March Info
(Taken from official Astraeus webpage)
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Mario's Blog, March 2011
The last few weeks have been exceptionally busy for us here. At the start of February the Iron Maiden aircraft was converted from its normal 218 passenger configuration into its unique combi fit and is now making its way around the world with the band. This year’s tour is the longest we have done for the group and will see us operating to various new destinations such as Singapore, South Korea and new airports in South America. This year’s tour is operating through 17 different countries over 66 days. The combi configuration of this aircraft means the band, stage crew and all their equipment and instruments can travel with them in one go. Making it the most cost effective method to rock around the world.
The recent crisis across Egypt and Libya has seen us operating several flights at very short notice on behalf of BP and the British Government to repatriate British citizens and nationals to the UK from Cairo, Tripoli and Malta.
So let me give you an update of what’s currently going on here. Our new contract with Tonlé Sap Airlines in Cambodia is working very well. We continue to operate for our regular customer’s bmi, British Airways, Trawel Fly and Iceland Express.
The summer is taking shape now with our sister company Iceland Express potentially having up to 6 aircraft and introducing new US routes to Boston, Orlando and Chicago while maintaining their New York services and a return to Winnipeg, Canada. In fact, Iceland Express is introducing another UK route for the summer, Edinburgh to Keflavik twice a week. This will work nicely with the US connections.
We are very pleased to announce that we are in final negotiations with a major UK tour operator for a B757 starting from May for the summer season operating some of their short to mid haul routes.
The summer still has some more planning to undertake, but all is developing nicely and I hope that in my April Blog I will be able to tell you a lot more. We are currently undergoing a large recruitment drive in preparation for this.
We are now nearing spring and the start of the summer season is just around the corner.
Mario Fulgoni
CEO President