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User currently offlineBWIA 772 From Barbados, joined May 2002, 2193 posts, RR: 2
Posted (10 years 11 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 691 times:


BWIA has delayed the delivery of its second Airbus A340-300 after reporting a loss of US 8 million compared to a profit of US 7.1 for the coresponding period last year. The airline has also been affected by the actions of their pilots who called in sick, such actions although always detrimental has been made worst as this period is the busiest time for the airline during the world. Even though the airline has restrcutured it looks that if such a trend continues that the structure of the organisation has to be looked at again.

While on this regional note Air Jamaica pilots have rejected the lastest wage offer made by that airline however a new is expected to be made in the nest 3 weeks. The last wage agreement ended in October of 2000 with negotiations going on for 2 years now.


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User currently offlineChepos From Puerto Rico, joined Dec 2000, 5990 posts, RR: 12
Reply 1, posted (10 years 11 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 666 times:

There is a very good article on both issues on the Caribbean AirNews(CaribbeanAvenue.com)
Chepos


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User currently offlineBWIA 772 From Barbados, joined May 2002, 2193 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (10 years 11 months 23 hours ago) and read 661 times:


That is where I got my info from. However I am wondering if the 340 will be with BWIA to say as if they contiue making a loss whether they would take the aircraft. I also wonder how did Air Jamaica do they have 3 340s now along with a massive narrow bodied fleet. Does anyone know what the figures for AJ/JM are.

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BWIA 772


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User currently offlineVoodoo From Niue, joined Mar 2001, 1964 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (10 years 11 months 20 hours ago) and read 650 times:

Profits and efficiencies aside,
Air Jamaica can rely more on its organized tourist industry to fill and, dare I say `subsidize', seats/capacity.
BW/Trinidad/East.Caribbean travellers are more fragmented across the board and so it is more difficult for BW to marshall the same sort of financial resources even though, in theory, the T+T govt. (such as it is given the current parliamentary situation) has its oil and gas tax revenue to draw on.



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User currently offlineBWIA 772 From Barbados, joined May 2002, 2193 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (10 years 11 months 18 hours ago) and read 646 times:


Well although that might be true about Air Jamaica I would still like to see how JM is doing compared to its operations last year but I guess these figures will come out once the airline is no longer opearting in the Red.

However from the spotters point of view this loss by BWIA has pro longed the life of the L1011. Thus in that regard it is like a stray dog that would not go away, as they were to go since 1997 and they are still here although the size of the 1011 fleet has been reduced. Does anyone know which of the 2 reamaing 1011s underwent heavy maintenance recently.


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User currently offline9Y-ISA From Trinidad and Tobago, joined May 2001, 221 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (10 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 621 times:

From what I know, 9Y-THA went through heavy maintenance recently which leave 9Y-TGJ. When the A340 was delivered they officially retired TGJ so I very much doubt it that they did the maintenance on it. Unless they brought it back into service again????

User currently offlineTrintocan From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2000, 3192 posts, RR: 4
Reply 6, posted (10 years 10 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 594 times:

Well well, the circumstances are certainly stacking up in favour of the TriStar - if the operations are put under too much strain -TGJ may have to be returned to action as it is still airworthy.

I wonder what caused BW so much loss - the September 11 thing will certainly have accounted for some, the Category 2 downgrade too - it's hard to think of what else, apart from the current industrial action, is to blame.

Trintocan.


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