ZAZOO

SKYGOD,

You fool wipe off those tears and get your ass up in the air ere you belong we aint going anywhere for now believe me much to the chagrin of some punters who are baking in their so called hot kitchen.

By the way we should meet up for New Years Eve SKYGOD what ya say geezer.

Zaz

ZAZOO

Ooooooooohhh yaaawnnnn

surely not

sorry Zazoo are you tired? Is that from waiting for the new aircraft to appear, or the comments on here?

ZAZOO

Hhhmmmm oh its you SN, u sneaky devil! naw me ok just taking a nap after a long flight!

Was real calm over the west coast today apart from good ol bluetail.

By the way Merry Christmas SN and hope to see ya in the new year and all the best with VK

surely not

Best wishes to you as well Zazoo, and I hope that 2006 is a good one for you.
If we do meet up I dare say a pint might be in order

haughtney1

Saw a Bellview 767-200 on the ramp at FRA a couple of weeks back..nice from a distance, tatty close up. Shame about tje whole business..but..safety above all else, and dealing with the "west Africa" factor must be paramount

ChiefT

Nigeria Allows Some Grounded Airlines To Fly
December 23, 2005

Two of three Nigerian airlines grounded after a series of deadly crashes were allowed to resume flying some of their fleet on Friday, easing the strain for travelers eager to avoid dangerous and violent roads.

Sosoliso, which lost a plane in a December 10 crash that killed 106 people, is allowed to fly two of its four remaining aircraft, while Chanchangi, another private Nigerian carrier, can operate six out of its eight planes, a new Nigerian aviation task force said.

"They are cleared to fly on condition that those (four) planes stay on the ground," said Ibrahim Usman, secretary of a task force set up by President Olusegun Obasanjo just after the Sosoliso crash to carry out urgent aviation reforms.

The Sosoliso crash at Port Harcourt Airport in the south of Nigeria killed about 50 children from a school in the capital Abuja who were on their way home for the Christmas break. An investigation is ongoing into the cause of the crash.

The disaster came just seven weeks after a plane operated by another Nigerian carrier, Bellview, crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos killing all 117 people on board. There has been no official word on the cause of that crash.

Bellview was grounded on Tuesday and it has not yet been given clearance to fly, Usman said, adding that an audit of its operations was under way.

The interruptions in flights by the three airlines have thrown the Christmas travel rush in Africa's most populous country into chaos, with rowdy crowds besieging the sales desks of those airlines still flying. Fights have broken out as ticket queues have bulged.

Nigerians who can afford to are keen to fly home for Christmas rather than go by road, because of a seasonal increase in highway attacks by armed robbers who want to get their hands on cash and gifts people take home.

Obasanjo has sacked several senior aviation officials as part of an emergency shake-up of the industry ordered after the Sosoliso crash.

Nigeria's air transport sector has grown rapidly in the past decade but most of the commercial fleet is second hand and over 20 years old. The president said the sector was tainted by corruption and corners were being cut in all parts of the system.

(Reuters)

Engine Noise

bellview has announced the arrival of the 737-300 along with the expat crew. Has any one seen it?And will bellview now resume the lagos-kano route?

ZAZOO

Just been told its arriving tomorrow afternoon about time too me tired of waiting as well!
Was told by a senior official the arrival was delayed due to painting and also the poor turnout of pax during the yelutide season, yeah, but happy to hear its now a go and should be in Lagos or Abuja!

Also still talking about the new A320 fleet, hope thats gonna pull through also, cos it woud be nice !

Well fingers crossed and hope for the best this time around

By the way was anybody in this forum in Monrovia on sunday afternoon flying a HS125 executive with 5N reg would like to meet up cos you ere just hilarious with the tower controller man, I was just laughing all through my descent.

Zazoo

YUCCY

That Boeing 737-300 is aircraft owned by JAT Airways Serbia flag airline. I know cause i saw it few days ago in their maintenance hangar painted in very nice Bluetail colour scheme ready to go. I have no idea wheather is it leased or bought but i kind of think the first one, cause JAT has long history of doing same deals with Nigerian companys. Btw. DC9 of Sosoliso that crashed few months ago was ex JAT airplane.

Cheers Alex

abujaflyer

I have heard that Bellview are currently unable to pay their fuel bills and have over US$7million outstanding plus staff were paid their December salaries very late. Zazoo have you heard anything?

ZAZOO

Hello YUCCY, Long time my friend I got your email and will get back to you very soon about your question just let me do some enquiries !!!

Your quite right the aircraft is here in Abuja, saw it on arrival in Abuja this morning from lagos with buetails morning flight its very pretty as u say and we are quite delighted here at bluetail. Here at last

I hope Buetail will move in this direction its a thumbs up for the management, hopefully they will stick to their side of the bargain and prosper.

Zazoo

Cessnafan

Its not clever to fly in Africa without being paid in advance, that goes for operators and pilots.

ZAZOO

$7,000,000

oh man whats next on the dont fly Bellview bashing agenda AF

Hi Guns

fly2fly

Does anybody know if Bellview is back in the air???

Gunship

Yeah mate they are flying again. The above post by CHIEFT can be misleading ( I think that is why he put the dates there).

You will see in my post below it was posted 30 Dec that they are back flying again. Chief T quoted a piece on 6 Jan 06 that was written on 23 Dec 05.

So yes they are definately flying again.

See HERE

Flying Touareg

bellview has placed an advert today seeking for 767 and 737-200typerated captains and F/Os.

Flying Touareg

Is it true that bellview's 733 was the same 733 used by aero before?

Rani

Confirmed.
The a/c registration is YU-ANV and is the same aircraft previously leased to AERO prior to October 2005.

ZAZOO

Whats up guys and how we all doing on the west coast of good ol mama Africa!

by the way must say its busy in the area these days and wish you all happy flights joo