Europe The demise of Eastern Airways

[Finger66]

Looks like a further nail in the coffin with E190's, bar G-CLSN going to NWI for storage. SN due to position to HUY tomorrow. Certainly some very strange goings on

 

[Jerry]

Looks like a further nail in the coffin with E190's, bar G-CLSN going to NWI for storage. SN due to position to HUY tomorrow. Certainly some very strange goings on

Well if they've got no work for them not a lot they can do.

 

[Finger66]

Fully get that @Jerry but it is still a reflection of the mess they are clearly in. It's going to cost them a fortune in storage fees and redundancy of crew, or paying crew to do nothing

 

[Jerry]

Fully get that @Jerry but it is still a reflection of the mess they are clearly in. It's going to cost them a fortune in storage fees and redundancy of crew, or paying crew to do nothing

Sadly could even mean the end for them. Something no doubt some will celebrate.

 

[KARFA]

Something no doubt some will celebrate.

why is it folks who have been skeptical about Eastern are painted as celebrating their demise? it seems any criticism of an airline or airport on here is often spun as "well you are just celebrating their downfall and happy to see people losing their jobs", as if ignoring the facts will create a parallel universe where commercial realities somehow won't apply anymore.

i think eastern are a complete shambles and they haven't done much to help themselves. no company has a right to survive despite their continual commercial failure.

however, does that mean i would "celebrate" their demise, or be happy people are made redundant? no.

 

[Finger66]

@KARFA well said

 

[White Heather]

I would far rather Eastern had become a successful and reliable airline offering some competition to established domestic and shorter European routes. It feels like they've made some very strange business choices over the last 10 years, with some crazy route choices, and gradually faded away as far as I can see. Even this contract with KLM has fizzled out, although after a very dodgy start they seemed mainly to do OK, so perhaps they are unfortunate, but their route to Newquay seems to have been an unmitigated disaster.

I feel very sorry for the staff who I'm sure do their best for Eastern, and particularly those who only recently joined the company. I just hope they survive, but perhaps things have slid downhill too far. Time will tell.

 

[Jerry]

Eastern Airways has removed 3 routes from its website

https://twitter.com/x/status/1981748732963021051

 

[Finger66]

Rearrange the following words:
Mighty the fallen have how
And even then it's debatable if Mighty should be in there!

 

[Finger66]

Not sure how true it is, but the DFF is suggesting a temporary operator is required for the NQY-LGW PSO route. Not sure what this says about T3 but just wondered if Sean M on Twitter, or perhaps @Starflyer have anything to say on the subject as they are both usually very reliable sources of information. It has also been suggested on the DFF that we keep an eye on 2 of the (ex) T3 ATRs. Now I just wonder where they may be heading...........

 

[Finger66]

This morning's situation is unfortunately looking bleaker. The last E-jet in service has now gone to Saarbrucken and the J41s appear to have already returned to, or are returning to, HUY

 

[SierraHotel]

The writing may well be on the wall......

 

[Finger66]

All T3's flights today in and out of ABZ are now showing as cancelled on the airports website and to contact the airline.
It really does look like what we have possibly been expecting is now happening and if so I wish all potentially affected staff the very best and hope they find new jobs quickly should that become necessary

 

[Nethercote2019]

Pprune …. Saying all flights are cancelled today

 

[Finger66]

Also reported on the same site that they are intending to appoint an Administrator

 

[Silvercity]

Don't Eastern airways own HUY ?

 

[Starflyer]

No, Bristow kept that shareholding when they sold / gifted Eastern back to Lake.

 

[YorkshireLad]

Eastern Airways on brink of collapse putting with jobs at risk

Hundreds of jobs are at risk after the airline filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yep, I’m guessing it’s all over

 

[Finger66]

According to the DFF there are apparently suggestions RL wants to buy back the J41s from the Administrators and return to the air PDQ. Not sure under what name that would be. And as has already been quoted he isn't referred to as Tricky Dicky for nothing.
Also been suggested, whether fairly or not, that things were run through most of the month of October and stopped just before pay day!

 

[Qing4theloo]

Well, if it ain't over till Charlie Alpha Alpha says it's over:

UK Civil Aviation Authority Statement: Eastern Airways | UK Civil Aviation Authority

Eastern Airways, which operated regional services from airports across the United Kingdom, has entered administration.

www.caa.co.uk

... it's over

Big shame - it's only a month or two since I was looking at the Wikipedia entry, which details how they basically came from nothing (or very little) to be a major player in regional flights in the UK. All that hard work over the decades ...