Indeed, Akerosid is waiting with baited breath, champagne on ice and two severe looking Ukrainians with baseball bats, standing behind the British minister in case he makes the wrong decision (gentle persuasion, I call it
).
It's been a long old battle; we should have been here years ago, but we're nearly there, lining up, flap 3, TOGA power and waiting for brake release ...
Incidentally, does anyone know why EI ordered its new A330-300 as a -301, which is the baseline A330-300; the -200 is a -203, which is fine, but I'm just curious as to the -300; I thought they would have gone for a higher gross weight model, particularly with their need for longer reach.
As for San Francisco, it is actually SFO, rather than SJC.