Ekally1 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:00 pm
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I am hearing that FR are closing maintenance centre at pik , moving to europe
Source?
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A old colleague works at pik , was told from a FR aircraft maintanance member of staff
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If FR pull out will they repay tax payer funding to lure them in?
McG wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:43 pm
No, but there is every likelihood that what I read on Wikipedia previously regarding Ryanair maintenance at PIK is wrong.
Indeed. I suspect Ryanair might lease the hangar from PIK, but contract with PAML to provide staff etc to provide maintenance services to Ryanair. It's no doubt much more opaque than that and crafted to take advantage of subsidies, efficient tax arrangements etc.
Yes, I think similar exists with the companies that supply pilots and cabin crew to Ryanair. Also they now have multiple AOC's (Poland and Malta) to allow them to cut costs further and a UK AOC to help them circumvent any Brexit restrictions.