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cumulustratus

21st May 2019 11:10

NAS + EZY + VIR = ♡?

As European aviation is consolidating, could the above mixture be viable to create a new super group to rival IAG, KLM/Air France, Lufthansa?

This would effectively break up NAS with EZY taking over the short haul operation and VIR taking over the long haul division. EZY's business savviness coupled with Virgin's expertise in customer service, brand development and most crucially successful long haul knowledge could create an unstoppable beast.

At the moment, a joint venture EZY/VIR could probably get NAS for 10 cents on the dollar given their fleet problems.

Are there any obvious blocks to such a constellation that I haven't thought of?

CaptainProp

21st May 2019 12:08

One problem could be that easyJet probably doesn’t feel the need to fork out that sort of cash at the moment as the feel they don’t have to. They are making profits every year, have done since company was founded, and will be one of the winners going through this ongoing consolidation. They are even likely to come out the other side even stronger as they get greater market shares on some routes as competition either scales down or fails and this allows ezy to push pricing and increase margins.

CP

hoss183

21st May 2019 12:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainProp (Post 10476333)

They are making profits every year, have done since company was founded,
CP

Really?
Losses

Meester proach

21st May 2019 12:15

VIR don’t have Trent issues as well then ?

CaptainProp

21st May 2019 12:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoss183 (Post 10476335)

Really?
Losses

And you don’t know much about either economics of aviation OR finances in general do you?

CP

Bus Driver Man

21st May 2019 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoss183 (Post 10476335)

Really?
Losses

...a £275m loss in the first half of its financial year...

I believe that it was the case last year as well, but they ended the financial year with profit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EasyJet

CaptainProp

21st May 2019 13:32

....with VERY few exceptions this is the case EVERY year, for ALL airlines in Europe and North America.

CP

JanetFlight

21st May 2019 17:22

Please forgive my ignorance... When writing NAS are we talking about who/whom/what.. ?
Tks in advance

waffler

21st May 2019 17:33

NAS = Norwegian
That alliance would lead to a huge amount of Managers getting the chop.
While I have no problem with that, I doubt that those chickens would be voting for Christmas.

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