Originally Posted by
vectisman
This has been commented on above. To be honest the Air Peace CEO has an agenda and is always shouting off about something.
Did Air Peace actually ever apply for any slots at any London airport, and have the slots they're currently using at Gatwick actually been awarded to them? I believe these slots are in fact Norse's slots Air Peace doesn't have any slots anywhere in the UK. Also, the Gatwick slots they're currently using seem to be available to them only until the end of August. This is until when they seem to have filed their Gatwick-Lagos schedule according to aeroroutes. It also tallies with Air Peace planning to operate Gatwick-Lagos six times a week entirely with their own metal from 1 June till 31 August as Norse is planning to go double-daily on Gatwick--JFK from June and therefore probably need the aircraft currently operating Gatwick-Lagos for Air Peace four times a week under an ACMI contract for two months (till May-end). And Norse is planning to launch a new, three-times-weekly Gatwick - Las Vegas service starting on 1 September. Hence, they'll need those slots currently used by / for Air Peace themselves, tallying with the end of Air Peace's six-times-weekly Gatwick-Lagos 777 service on 31 August.
Come September, expect the Air Peace CEO to create a huge fuss about how the treacherous, nasty UK government in cahoots with a conspiracy of foreign airlines wanting to see him fail has mugged him of his non-existent Gatwick slots.