December 5, 2004 at 12:16 am
I don’t know if somebody already posted this, as its a few weeks old now.
Flybe are dropping the IOM-LCY route, which always used to run BHD-IOM-LCY-JER. Euromanx are taking over IOM-LCY and BHD-IOM. EuroManx are also going to be flying to Southampton.
They will acquire 2 x Avro RJ70.
Other than that, I don’t know what their fleet plans are. I haven’t seen their ATR42’s for a few days – Dutch registered F50’s have appeared recently!
The MD of BA CitiExpress met the Isle of Man’s Transport Minister recently and BA are reportedly happy with the IOM-MAN and IOM-LGW routes, though I don’t personally think they have much of a future. BA will retire the 146 and DHC-8 soon I think, and IOM is too backwards to be capable of regional jets!