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[copycat]

This extract from an article in today's FT

 

BA also has ambitious plans for expansion at London City. It has risked losing business passengers who prefer the convenience of the smaller airport to Heathrow, BA's main hub.

 

It is setting up a subsidiary - BA CityFlyer - for which it was granted a separate air operator's certificate last week.

 

This will have a fleet of 10 Avro RJ100 jets and will operate separately from the main BA business, with an independent pilot workforce, an operating base in Edinburgh and headquarters in Manchester.

 

BA currently flies four routes from London City: to Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan Malpensa and Edinburgh. From the end of March it is adding four daily services to both Glasgow and Zurich and is increasing itsdaily flights to Edinburgh from seven to eight.

 

So what the F did they sell off the subsidiary to FlyBe for ? and if its operating from a base in Edinburgh but using London City tehn why can't Ronaldsway being en-route near enought be used for the maintenance? can't put my finger on it yet but something doesn't add up on what BA has said previously about the sell of etc.

 

 

 

article link:- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/784ad8e2-be2c-11db...00779e2340.html

[oldtogold]

you really are a moaning twat

[John Wright]

BUt it is interesting business strategy.

 

Offload all your high cost subsidiary pilots and staff and old aircraft and failing routes on someone else to sort out redundancy, rationalisation etc and set up a new low cost service with a new hub at an airport you have hardly ever served befoire and had previously decided to stay out of because no one can be bothered going to LHR or Gatwick for European business trips when City is on the door step.

 

2 mins from public transport to check in, or from disembarkation to DLR in 2 mins. Where else.?

[Cronky]

So what the F did they sell off the subsidiary to FlyBe for ?

 

Simple. Get rid of all the staff and then employ a new bunch on cheaper contracts. Huge saving.