just read this on the Flight International Website.
Is this truth or fiction......
Are they about to really start flying ???
DATE:08/05/07
SOURCE:Flight International
SkyAirWorld set to start E-170 services for Solomon Airlines
Australian start-up SkyAirWorld hopes to begin Embraer 170 wet-lease operations for Solomon Airlines this week after a hitch in receiving its air operator's certificate. "The aircraft has to be certified [in Australia] so they have to do proving flights," says Solomon general manager of operations Napoleon Padabela. Meanwhile, Solomon has wet-leased a Boeing 737-200 from OzJet.
also who would be footing the bill for the Ozjet lease SkyAirWorld or Solomon Air????
Why wouldn't it be true L1011???
The crews are in place, the aircraft is certified, all the relevant documentation has been submitted, the money's been paid, and all but one of the route proving flights have been completed. Should be up and running by mid next week if CASA hold up to their end of the process.
Probably Solomon, as they would have been paying for a lease anyway, whether to SAW, OzJet or the Spanish mob who pulled the pin last week.
Magoo