It seems the UK regionals are starting consolidation moves. Air Southwest (which I’ve talked about in this blog when it’s parent company put it up for sale)
It seems that there is a knight in shining armour, and that knight is another UK Regional – Eastern Airways
Sutton Harbour (Air Southwest’s parent) put the airline on the market due to the little economic problems that have plagued the UK recently.
Services will be retained, and the band retained for services in the South West of the United Kingdom (which serve Bristol, Plymouth and Newquay).
The takeover is expected to be completed next month with terms not disclosed. Of course there will be room to modify and combine fleets – or reduce fleets as needed as both airlines operate radically different fleets – Air Southwest operating Dash8 Q300’s, with Eastern running Jetstream 41s, Saab 2000s and Embraer ERJ-135s.
What sorts of cuts however, is another matter completely….
