Another tragic Brexit casualty

https://www.eturbonews.com/245326/first-brexit-airline-casualty-flybmi-left-all-passengers-stranded

the hundreds of staff who have lost their livelihoods will be thrilled with their new blue passports and the feeling of control in their lives.

Reply 1

999tigger

Original post by the bear

Except it was also a very poorly run business, whose troubles of being too small and under resoruced started a long time before brexit.

Reply 2

hello_shawn

"Actual" bmi folded long ago, its flights transferred to BA. Leaving behind the weird domestic/regional airline that had no chance against train, coach or Flybe.

Reply 3

Tempest II

BMI has had issues for a while due to rising fuel costs and operating in an ultra competitive environment. I'm not saying that Brexit isn't a factor but there's certainly others in play that were/are significant.

Reply 4

Quady

Original post by the bear

Looks like the valuable Newcastle to Stavanger route has already been bought up!
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2019-02-17/newcastle-airports-flybmi-routes-taken-over-by-loganair/

Phew! And the vital Aberdeen to Esbjerg route! Most Aberdonians go to Denmark's fifth largest city for important business deals.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47270342

But what will happen with the government subsidised route from Derry to Stansted????
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47268249
Perhaps Emirates might take it up?

Reply 5

Duncan2012

Last year they flew just over 500,000 passengers on 29,000 flights. That’s an average of about 18 passengers per flight. Totally unsustainable.

Reply 6

jameswhughes

Pointless airline that ended up flying a few obscure routes on small, expensive planes. Little to do with Brexit that they finally collapsed - other airlines and airports in the UK are thriving.

Reply 7

Quady

Original post by Duncan2012

Last year they flew just over 500,000 passengers on 29,000 flights. That’s an average of about 18 passengers per flight. Totally unsustainable.

High quality routes, like East Midlands to Brussels will have high airfares - probably a couple of grand a ticket. Even with just 18 pax it'd be sustainable.

Reply 8

Doones

Original post by Quady

High quality routes, like East Midlands to Brussels will have high airfares - probably a couple of grand a ticket. Even with just 18 pax it'd be sustainable.

I doubt the fares were (or could be) anything like that high, and it wasn't sustainable.

A private jet would be cheaper.

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Reply 9

Quady

Original post by Doonesbury

I doubt the fares were (or could be) anything like that high, and it wasn't sustainable.

A private jet would be cheaper.

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Private jet a grand each way from east miss to Brussels?

Really? Deal me in, where can I book?

Reply 10

Doones

Original post by Quady

Private jet a grand each way from east miss to Brussels?

Really? Deal me in, where can I book?

You didn't originally say your fare was return :wink:

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Reply 11

Doones

@Quady oh, saved you a few quid with an earlier flight.

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Reply 12

hello_shawn

Nottingham to Brussels? Two trains can cover that route. Plus you don't spend as much on transit to/from the airport

Reply 13

username1148663

Original post by the bear

Do you expect people to take you seriously when it was clearly not brexit that made this company go under?

Reply 14

username1148663

Original post by Duncan2012

Last year they flew just over 500,000 passengers on 29,000 flights. That’s an average of about 18 passengers per flight. Totally unsustainable.

This! Exactly

Reply 15

Libtardian

The real casualty of brexit has been the left's sanity, although then again maybe they never had any...

Reply 16

hello_shawn

Original post by Libtardian

The real casualty of brexit has been the left's sanity, although then again maybe they never had any...

But imagine if we had voted Remain...
18 Feb 2019: "Honda announces plant shutdown"
Then the BBC/Guardian comment boards would be full of leavers saying "But Remainers said this would not happen!"

Reply 17

Libtardian

Original post by hello_shawn

But imagine if we had voted Remain...
18 Feb 2019: "Honda announces plant shutdown"
Then the BBC/Guardian comment boards would be full of leavers saying "But Remainers said this would not happen!"