Missed this item first time around last year! Seems to keep missing its maiden flight.
Reading between the lines, it looks as though the CAA won’t grant a licence until they obtain the planes and FFB won’t obtain planes until they are guaranteed a licence, or is this an over simplification?
Are there any industry insiders who have applied for jobs with this ‘airline’ or are able to give their considered opinion on the future of this venture?
Or is it a wind up?:D
By: cloud_9 - 9th August 2008 at 19:51
I usually get quite whirled-up and excited when I hear about ‘new’ airline ventures being established, and I am very supportive of the people behind new ventures for at least having the courage to do such a thing and I would love for them to make it a success and prove all the people that doubt them wrong, but in this instance, I am struggling to see exactly what is unique about this particular venture, apart from the fact that they are basically copying or at least tweeking the basic Ryanair business model and are basing themselves at Cardiff, which is already home to a few well-known operators such as bmi baby, Flybe and Thomsonfly…
I don’t know and/or cannot see anything new or innovative that suggests to me that they have a chance of being successful, and with the industry in such a volatile state at present, I think that any chance of success will not come for quite some time!
And lastly, I am sure this point has been made before, but hey…why is it called ‘flyforbeans‘? Shouldn’t it be ‘flyforpeanuts‘ as that is a more commonly used word to describe something that is ‘cheap’!?
Another airline that was in the inital stages was Premjet (http://www.premjet.co.uk/), which is proposing to start a luxury-style service out of LTN and MAN to Spain. I applied for a job with them a while back as they were inviting people to submit their CV’s, but I had the usual “we are not currently recruiting, but we’ll keep your details on record for the future” response.
Anyone know of any news about this one as well?
By: Richard Taylor - 9th August 2008 at 08:54
This venture was full of hot air from the start…:rolleyes:
Bring ’em on….:D
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August 8, 2008 at 10:16 pm