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Any more news from the Regional camp. Has the next 145 from Flybe been just delayed or has it been cancelled. Believe the Pool will be swimming for a while. With the Long Haul meeting at Manchester today turning out as expected, mainline seem to be moving on with it's plans regardless of the lufty deal.
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This is almost certainly so, especially the E135 operated by BMI regional. Flybe are already well into the process of phasing out their E145.
The only thing in the E145's favour is possible low aquistion or leasing costs; you can genrally get pretty good deals as aircraft approach the end of their usefull life cycle.
The only thing in the E145's favour is possible low aquistion or leasing costs; you can genrally get pretty good deals as aircraft approach the end of their usefull life cycle.
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Or the Embrears could be repositioned to operate the routes dropped by Lufthansa Cityline. When i flew the 145 some 3 years ago we always knew that the EMB was a lot cheaper to operate than the CRJ. Regoinal have worked for Lufthansa before with the 146 and 145. Now they own the controlling share anything is possible.
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This story from the dailymail a little while back which may influence current recruitment plans..
"The UK's biggest regional airline, Flybe, is in talks about acquiring bmibaby and bmi regional, both part of British Midland, where Germany's Lufthansa is taking majority control.
Flybe, part of private group Walker Aviation, is carrying out due diligence on the two businesses that account for about 40 per cent of British Midland's turnover and could be worth up to £150 million."
"The UK's biggest regional airline, Flybe, is in talks about acquiring bmibaby and bmi regional, both part of British Midland, where Germany's Lufthansa is taking majority control.
Flybe, part of private group Walker Aviation, is carrying out due diligence on the two businesses that account for about 40 per cent of British Midland's turnover and could be worth up to £150 million."
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Not the most reliable paper...but who knows. Would be more convincing if they gave relevant quotes from the people in charge.
Strange how this was pretty much the only coverage of this event - all other media reports simply reference this one as far as I can tell.
Hope the mysteries of Lufthansa/BMI/Flybe/Virgin are revealed soon!
Strange how this was pretty much the only coverage of this event - all other media reports simply reference this one as far as I can tell.
Hope the mysteries of Lufthansa/BMI/Flybe/Virgin are revealed soon!
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The online application does not seem to work. Could anyone confirm if this email address "[email protected]" is the one to send CV to?
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Stolen this from another thread but I tend to give more credence to the following report:
December 11, 2008: CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Thursday that it is not in serious talks with Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. about potential cooperation over British Midland Airways Ltd., or bmi, in which the German airline is in the process of buying a majority stake.
The German flag carrier also said it had the capacity to absorb more acquisitions and strategic stakes on top of the various ones it has made in Europe and the U.S. in recent months.
"From a management point of view, we can do much more," Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Lufthansa's chairman and chief executive, said at an industry event in Chicago.
Expressions of interest in some sort of cooperation or tie-up between bmi and Virgin Atlantic have not led to serious negotiations, said Klaus Walther, Lufthansa's senior vice president corporate communications.
"We want to find out what [Virgin] wants," noted Walther. He said it would be "logical" to integrate bmi into the Lufthansa group, adding that "there are other options."
Lufthansa is set to lift its stake in bmi, which focuses on short- and medium- haul flights in Europe, from 30% minus one share to 80% next month.
Europe's second-largest carrier by traffic after Air France-KLM SA (3112.FR), Lufthansa recently has expanded through the acquisition of Swiss International Airlines and a 45% stake in Brussels Airlines, with a pending deal to take a 41.6% share in Austrian Airlines (AUA.VI). It has a 19% stake in JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU), a low-fare U.S. carrier.
Lufthansa has also been linked with taking a stake in SAS Scandinavian Airline Systems, and is keeping an eye on the restructuring of Italian flag carrier Alitalia (AZA.MI).
Mayrhuber said Lufthansa's model eschews outright mergers: "Our concept is a modular one. It's like a planetary system that works together."
He said complete integration brings "dis-synergies." Lufthansa prefers an approach he described as "one kitchen, several restaurants".
Nigel Turner, bmi's chief executive, declined to comment on the prospect of any deal with Virgin Atlantic.
-By Doug Cameron, Dow Jones Newswires
Of course, could just be positive reinforcement/wishful thinking on my part but why sell off the profitable element of bmi.
December 11, 2008: CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Thursday that it is not in serious talks with Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. about potential cooperation over British Midland Airways Ltd., or bmi, in which the German airline is in the process of buying a majority stake.
The German flag carrier also said it had the capacity to absorb more acquisitions and strategic stakes on top of the various ones it has made in Europe and the U.S. in recent months.
"From a management point of view, we can do much more," Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Lufthansa's chairman and chief executive, said at an industry event in Chicago.
Expressions of interest in some sort of cooperation or tie-up between bmi and Virgin Atlantic have not led to serious negotiations, said Klaus Walther, Lufthansa's senior vice president corporate communications.
"We want to find out what [Virgin] wants," noted Walther. He said it would be "logical" to integrate bmi into the Lufthansa group, adding that "there are other options."
Lufthansa is set to lift its stake in bmi, which focuses on short- and medium- haul flights in Europe, from 30% minus one share to 80% next month.
Europe's second-largest carrier by traffic after Air France-KLM SA (3112.FR), Lufthansa recently has expanded through the acquisition of Swiss International Airlines and a 45% stake in Brussels Airlines, with a pending deal to take a 41.6% share in Austrian Airlines (AUA.VI). It has a 19% stake in JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU), a low-fare U.S. carrier.
Lufthansa has also been linked with taking a stake in SAS Scandinavian Airline Systems, and is keeping an eye on the restructuring of Italian flag carrier Alitalia (AZA.MI).
Mayrhuber said Lufthansa's model eschews outright mergers: "Our concept is a modular one. It's like a planetary system that works together."
He said complete integration brings "dis-synergies." Lufthansa prefers an approach he described as "one kitchen, several restaurants".
Nigel Turner, bmi's chief executive, declined to comment on the prospect of any deal with Virgin Atlantic.
-By Doug Cameron, Dow Jones Newswires
Of course, could just be positive reinforcement/wishful thinking on my part but why sell off the profitable element of bmi.
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That is the correct email address, but you have to fill in (very carefully, having read the accompanying instructions) their pdf application form. They also want a passport photo attached in, I think, jpg format. There is a link, which they send you, to a geocities webpage, from where you can download their form. I don't have it any more, sorry. It might be worth asking them on that email address if they wouldn't mind sending you the link, but I don't know if they'll reply. Maybe phone them up and ask for the link to the form?
The form is quite ambiguous in the section relating to referees and previous employment, I guess I got it wrong, because I heard nothing more from them having been invited to apply. Their loss, you have to enter into an agreement to repay a loan covering the cost of your rating, over 5 years. I can't remember the monthly sum but it was somewhere in the region of £150 to £200, so I wasn't really bothered when I didn't hear back. Got enough debt as it is!
That is the correct email address, but you have to fill in (very carefully, having read the accompanying instructions) their pdf application form. They also want a passport photo attached in, I think, jpg format. There is a link, which they send you, to a geocities webpage, from where you can download their form. I don't have it any more, sorry. It might be worth asking them on that email address if they wouldn't mind sending you the link, but I don't know if they'll reply. Maybe phone them up and ask for the link to the form?
The form is quite ambiguous in the section relating to referees and previous employment, I guess I got it wrong, because I heard nothing more from them having been invited to apply. Their loss, you have to enter into an agreement to repay a loan covering the cost of your rating, over 5 years. I can't remember the monthly sum but it was somewhere in the region of £150 to £200, so I wasn't really bothered when I didn't hear back. Got enough debt as it is!
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Off the top of my head, mid twenties ish plus flight pay making it towards late twenties or thirty. It's a personal finance thing, but not enough return for the investment in type training, unless you're desperate to be into a jet and can afford to carry the loan to another higher paid job, should there be one. If so you're considerably richer than I!
Apologies, out of date info, see below for more up to date picture.
Apologies, out of date info, see below for more up to date picture.
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Starting salary is just about £34k plus flight pay (about £4k). All pilots will be asked to enter into a self-sponsored type rating agreement. £2000 will be required up front and then the rest (another £10k) is deducted from salary at £2k per year for five years - that's a monthly figure of £167.
Starting salary is just about £34k plus flight pay (about £4k). All pilots will be asked to enter into a self-sponsored type rating agreement. £2000 will be required up front and then the rest (another £10k) is deducted from salary at £2k per year for five years - that's a monthly figure of £167.
