Originally Posted by
simoncorbett
perhaps they have thought that they can use the 777 that they have on lease from Birmingham to India via Russia
All three of their former Emirates 77E aircraft are currently stored in Teruel in Spain not somewhere many tend to escape from to be honest
According to CH Aviation they are in dire financial state and references to Moscow and Zhukovsky is surely the same thing as that’s the airport they already use in the city for their charter operations anyway.
Be interesting to land their for the spotter through as it’s also the home of the Russian aviation test and research centre and some rather obscure frames do lurk around the edges of the field !
Samara is served currently once a day from St Petersburg, but could be used enroute India but only if Pakistan authorises over flights into Amritsar yet it has very few if any regular international services at the moment .
Given their finiancal state and actually lack of operational 777s let’s just guess how this goes forward shall we ?