OK peeps, enough already with the abuse!
Here it is, from the horses mouth (or ass, if you prefer that sort of language, eh,
Wino?)
Foreign Airport and Airline Clearances
It seems to me to be a complete shambles. For example:
Note:
Last Updated : September 14, 2001 11:40 PM EDT
ENGLAND London Gatwick Airport Monarch Airlines
ENGLAND Lutons Monarch Airlines
ENGLAND Manchester Airport Monarch Airlines
ENGLAND Newcastle Monarch Airlines
(Interesting that OM think they are in England, not the UK - unlike everyone else
)
UNITED KINGDOM Britannia Airways [strange that, they just had three 767s en-route to Florida turned back!]
UNITED KINGDOM Belfast Airport American Trans Air Inc
UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham Airtours International
UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham International Airport American Airlines, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham International Airport Continental Airlines Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham International Airport Uzbekistan Airways [!!!]
UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham Intl Air 2000 Ltd Great Britain
UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham Intl Britannia Airways
UNITED KINGDOM Dublin Intl Britannia Airways
[Strange, I was always under the impression that Dublin was in the Republic of Ireland]
UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow International Airport American Airlines, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow International Airport Continental Airlines Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow Intl Air 2000 Ltd Great Britain
UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow Intl Britannia Airways
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport Air 2000 Ltd Great Britain
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport American Airlines, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport American Trans Air Inc
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport Britannia Airways
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport Continental Airlines Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport Delta Air Lines, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport Northwest Airlines Inc
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport TWA Airlines LLC
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport US Airways, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM London Gatwick Airport Virgin Atlantic Airways
UNITED KINGDOM London Heathrow Airport Air New Zealand
UNITED KINGDOM London Heathrow Airport American Airlines, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM London Heathrow Airport United Air Lines Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM London Heathrow Airport Virgin Atlantic Airways
UNITED KINGDOM London Stansted Continental Airlines Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM London-Gatwick Airtours International
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Air 2000 Ltd Great Britain
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airtours International
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport American Airlines, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport American Trans Air Inc
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport Britannia Airways
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport Continental Airlines Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport Delta Air Lines, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport Pakistan Intl. Airlines
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport US Airways, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Manchester Airport Virgin Atlantic Airways
UNITED KINGDOM Newcastle Airtours International
UNITED KINGDOM Newcastle Arpt Britannia Airways
UNITED KINGDOM Shannon Arpt Britannia Airways [yet another airport I could have sworn was in Eire]
UNITED KINGDOM Shannon Arpt Omni Air International
Anyone see what I (don't see)? According to the FAA, Uzbekistan Airways is safer than British Airways. Now, we've all had our problems with the Nigels in the past, but this really is going too far!!
Any of our American friends like to explain this?
