Another deal maker trying to spoil UL...

Look the likes of TRZ, IXM, CJB, COK,TRV,CCJ and India are not LHR, SIN or JFK but these are markets in India that have very little competition and these are vital for UL survival as other members have posted.

I would rather see UL have a larger narrow body fleet serving these desitnations and having first mover advantage rather than letting competition eat us up like in MLE with all the 5th freedom flying taking away pax and cargo vital for our survival.

UL just needs to Retime LHR for Early am Arrival and Midnight arrival in CMB. Will help the EU, N.America traffic connect vice vera via BA/AA and like wise a midnight arrival will connect to SYD and MEL also.

As I have said before, we have fine soft product. We just need a solid hard product, re time select flights (like LHR, FRA,CDG) to connect to Australia and Far east and a super FFP and we are alright. I don't see anything else wrong with UL despite being govt owned and compared to some other run down national carriers.

Very much agree with you.
I hope that the LHR slots have been leased out, for a bit more income.

The Chairman's demands to Airbus are on a par with Trump demanding Greenland.I don't know what he Chairman seriously expects these demands to yield; after all, what went on in UL is up to UL to address! And demanding redress from Airbus while the guilty here are still not charged is hypocritical at best. I can only imagine he expects to get a small write down or a good deal on A330s, but it could also be a precursor to talks with Boeing.....

Agree too re Richard Nuttall, he has brought UL into an operating profit and has a clear vision of the way forward, more than any political appointee has done in recent history.

If UL tries to go Boeing, now is the chance because there are(as reported) white-tail a/c that are now NTU(CN cant take up US jets).
though the chance exists, I'm 100% skeptical about it because of the all-airbus nature of UL..
anyone know why Nuttall isn't the head anymore?

Per the CH-Aviation article, Richard Nuttall will stay on until his replacement is selected. However, it seems clear that he is on his way out as he was not part of the UL senior management delegation that met with the President. I think the government is doing the right thing but not privatizing the airline, but its a shame that they are bringing in a new CEO when Richard Nuttall helped the airline survive Covid and the foreign exchange crisis and brought it back to operational profitability.
I think transitioning to Boeing is too much of a stretch for UL at the moment. In my opinion 787s would be acceptable, but would be a real shame if they replaced A320s with 737s, since the former are so superior in every way.