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Old 17th Jan 2009, 17:14
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Halcyon Days
 
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There are plans afoot to commence a new all premium class only daily service to Abuja-Nigeria from Luton.
The airline BWAA-British West African airlines have supposedly bought or rented the old Silverjet lounge and are hoping to start services as soon as April.
The one aircraft is believed to be a 757 leased/bought from a well known UK charter/ACMI operator (Name intentionally withheld)
In the "Where are you now section"-the principles are trying to contact ex Silverjet staff-to get the business up and running.
How on earth anyone in their right mind would expect something like this to work in the current economic climate-is beyond comprehension.
I would be the first to wish it success but sadly experience of this type of service has in the most part ended quickly in failure (EOS/Maxjet/Silverjet) and they were serving prime business class destinations like New York and Dubai- and before the height of the current economic downfall.
It will sadly end in failure (if it ever gets started) and leave staff and passengers counting the cost yet again.
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