Alliance expansion & earlier (YC) F50 operation
With the excellent industry backing of the airline owners, Alliance is in a great position to expand as they see fit. Opportunities are out there, and they are taking advantage of them as they arise.
The F100 is not a cheap aircraft to run, has limitations on its range and payload capability, but within their current theater of operations it is almost as cheap as you could expect (not as good as a 733, but within 12% per ASK).
Looking at historical references, Alliance/Flight West operated the F50 (AN) when a DHC8 went to NZ for a while; but the reference does not say how long the aircraft was in their colors.
There was also a rumor that Alliance were going to convert the F100 into freighters for the east coast trade, but the AirFreight (NZ)/Toll alliance would have canceled this project.
Ps. the AN F50's were 50 seats when 'Puffy Paul' (Keating) called Peter Ables & whinged about the seat pitch into CBR; they were then converted to 'F46''s
Last edited by Kwaj mate; 16th Jul 2007 at 03:52.
Reason: adding a p.s.