Eastern aren't interested in the CRJ-900s (at least that is what they told Airliner World magazine.)

In the Airliner World article they practically ruled out purchasing any new aircraft.

I see they have launched a new website, incorporating their new logo. It is hasn't changed all that much from the last one, but I like it! It certainly puts across the Eastern professional touch.

mmeteesside

I see from there Website they only have 2 x J32s left wonder when they are due to leave the Fleet ?

I want the pretty stewardess back, nice website otherwise! :{ :E

I also notice that IOM is listed as a destination from ABZ (& vice versa) but no flights bookable. Looks like this could be the 1st of the new destinations T3 said they were looking at for ABZ.

Just seen that Eastern Airways won the Gold Regional Airline of the Year award from the European Regional Airline Association!

Quite an achievement (first UK airline ever to win this?)

Congratulations to everyone at Eastern!!

They deserve it!

its poop
 

wel... seem to be the only one saying this.. but that new livery is pants! its really a poor effort, a nasty blue and looks soooo bad on the J41.. the front of the aircraft just looks bland too like that..

it looks like... a really bad virtual airline livery people.. walked past it parked at Leeds and its just as bad stood next to it... yuk :=

GlobusAIr

Congratulations, You are the only person to have said this so far, I speak for many people who think that it makes the Jetstream fleet look a lot younger and dynamic, and the new look goes with winning the Gold Award hand in hand:ok:

IOM is served from ABZ, but via NCL. As far as Iam aware there are no plans to start a direct service from ABZ.

As an aside, G-MAJL is the only one to be painted with the old style bird (albiet upside down) all the rest have the new flag style.

We didnt think that the new livery was that good at first, but when your up close and see them, it certainly grows on you and is a big improvement from the last one. I think everyone is in agreement, there is a little more red required perhaps!!

CSN:ok:

yes,,, more red at the very least.

the thing is... it looks like they just forgot the front of the aircraft! its white with a tiny t3 logo now!

maybe they got a discount on blue paint from B&Q.

yes... better than the last but anything is better than the old job :O

In ref; to G-MAJL ... that was the airframe i walked past at leeds and the change to the tail logo on the rest of the new paint jobs is much better! so i admit thats ok Wellington Bomber.

I dont work for jet2 thanks...

Nice to see they are milking all they can get out of that Gold Award! Posters at check in, and big stickers on the cockpit door already.

I must say they thoroughly deserved it, flew with them for the first time on Friday and thoroughly looking forward to doing so again on Monday.

good to hear that at least one airline makes flying a pleasant experience.....I was just thinking how really poor the experience has become over the last couple of years.

As anybody noticed the latest J41 operating this week from HUY - ABZ the reg no JY

A colleague with no particular interest in aviation flew NCL-BHX-NCL the other day and made the same sort of comments - felt like flying on a 'proper' airline (even if it was 'a little thing with propellers!') and the experience compared well against the BA NCL-LHR-NCL they are used to.

SWBKCB

Have done the NCL-BHX many times & yes they do try and the enthusiasm shows. But at the end of the day it comes down to 'you only get what you pay for' & this is not a Loco operation.

Do T3 still have their "engineering outstation" or whatever they want to call it out at PIK?

Couple of J41s there at moment, are these bound for T3 or elsewhere, or for breaking-up?

Do T3 expect to expand their J41 fleet, or acquire more S20 for that matter?

Thanks :ok:

Yes I believe there are (at least) 5 still there, bound for Eastern.

I don't think they are planning any more Saab 2000's yet though.

Scott

Jenkins:

I don't know when Eastern's J41 leases expire but obviously their lease rentals are non-negotiable until then. Come lease renewal time, of course there's scope for change, but there's not exactly an excess of demand over supply for Jetstreams at the moment so I would have thought that flyBE (if indeed they are the beneficial owners of the aircraft) would just be happy to be getting some revenue stream rather than driving Eastern to take other J41s. So I wouldn't see that as a major threat to Eastern's cost base.

Incidentally, ACAS says that the J41s which Eastern operates but doesn't own are owned by a company called "Trident Aviation Leasing" in Jersey. Are you sure that the ultimate owner of those J41s is BACX/BA Connect (and hence perhaps now flyBE), or did big BA keep the ownership?

C.