If it’s such a loss why they spend millions on 2 of the jets that could have been replace year ago..?
Why buy Bahamasair planes at all when leasing is an option buy leasing allows financial transparency.?
Leasing also mean the airline will be equip with the latest planes at lower rates
Why sell the dash8 which an airline just put 3 of them into service why we didn’t lease them out to keep the money coming into the country..?
When the ATR aircraft’s (5) were purchased maintenance parts were free for 5 years so why still need 24 million in subsidies that should have gone down for at least 5 years.
Why they can’t bring in someone from the U.S / Canada to give an advisory with transparency an less governmental influence.
Bahamasair is a sweet easy way to make money an blame it on daily operations it’s hard to do an audit on flight day after day, but I can tell you when I was there an the auditors are coming from the U.S all kind of new things that were needed would appear weeks prior to there arrival.
So all I show you think on that Bahamasair is an was never an issue the slackness is Bahamasair makes money why you think they never sold it. just how government cars be on the road on the weekends thing tuff but they get free car an gas that’s my 5cents
Understood, consider the fact that the government lie to us bout these figures
Firstly, Bahamasair closes this now who will central bank will rely on who to transport our money. That’s a subsidy
Airlines work like this when miami is making money that fills the gap for when Eleuthera isn’t , Cat island air closed down 2012 same for Sky Bahamas 2019 trying to operated into islands that won’t turning a profit.
Airline flying into destination that are losses yet again subsidies
Secondly, airlines and crew go through a lot being a pilot myself I can tell you it’s a challenge getting into these remote islands no navigation at all, an the runways demolish the tires in a matter of weeks when tires are suppose to last for months tires price range from $300 to high as $14,000.
The government isn’t truthful did you know that JetBlue Southwest & Delta gets a subsidy from the government? They are paid millions year over year for those empty seats im not asking I’m telling you I work in aviation government. Why not limit the time they can come an increase the time Bahamasair can go. No airline is allowed to go no destination that carriage airline fly in there country that is why they are successful. Time for the maths Aircraft fuel is measured in (6Ibs) Bahamasair will use 4200 Ibsvflight to miami The jet hold 120passengers
10,000 Ibs is taken total in case of emergency 4200 ibs used /6=700 gallons Fuel at 700 gal at $4.17 a gallon $2919 10000/6=1667gal at $4.17 is $6950 bearing in mind only 4200 out of the 10,000 is used. An average ticket is 260 plus in the summer an flights are full normally all 93 days of summer.
300(average ticket) *120(number of passenger the plane holds ) $36,000 with 4 flights daily to miami and 4 flight from total of 8 $36,000 x8=$288,000 daily an multiplying the 93 days of summer $26,784,000 this is miami route alone not factoring in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, West palm or the islands reggattas which uses a smaller ATR/Dash8 aircraft’s that burn less and don’t have to pay that heavy airport fees. Let’s not forget the overweight fees &change of tickets fee ect.
Bahamasair looses 7.5million monthly since COVID ok so that would mean in 12 months Bahamasair makes $84million an staff is said to be the second highest bill. So 7 million divide the 631 staff would mean each employee makes $11,000 monthly does that sound logical ?..
If Bahamasair is such a bother why did the government move Bahamasair office from the owned building on coral harbor road to Blake road in the building own/ shares by the pm paying some $40,000 monthly
If is such a issue why Bahamasair never branch out to Atlanta and Canada example Westjet, air Canada , Sunwing, Canadian north all come here to the bahamas from the same places every day some twice a day there is a market there but yet they won’t fly because it a way to show revenue that would mean less money subsidies an more explanations
Not everything that is in the media financially is true bahamasair is an essential service
No other airline flies between between: Crooked Island and acklins Mayguana & Inagua San Salvador
imagine your family or grandmother/father or extended family down on these islands and need to get to the doctor bahamasair is the only option consider this :
Or the fact that the flights are combined because those twin islands are sharing the doctor
Or the fact that we love to travel to the us no one wonders how the currency gets into the country this is done by bahamasair. i'm not defending because i was an employee but, rather i too was outside looking in when i got in my eyes open on how the government really treats the airline many of the staff were cut from Jan 2020 im telling from family who showed pay slips.
who will get the person stranded in hurricanes ? who will repatriated the illegal immigrants ? who will fly to the remote islands?
But Bahamasair can be improved with less government influence we cant be like jamaica get rid of the national airline like air jamaica hundreds lost jobs and the government of jamaica paying way more now to do the same routes via Caribbean Airlines think on that!!!!!!!!
alexferguson says...
If it’s such a loss why they spend millions on 2 of the jets that could have been replace year ago..?
Why buy Bahamasair planes at all when leasing is an option buy leasing allows financial transparency.?
Leasing also mean the airline will be equip with the latest planes at lower rates
Why sell the dash8 which an airline just put 3 of them into service why we didn’t lease them out to keep the money coming into the country..?
When the ATR aircraft’s (5) were purchased maintenance parts were free for 5 years so why still need 24 million in subsidies that should have gone down for at least 5 years.
Why they can’t bring in someone from the U.S / Canada to give an advisory with transparency an less governmental influence.
Bahamasair is a sweet easy way to make money an blame it on daily operations it’s hard to do an audit on flight day after day, but I can tell you when I was there an the auditors are coming from the U.S all kind of new things that were needed would appear weeks prior to there arrival.
So all I show you think on that Bahamasair is an was never an issue the slackness is Bahamasair makes money why you think they never sold it. just how government cars be on the road on the weekends thing tuff but they get free car an gas that’s my 5cents
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alexferguson says...
Understood, consider the fact that the government lie to us bout these figures
Firstly, Bahamasair closes this now who will central bank will rely on who to transport our money. That’s a subsidy
Airlines work like this when miami is making money that fills the gap for when Eleuthera isn’t , Cat island air closed down 2012 same for Sky Bahamas 2019 trying to operated into islands that won’t turning a profit.
Airline flying into destination that are losses yet again subsidies
Secondly, airlines and crew go through a lot being a pilot myself I can tell you it’s a challenge getting into these remote islands no navigation at all, an the runways demolish the tires in a matter of weeks when tires are suppose to last for months tires price range from $300 to high as $14,000.
The government isn’t truthful did you know that JetBlue Southwest & Delta gets a subsidy from the government? They are paid millions year over year for those empty seats im not asking I’m telling you I work in aviation government. Why not limit the time they can come an increase the time Bahamasair can go. No airline is allowed to go no destination that carriage airline fly in there country that is why they are successful.
Time for the maths
Aircraft fuel is measured in (6Ibs)
Bahamasair will use 4200 Ibsvflight to miami
The jet hold 120passengers
10,000 Ibs is taken total in case of emergency
4200 ibs used
/6=700 gallons
Fuel at 700 gal at $4.17 a gallon $2919
10000/6=1667gal at $4.17 is $6950 bearing in mind only 4200 out of the 10,000 is used. An average ticket is 260 plus in the summer an flights are full normally all 93 days of summer.
300(average ticket) *120(number of passenger the plane holds )
$36,000 with 4 flights daily to miami and 4 flight from total of 8
$36,000 x8=$288,000 daily an multiplying the 93 days of summer
$26,784,000 this is miami route alone not factoring in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, West palm or the islands reggattas which uses a smaller ATR/Dash8 aircraft’s that burn less and don’t have to pay that heavy airport fees. Let’s not forget the overweight fees &change of tickets fee ect.
Bahamasair looses 7.5million monthly since COVID ok so that would mean in 12 months Bahamasair makes $84million an staff is said to be the second highest bill. So 7 million divide the 631 staff would mean each employee makes $11,000 monthly does that sound logical ?..
If Bahamasair is such a bother why did the government move Bahamasair office from the owned building on coral harbor road to Blake road in the building own/ shares by the pm paying some $40,000 monthly
If is such a issue why Bahamasair never branch out to Atlanta and Canada example Westjet, air Canada , Sunwing, Canadian north all come here to the bahamas from the same places every day some twice a day there is a market there but yet they won’t fly because it a way to show revenue that would mean less money subsidies an more explanations
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alexferguson says...
Not everything that is in the media financially is true bahamasair is an essential service
No other airline flies between between: Crooked Island and acklins
Mayguana & Inagua
San Salvador
imagine your family or grandmother/father or extended family down on these islands and need to get to the doctor bahamasair is the only option consider this :
Or the fact that the flights are combined because those twin islands are sharing the doctor
Or the fact that we love to travel to the us no one wonders how the currency gets into the country this is done by bahamasair. i'm not defending because i was an employee but, rather i too was outside looking in when i got in my eyes open on how the government really treats the airline many of the staff were cut from Jan 2020 im telling from family who showed pay slips.
who will get the person stranded in hurricanes ?
who will repatriated the illegal immigrants ?
who will fly to the remote islands?
But Bahamasair can be improved with less government influence we cant be like jamaica get rid of the national airline like air jamaica hundreds lost jobs and the government of jamaica paying way more now to do the same routes via Caribbean Airlines think on that!!!!!!!!
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