New Airline for Luton (merged)
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I am getting sooooooo excited! I cannot wait to see the white 737's with NOW! in green on the side fly over my bear palace when Luton are on easterlies!!!!!!!!!!!
So where are the jets coming from?
Now you all know how Go named each of thier planes, like 'Go fly'? Can I name the first Now! Boeing please?
'Now! visit Buster at Whipsnade.'
Cool or what! Mr Lars needs to get me into thier marketing department pretty quick! As long as they have air conditioning in Halcyon House, I dont smell too bad! I could pop in and see the Luton Relic before he goes off collect trolleys at ASDA?
Good Idea flying to Ibiza and Tenerife at night, get all the clubbers going for a rave! I have never been to Hamburg, but it sounds like a real tasty place!
I suppose Mr OLNEY 1 BRAVO will be complaining that they are not flying to Teterboro!
Anyway, where is the next baby base?
I am Boeing Now!
So where are the jets coming from?
Now you all know how Go named each of thier planes, like 'Go fly'? Can I name the first Now! Boeing please?
'Now! visit Buster at Whipsnade.'
Cool or what! Mr Lars needs to get me into thier marketing department pretty quick! As long as they have air conditioning in Halcyon House, I dont smell too bad! I could pop in and see the Luton Relic before he goes off collect trolleys at ASDA?
Good Idea flying to Ibiza and Tenerife at night, get all the clubbers going for a rave! I have never been to Hamburg, but it sounds like a real tasty place!
I suppose Mr OLNEY 1 BRAVO will be complaining that they are not flying to Teterboro!
Anyway, where is the next baby base?
I am Boeing Now!
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They can't be all that daft - theyve managed to get £300K from the East of England development Board, as well as several other non repayable grants from the Government, local and European sources.
So that's the 1st weeks costs taken care of, as for the rest.............?
So that's the 1st weeks costs taken care of, as for the rest.............?
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What amazes me is where are they getting their 737 Rated Pilots from??? Surely no one in their right mind would in this climate leave a job to join them?? Perhaps all their Captains are ex F/O,s looking for instant commands and prepared to risk it?? Or are there that many unemployed 737 Pilots still around??
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Niknak,
300K wouldn't cover the security deposit and first months rental on the aircaft.
They have two Interim directors (consultants, I presume), an inexperienced Chief Operating Officer, and an accountant.
I'm betting that sometime around mid- may, they will announce difficulty instarting due to the Gulf situation, by June they will be taking about delaying start until next spring, and by October it will have disappeared completely.
Happy to eat my words if it works out differently.
300K wouldn't cover the security deposit and first months rental on the aircaft.
They have two Interim directors (consultants, I presume), an inexperienced Chief Operating Officer, and an accountant.
I'm betting that sometime around mid- may, they will announce difficulty instarting due to the Gulf situation, by June they will be taking about delaying start until next spring, and by October it will have disappeared completely.
Happy to eat my words if it works out differently.
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Lucifer,
Being a Training Captain does not give you any experience in getting an AOC issued....
Some Airline Management experience is required, how the hell would this lot know what a good commercial descion is when it comes to the day to day running or future planning....
Some good opportunities for some experienced people - a few post holder positions up for grabs!!!
Being a Training Captain does not give you any experience in getting an AOC issued....
Some Airline Management experience is required, how the hell would this lot know what a good commercial descion is when it comes to the day to day running or future planning....
Some good opportunities for some experienced people - a few post holder positions up for grabs!!!
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Agree with jmc-man, the board have no airline experience with the exeption of the C.O.O - a Training Captain!!! - that'll help!!!
Well, good luck to them...
Well, good luck to them...
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All very exciting, I have seen some of the reports in the papers, and the CEO on the news Tuesday night. IMHO this seems to be a serious contender, they seem well organised, and have addressed many of the areas other start ups seem to forget. I called them today to ask a few basic questions about recruitment, and must say the person on the phone seemed very well organised and enthusiastic about the future. I think they have a hard slog to launch for summer, but they seem to know what they’re doing, so lets see. They advised me to apply online at their website www.fly-now.com Anyone know salary, benefits, pension etc, etc.
As I am interested in a job opportunity I have done some research and for those of you who are putting the management team down, you might be interested to know that they are announcing an airline CEO, and CCO, and non execs form other low cost carriers shortly. I think these folks could be going places, it has my vote.
As I am interested in a job opportunity I have done some research and for those of you who are putting the management team down, you might be interested to know that they are announcing an airline CEO, and CCO, and non execs form other low cost carriers shortly. I think these folks could be going places, it has my vote.
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This is a brief summary of what was reported in Marketing 13/03/03 -
Now has appointed 2 agencies to handle it's communications and creative strategy, Rise and DSJSW to handle it's £5mil account. The Now name was developed with Brand consultancy Fitch.
'Now' has got some good hitters working on what appears to be a pretty comprehensive Communications Strategy. The Spend is not small so providing they are not blowing hot air, this is a definite attempt to promote themselves as the 'second generation' of low cost ops.
Wish my clients thought like that!
Now has appointed 2 agencies to handle it's communications and creative strategy, Rise and DSJSW to handle it's £5mil account. The Now name was developed with Brand consultancy Fitch.
'Now' has got some good hitters working on what appears to be a pretty comprehensive Communications Strategy. The Spend is not small so providing they are not blowing hot air, this is a definite attempt to promote themselves as the 'second generation' of low cost ops.
Wish my clients thought like that!
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Yes JB007, but it also would appear that he does further down his bio.
Quote: "This assignment included developing the business model, recruiting key personnel, CAA negotiation, plane leasing and regulatory and financial fitness requirements, including the air operator's certification and operating licences."
Quote: "This assignment included developing the business model, recruiting key personnel, CAA negotiation, plane leasing and regulatory and financial fitness requirements, including the air operator's certification and operating licences."
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For people like me who have a wealth of experience but find themselves in the unenviable position of having to sign on once a fortnight,job opportunities that Fly Now may create do not come along very often.Why is it then that those who are fortunate to have jobs can only make negative remarks and cast doubt on such ventures? Well I shall be applying - and good luck to them too!
PS Buster The Bear - Halcyon House has lousy air conditioning!!
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PS Buster The Bear - Halcyon House has lousy air conditioning!!
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RE: application form
if you can't read the application form (which is written in html) rename it 'whatever.htm' (i.e. change the bit in the end from '.doc' to '.htm') then
either
open it in explorer, print it out, and write on it with a pen,
or
open it with something that can edit html and do it that way.
hope they don't do the online bookings this like that....
if you can't read the application form (which is written in html) rename it 'whatever.htm' (i.e. change the bit in the end from '.doc' to '.htm') then
either
open it in explorer, print it out, and write on it with a pen,
or
open it with something that can edit html and do it that way.
hope they don't do the online bookings this like that....
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Anybody can make a bio look good. But, oh dear, the real track record is not promising, I have heard.
How is the Business Class trans-atlantic service doing?
I am afraid that it is doomed and I doubt that it will ever get off the ground.
How is the Business Class trans-atlantic service doing?
I am afraid that it is doomed and I doubt that it will ever get off the ground.
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Just wonder how many of the doom merchants here who have already have written off NOW would have given easyjet a chance in 1995. Easyjet was set up with just 2 old 737-200’s, a tin shed as an HQ and with a boss who was into shipping and had no experience of airlines apart from being a passenger. The rest as they say is history....
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Quite agree. It's a pretty big gamble taking on the likes of easy & ryan( allbeit with different fare structure) in their own back yard but hey, at least give them the benefit of the doubt and see how things progress over the next few weeks.
Quite agree. It's a pretty big gamble taking on the likes of easy & ryan( allbeit with different fare structure) in their own back yard but hey, at least give them the benefit of the doubt and see how things progress over the next few weeks.
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Given the amount of bad press which most airline management teams seem to attract on pprune on a regular basis, with criticism covering every conceivable angle from financial incompetence and lack of commercial acumen to inability to run a reasonable crewing structure, can you blame NOW! for trying a different approach. It might just make a refreshing change.
Some strange little beardy bloke with a slightly dodgy background in selling records doesn't seem to have done too badly out of the airline business - what experience did he have?
Some strange little beardy bloke with a slightly dodgy background in selling records doesn't seem to have done too badly out of the airline business - what experience did he have?