[tomwjsimpson]

UK gov are investing in a new start-up airline – never mind is this the right time to do so, but, is this right given they have refused support to existing UK airlines?!

[AMcWhirter]

Is this the airline in question ?

https://www.flypop.co.uk/16/308/flypop-announces-investment

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[tomwjsimpson]

Indeed, I thought I’d inserted a link but it didn’t come through!

[BackOfThePlane]

According to the Telegraph, the funding in question amounts to £1 million. Good luck to them, they’re going to need lots of it (and many more millions).

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[Mark Caswell]

I first reported on Pop back in 2016:

POP Airline targets UK-India flights

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[Alsacienne]

I’m surprised they haven’t considered backing Atmosphere Intercontinental Airlines UK ….

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[canucklad]

“It will cater not only to the UK’s Indian/South Asian diaspora (and their visiting friends and relatives) but will also serve those keen to explore the Indian sub-continent and region with very low-priced flights.!

Sounds like another attempt at making a success of a long haul LCC !!

Kudos to optimism , naivety to realism

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[FinnKZ229]

The name sounds very similar to the airline dreamed up on an episode of the Apprentice. It was presented to a large number of travel experts at Waterside who found it badly named and very amusing.

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[tomwjsimpson]

Indeed – Jet Pop – with the ‘o’ replaced with an explosion …

[LHRSENflyer]

Amazing timing. I presume this is part of the “strategy” to throw money at the north of England and to secure these amazing post-Brexit trade deals

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[jjlasne]

Not quite sure why Her Majesty’ s Government would invest in a start-up airline in the first place and I find it wholly unnecessary in the second place.

But that’ s me.

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[GivingupBA]

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Me too. My FIRST (not second) thought on hearing the news was to check the calendar and see if it was in fact April 1.

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[LuganoPirate]

I wish them well, but wonder why they think they will succeed when so many (if not all) of these low cost long haul airlines have failed?
I give them 12 months from start, and I’m being generous – though I hope I’m proved wrong!

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[AMcWhirter]

This airline will be about carrying VFR traffic and that’s low yield.

In any case existing airlines already cater for this market both direct and indirect.

And since Jet failed at couple of other Indian airlines have appeared on the scene as we have reported recently.

[PeterCoultas]

It will always be difficult for LCC to undercut “legacy” carriers significantly on long haul routes while there are ridiculously high government taxes and airport charges to factor in…

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