Startup airline "Skybus" buying 65 A319s

I really miss Independance air………it was a cheap quik way to get from here to DC.

Independance air failed because “market condintions” ment that they couldnt make a 50 seat Regional jet pay its way.

Hehe no problem Sandy 🙂 ,
I know what you mean by people jumping the gun sometimes and not waiting till they get what people really mean 😀

Cheers,
Sam

Freebird and Volar are still flying… Volar are the ex LTE

Just look at all the new airlines to get airbus’s that have been a success though, eg Vueling, Easyjet etc

Sorry, I meant V Bird and Volare (who recently restarted ops)
For some reason I was convinced it was freebird.

Vueling are still too young. The jury is still out on them.
easyJet were already well established when they ordered buses.

My point was, Airbus seem to far too happy to put themselves at risk in relation to Boeing.
And I’m not trying to say Airlines that launch with Airbus’ are more inherently doomed to failure. If thats what some of you are thinking.

Freebird and Volar are still flying… Volar are the ex LTE

Just look at all the new airlines to get airbus’s that have been a success though, eg Vueling, Easyjet etc

ORDERS! ORDERS! ORDERS!

Is it me, or does Airbus seem to be taking on the most amount of new airlines that fail pretty quickly?
Volar, Freebird, Independance… and others I cannot recall just now.

Why do they let an airline with only $100Mil in the bank order 65 aircraft and firmly?

I know I’ll probably be picked up for being Anti-Airbus here, but I believe my questions to be genuinely reasonable.
After all, we all know here that the performance between the 737NG and A320 families are so tightly matched that price and extras is the main signature winner here.

Wonder what sort of deal Airbus is giving them?

I think one only needs to look at some of the promotors of the airline (skybus) and relate them to previous failed startups to get a picture !!

What actually happened with that airline? Went they doing well then all of a suden a sharp decline or what?

VERY true…..specialy if it goes like the Independance Air fiasco………….

Good luck , although i find it really hard to justify the case study for this airline and Will perdict a blood bath very soon !! There will be some yound A319’s in the market very soon 😉