MANCHESTER - 5
Syrian have cancelled all their April flights; the twice per week DAM flights now planned to start early May.
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As an aside; An Antonov Design Bureau ad-hoc is coming in on the 21 Apr, leaving 0900 next morning. (An124?)
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SQ had those 747s planned for retirement years ago. Their tax system lets them amortise over a set number of years, which is why they turn their fleet over whilst still relatively young and maximise value. SQ have been involved in some rather creative sale and leaseback deals in the past that even involved people like Arnie Schwarzenegger!
I always think they are a little bit like a chess player, planning moves years in advance. That's how they do business, and successfully too. By now they would have planned to have a number of A380s in service rather than just three and that causes a ripple down through their fleet planning.
I always think they are a little bit like a chess player, planning moves years in advance. That's how they do business, and successfully too. By now they would have planned to have a number of A380s in service rather than just three and that causes a ripple down through their fleet planning.
The End Is Nigh!
BA TO PULL THE MAN-JFK IN OCTOBER.
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Ba Pull Man - Jfk
I was waiting for someone else to post this. I heard it yesterday. At least I know that I wasnt been fed a duffen ! Wonder if AA might take it up ?
I don't think there will be any need for Virgin or DL to step into the breach. Rumours are that the MAN-JFK is being replaced by LGW-JFK but that MAN-JFK will be taken on by Open Skies with the 757. Overall amount of flying to JFK remains the same for "BA pilots" but the Open Skies 757 operations are new.
LGW-JFK was announced today so this makes sense...
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Doubt it.
That would make Openskies the only airline into MAN that offers F class (I'm not sure about Saudi?)
Will expect either:
DL go double daily or increase a/c size
CO go triple daily for increase a/c size
VS launch on the route
BD launch on the route
BA are a disgrace!
That would make Openskies the only airline into MAN that offers F class (I'm not sure about Saudi?)
Will expect either:
DL go double daily or increase a/c size
CO go triple daily for increase a/c size
VS launch on the route
BD launch on the route
BA are a disgrace!
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Quote virginblue: "Some guy over at a.net says that MAN-JFK will be taken over by OpenSkies."
Errm, so did Flightrider on this thread 6 posts before yours.
Heard the same this afternoon, but discarded it as whispers until I read others had heard the same.
Errm, so did Flightrider on this thread 6 posts before yours.
Heard the same this afternoon, but discarded it as whispers until I read others had heard the same.
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Sorry, my mistake.
Still, going from a very profitable 763 to a 752 surely doesn't make sense? Oh...wait...yes it does - London is profiting from it!
Still, the service looks very nice onboard the 752 and would very much like to travel on my favourite a/c over the pond with the carrier. Tried CO, next is DL and then BA!
Seriously, I hope VS or BD come instead of BA onto the route, atleast they will stick with the airport.
Still, going from a very profitable 763 to a 752 surely doesn't make sense? Oh...wait...yes it does - London is profiting from it!
Still, the service looks very nice onboard the 752 and would very much like to travel on my favourite a/c over the pond with the carrier. Tried CO, next is DL and then BA!
Seriously, I hope VS or BD come instead of BA onto the route, atleast they will stick with the airport.
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Well it's been expected for a while and I guess the loss of G-YMMM hasn't helped. The whole reason of dumping the LGW-JFK run was to concentrate at LHR and allow LGW to concentrate on the Caribbean and Florida runs. Well that was last weeks policy and now a good profitable point to point has been sacrificed for dumping more capacity on London - New York.