Loganair has announced it is to launch jet services on two key routes from Aberdeen Airport this autumn.
A spokesperson for Eastern said: “Following on from recent announcements by Loganair on their new route launches and in this day and age of high stress and concern about everything from Brexit to the environment, it was good to see some comedy introduced by our friends at Loganair which lightened the mood somewhat.
“The new routes and criticism around performance directed at Eastern Airways actually encompasses Loganair who already operate one of these ‘new’ routes on our behalf following on from its sister company FlyBMI who also operated the route on our behalf.
“It is good to see ‘Scotland’s favourite airline’ with the English owners and senior management team, putting to good use its manipulated position on being unencumbered with the debt of its sister company following the planned merger with FlyBMI by recreating the same operating environment again, curious planning for sure but cause for a celebratory chuckle all the same.”