[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bruce
[B]Looks like it still has short engines

I didnt look very closely – as soon as I saw the price, I ran away!

Hi Bruce,

I know it’s still a bit pricey but you can pick the set up on Ebay for around £65-70 which is around half the RRP.

Cheers,
Ian

RE: Airlines on the edge

The only longhaul a/c BA are getting rid of are 10 747-200’s ( God knows how old!) and 6 B767-300’s. Considering they have just bought/leased 30-40 B777’s I don’t think you can really call these cutbacks!! In fact the bringing in of the 777 fleet seems to have been a stroke of genius as otherwise I’m sure BA would be trying to get rid of a lot more 747-400’s as part of their plan to reduce capacity (note not routes). Considering they can’t rid themselves of the 3/4 that are surplus to requirements that would have led to a lot of money sitting there doing nothing but costing interest!
Maybe it’s time BA gave us all free tickets again like they did in ’92
Toodle Pip.

RE: Airlines on the edge

LAST EDITED ON 21-09-01 AT 10:45 AM (GMT)[p]Chaps,I hate to state the obvious but airlines run on a commercial basis. If they don’t make money,they don’t survive,simple as that. When airline bookings are at least 30% down on transatlantic routes (where BA makes most of its profit) you cannot survive by bimbling on as you were beforehand.What is the point of flying an unprofitable route while having your profits drained by doing it? That is why Virgin have been so succesful in the past because they have only taken on the routes which make money…JFK,CPT,IAD and the like. BA have tried propping up some of their Caribbean routes using the AML solution but on most of the routes there is no demand for First or business hence the low cost,high density charter airlines have done well.
Sure,the airlines were looking to cut routes/workforces down before Sep 11th…BA had announced job cuts already but to accuse them of playing dirty is not fair. I would rather have a smaller operating airline like BA/BMI/Virgin than one about to go bust like Continental/Midwest or Gill Air over here..do you not agree?
Sorry for ranting on a bit.
Ta Ta!