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LTNman
23rd Aug 2008, 06:59
A couple of weeks ago I saw an Eastern Airways Saab 2000 touching down in Ibiza. Anyone know if this is a regular charter flight or a one off?
Johnny F@rt Pants
23rd Aug 2008, 18:23
Can't help you with the IBZ question, but I saw one in Nice the other week. I assume they're ad hoc charters.
LTNman
23rd Aug 2008, 19:08
It can't be the best aircraft to travel to Ibiza in from the UK. Would have thought it would take at least 3 hours as well from a southern UK airport and maybe 4 hours from the north.
AircraftOperations
24th Aug 2008, 10:18
The Saabs not that slow, are they?
GrahamK
24th Aug 2008, 12:52
Could be worse, how about all the way to Ibiza in a J41? :E
K.Whyjelly
24th Aug 2008, 15:49
The Saabs not that slow, are they?
The following data would seem to indicate that the aircraft is quite nippy...........
Saab 2000 Regional Transport Aircraft Aerospace Technology (http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/saab_2000/)
SummerLightning
25th Aug 2008, 03:17
Not necessarily a flight from the UK. There are holiday charters to IBZ from all over Europe, including many now from E Europe... plus many private planes in and out. I haven't been for many years, but it wasn't unusual even in the 1990s to see smaller twin-prop planes on scheduled internal flights or to and from destinations in Italy, southern France, N Africa etc.
jamestkirk
3rd Sep 2008, 11:02
Eastern do alot of charters on the Saab.