If it was direct and operated by BA then maybe yes, but it is operated by a airline that people in Aberdeen will never of herd of and i cant see them doing much advertising.

It’s a very naive view, to assume if it isn’t BA then it will fail. We’ve been competing with BA for the past 12 years+ on routes ex-ABZ, with little or no advertising and we are still going strong.

People up here know that there are other airlines, apart from BA, that operate out of ABZ.

Actually demand for JER flights appears to be as strong as ever through the Summer months. We may have operated more JER flights this summer, if it weren’t for the fact that our ER4 fleet was in demand from IT operators.

The runway length at JER can pose problems for ER4’s, under certain conditions, but its not been a major issue for us. GCI is out of bounds, as the performance limitations are too great to allow for viable operations with an ER3 or ER4.

Dusseldwarf,

I worked alongside some ex-Loganair people at Business Air. They never had a bad word to say about the company, despite the fact that virtually every member of ground staff was laid off in the early 90’s, and had to re-apply for their position.

Unfortunately they all jumped ship, during the turbulent year of 96, when Business Air became part of the ‘Airlines of Britain Group’ – they weren’t in the mood for another round of potential job losses.

Fully agree with your comments about working for a regional operator. It can be fun, despite the long hours and hard work.

I understand this is a ‘new’ scheme for the Star Alliance, basically to add the ‘Star Alliance’ lettering to the side of the fuselage and leaving as much of the carrier’s own livery untouched.

One of our ER4’s may be getting the same treatment next month, but it is already in the original Star Alliance livery, complete with ‘washing line’. I gather that the ‘washing line’ will disappear and be replaced with ‘Star Alliance’ lettering across the fuselage along with the airline’s name.

Some interesting items on that website, especially the notes on display flying.

No danair boy, I’m talking about a UK airline.

The individual cost is very low, but over a period of time it can be quite substantial. Back in the days when we had four Saab 340’s operating schedules (around 1993), we spent circa £50,000 per year on ‘swiss chocolate’. This was a very small bar of chocolate handed out with the afternoon/evening meal.

The same with catering, the meals etc cost very little, but the ‘delivery’ and other ‘add-on’ costs, can add at least 400%-500% to the total cost of providing a meal.