View Full Version : Who Replaced Strategic on ADF Middle East contract
Ejector
17th Feb 2012, 02:13
Was this contract continued to another operator?
division1
17th Feb 2012, 02:26
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Shagpile
17th Feb 2012, 07:15
Adagold - and they don't waste any money on things like paint
Falling Leaf
17th Feb 2012, 18:48
...or aircraft.
baswell
17th Feb 2012, 21:22
But at least they go out of their way to get our service men home to their families via the quickest routing after a long deployment, don't they, Shagpile? :ok:
Trojan1981
17th Feb 2012, 23:02
Adagold dont get much choice wrt schedule and route, that is determined by JMOVGP, otherwise know as the department of hurry-up and wait.
Shagpile
18th Feb 2012, 00:10
At least to get to UAE from Adelaide it is only now:
Adelaide - Sydney (Qantas)
[Adagold breaks for 2 days]
Sydney - Townsville (Adagold)
Townsville - Darwin (Adagold)
Darwin - Minhad (Adagold)
The old route with Strategic used to be 40+ hrs non-stop via Kuwait and a 4hr bus trip at the end. Now THAT was lame!
On the way home you get to see QF757 take off from Darwin-Adelaide while sitting in the terminal waiting for them to fix the aircraft, run out of crew duty, spend a night in Darwin, then go via Townsville & Sydney again.
Sigh.
DitchSwitch
18th Feb 2012, 01:21
Yikes! Don’t start me on the time when Strategic had a leased Omni DC-10, the old bird went u/s in every port on the way back from the MEAO. Tin city in Darwin was a blast! :rolleyes:
Ejector
18th Feb 2012, 02:46
What aircraft type do they operate?
Any pics?
DitchSwitch
18th Feb 2012, 02:54
A340-300 CS-TQM (HiFly)...
HiFly A340-300 CS-TQM Brisbane OIT-2& | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shebalso/4606236418/)