HUY- that didn’t last long at all.

The damage he has done to charter work of others is going to be felt next year.

[virginblue]

Originally Posted by BA318

Didn't it end up going to Loganair operating it with a Saab? The IOM route went to Loganair.

I don't think so. Eastern operated it in the end with the Embraer 170 as the Saab 2000 became too small, AFAIR.

[AirLCY]

Originally Posted by virginblue

I don't think so. Eastern operated it in the end with the Embraer 170 as the Saab 2000 became too small, AFAIR.

It was rarely on the 170, BA moved the contract to Loganair instead of Eastern, then a year or so later Loganair took it over on their own

[Albert Hall]

Jethros reporting that the next E170 and E190 due into service with Eastern now are being re-marketed by a leasing company (Falco) - seems a little odd if they're both painted into Eastern livery (such as it is) and ready to enter service?

[jmdavies86]

Originally Posted by Albert Hall

...seems a little odd if they're both painted into Eastern livery (such as it is) and ready to enter service?

Are they painted in full Eastern livery, or are they more likely just all white with Eastern titles & tail logo, which surely wouldn't take too long to be removed if a buyer or new lessee was found for them.

Example of their 'all white' livery: https://www.planespotters.net/photo/...erj-170-100-lr

[jethro15]

Aviation photographs of Registration: G-CMPI : ABPic

G-CLYU Eastern Airways Embraer ERJ-190LR (ERJ-190-100 LR) Photo by Björn van der Velpen | ID 1463761 | Planespotters.net

Both are being advertised by the leasing company, Falko, not Eastern!

Falko Available assets - MyAirTrade

Based on the links above, something is VERY odd. I was expecting that at least one of the above was intended to join E190 G-CSLN on its ITA Airways lease commitments.

Are Eastern in the mire...…..?????

[SWBKCB]

Just because both are being advertised doesn't mean both will be let go - it'll depend on who wants what. And isn't Eastern always open to offers on most of the fleet? I don't think the relationship with Falko is a new one.

[Atlantic Explorer]

Eastern change their mind about what they want to do on a daily basis and is often at the whim of the MD depending on what mood he is in. He’s probably just seen the bill for this latest foray into the jet world and spat his dummy out. The last lot of E-Jets they had sat doing nothing for ages, 1 was parked at HUY with a standby crew in a hotel nearby getting paid a daily contracting rate! This went on for weeks and weeks, you couldn’t make it up.