Originally Posted by 13901

Well, QR has been dry-leasing A330s to Air Italy for a year now and, at a certain point, even some A320 wet lease without too much of a hassle.

The question is price. QR is charging market rates to Air Italy and they basically own them. In this situation, in this market, ACMIs will be holding the knife by the handle. They'll charge their own price.



There's a lot of demand from Chinese airlines. A mate of mine, left unemployed by Wow air's sudden demise, now flies 330s for one of the Chinese big 3s (China Southern I believe). 2 weeks in, 2 weeks out, paid tickets home, great package. Considering these sort of things and the fact that BA has, as of last year, all but killed its cadet programme I believe they'll come to regret the decision. Add to that the uncertainty about European (based here or commuting) pilots...