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Why don't BMI Baby buy some 737-800/700?
I recently flew with BMI Baby in fact me an my mum are frequent fliers with the airline jetting off to various places and the time has come I believe that they ought to buy some new aircraft.
I want to be a pilot myself and I have quite a few flying hours here and their whether that be as a passenger or flying in my Stepfathers Cessna 172 and I have realised that indeed their 737/300 series is ready for the hallowed ground. We started flying with them about three years ago and I have seen a decline in the upkeep of the aircraft.
The last flight that we went on was from Manchester (EGCC)- Jersey (EGJJ) and the aircraft in question was awful.
To begin with, the amount of noise being emitted was truly deafening and the level of vibration was unlike anything I have ever experienced.
The wings were black with soot and dirt and the suspension was awful, upon landing everybody violently jerked forwards and the spoilers slowly crept upwards as if they no longer had the will to live.
So I wish that now they're owned by Lufthansa they would at least get a fleet improvement even if it's just the 700/800 series I would be very happy.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
I am not familiar with that operation, but am familiar with airline economics... Airlines are businesses.. They have to make money or they go away.
It is likely that their -300s are paid for, or the monthly payments are VERY low... If they buy newer airplanes, like a NEW -800, their monthly obligation would likely QUADRUPLE... That means for each flight they operate, they must make that much more money just to break even...
The "bean counters" in the accounting department run "what if" spreadsheets on how efficient their operation is, and if it makes economic sense to move into a different airplane type, they will make that recommendation...
- 1 decade ago
I just looked up BMI Baby. Economics 101: You get what you pay for. Flight's as low as $5 and the top end stuff was like $20-30(They go by pounds, but I did the conversion. I checked it at least 10 times bc I couldn't believe it was that cheap) one way is unheard of in the U.S. I wouldn't complain much though if I was paying that little. At those rates it's hard to justify spending 30 million(about 20 million pounds)/per plane to upgrade their fleet.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Like any child, BMI Baby has to learn to walk before it can run. Perhaps as their business picks up, they will be able to upgrade their fleet.
