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Post by exeglkflyer on Sept 27, 2016 17:04:47 GMT
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Post by rocky14 on Sept 27, 2016 17:38:06 GMT
Sounds good ex...
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Post by rj on Sept 27, 2016 19:06:19 GMT
Sounds good, they will definitely need the maintenance hangars now. Hopefully they will pool the fleet and we will see more of the French 510's. Blink to take over the world!
Rob
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Post by flyboy on Sept 27, 2016 19:14:27 GMT
Fully agree, sounds like a positive move forward. Lets hope that Blackbushe will see an increase in movements and revenue. Stuart.
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Post by BrenMac on Sept 30, 2016 9:38:29 GMT
A financial report I read said that Wijet was taking over Blink. We'll see.
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Post by exeglkflyer on Sept 30, 2016 10:05:34 GMT
Yes, I have now seen this also:
"French air-taxi firm Wijet is acquiring UK very light jet (VLJ) charter operator Blink, forming “the world’s largest” VLJ air-taxi provider, the companies announced today. The transaction will result in a new company, Wijet Group, with a combined fleet 15 Cessna Citation Mustangs. Blink will join Wijet on the real-time booking platform OpenJet.
Wijet Group, the holding company for Blink UK and Wijet France, will have joint CEOs: Corentin Denoeud and Cameron Ogden. Combined, it will have €18 million in revenues this year, and this is forecast to rise to €28 million, with 11,000 flights and 16,000 passengers, next year.
Blink and Wijet have operations in London, Paris and northern Italy. “By combining the two companies, the joint customer base will provide strong demand across western Europe,” the companies said. In addition, Blink’s established maintenance and operations capability will remain in the UK and Italy, while Wijet will continue to service its client base from Paris, along with key head office functions.
Initially, the aircraft will continue to operate under the Blink and Wijet colors before “gradually merging” into a new combined brand."
The link I posted the other day (from Blink's on website) talked about "combining" so all a bit confusing/murky in terms of actual ownership.
Does this mean that "Blinkbushe" still owns the airfield, or not?
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Post by BrenMac on Sept 30, 2016 11:45:01 GMT
Lord knows who owns it. The Blackbushe Airport web site is still advertising the Air Day which happened on 30th July - two months ago today.
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Post by rocky14 on Sept 30, 2016 12:31:40 GMT
It will be interesting to see how the direction of Brexit - or, in the minds of some, lack of it - may impact on the the acquisition and revenue forecast for next year. The future is a bit IMC at present. Malcolm's new name for the merger 'Wink Air' is rather appropriate - '...a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat'. I hope the merger will bring good fortune to the Bushe.
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Post by rj on Sept 30, 2016 16:45:33 GMT
Interesting, sounds like more of a take over than a merger. How this leaves the bushe is anybody's guess?
Rob
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Post by BrenMac on Oct 1, 2016 14:32:16 GMT
<<Lets hope that Blackbushe will see an increase in movements and revenue.>>
I hope that you are right, Stuart. However, this has been said many time since I first became involved in the mid-60s.
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