Just to add a liitle more to this. Varsity ceased ops 08 Mar. I was advised the following day that Blue Islands had secured a lease deal with Links Air for the Jetstream G-JIBO to operate for them during the forthcoming summer season. To my mind on face value, this does seem to have been arranged rather quick.
That does seem awfully quick.
Some dirty moves perhaps on Varsity’s expense perhaps?
Up the lease cost to force Varsity out of a deal to free up the aircraft?
It’s been done many times before.
Just one of the many dangers a new airline faces.
If this is allegedlly true…
So instead of the hush hush surrounding Varsity, why not just come out and say “The people who we leased the plane from broke the contract which we mutually agreed xx months ago, and are now asking for substantionally more money than agreed, we will not be held to ransom by signing the new lease agreement, therefor with great regret we have no choice but to suspend all operations, untill a new aircraft can be sourced.”
It would of been better publicity than just “Services suspended due to operational issues between Varsity & the operating airline” and “Fret not dear friends, a new operator is being souced and we’ll be airbourne again very soon.”
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