Unless you have natural entrepreneurial skills you don’t stand a chance.
Sounds like a schoolboy dream to me!
In sorts you are right, it is a schoolboy dream. I really wanted to join the RAF, but was told I couldn’t because of my eyesight (I wear glasses!), so since then I have focused my attention to commerical avaition and the possibility of setting up my own airline…
I personally don’t see how you need experience in the industry in order to set up your own airline, Stelios certainly didn’t and when he set up easyJet, he based it on the principles of Southwest Airlines, and look where he is today!
And it also seems that without giving you more infomation, you are not able to help any further…so here it is in a nutshell.
I want to do something on the similar scale as easyJet, but using the principles of an airline like JetBlue, which gives the passengers a better service and value for money. I was thinking about using Southampton as a base, because it is the only airport in the South East/West of England that I think has got a potential market…I was orignally thinking about using Manston, but have been discouraged since EUJet went bust.
As cheesebag has stated, funding is going to the biggest problem, as I would need to attract the help of an investor in order to provide the start-up capital needed, but can I not sell like 48% of my business so that I get the finance, and still retain a controlling share?
The other option would be to consider the possibility of taking a failing airline and transform it into a better airline (i.e Olympic).
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