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To be a pound (or Euro!!) behind Sir BISH
So SMB gets his dosh next week, the germans probably thought they were being clever in getting him to agree to be paid in Euro's, the smartest man in aviaition today (probably)
Sir enjoy your retirement, i don't think we have seen the last of you yet (hopefully) probably
Sir enjoy your retirement, i don't think we have seen the last of you yet (hopefully) probably
The original plan was to put one A330 on CAI and the second on TLV, but there was apparently a bilateral issue with the Israelis over upgrading from narrow-body to wide-body aircraft. Plan B was to put the second aircraft on Amman but with negotiations continuing to be able to fly it on Tel Aviv.
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Just been looking at the CAI turnaround - will only be 50 minutes!
Maybe for the A320 but will they be able to do this with the A330?! I suppose it is only a 5 hour flight - would they be able to load fuel in London and not need to do so again until it returns to the capital or would it need to refuel in Cairo?
I'm guessing it will be refuelled in Cairo...
Maybe for the A320 but will they be able to do this with the A330?! I suppose it is only a 5 hour flight - would they be able to load fuel in London and not need to do so again until it returns to the capital or would it need to refuel in Cairo?
I'm guessing it will be refuelled in Cairo...
I've just bought a ticket for the 1st April AMM - LHR and its booked for an A321 and onto MAN on an A319. It's the same when I come back to AMM on 3rd May.
The strange thing about booking this flight is the fare structure:
AMM - LHR - AMM = £585
AMM - LHR - MAN - LHR - AMM = £415 which is what I've paid
What's the reason for this? The agent in the Indian call centre didn't know the reason when I booked the flight.
The strange thing about booking this flight is the fare structure:
AMM - LHR - AMM = £585
AMM - LHR - MAN - LHR - AMM = £415 which is what I've paid
What's the reason for this? The agent in the Indian call centre didn't know the reason when I booked the flight.
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ATW Daily news
Lufthansa said it does not expect to complete original plans to increase its shareholding in bmi to 80% this month, Dow Jones reported. LH has not officially submitted a request to the EU for antitrust approval. It currently holds 30%-minus-one-share in bmi but plans to purchase an additional 50%-plus-one-share stake from bmi founder and Chairman Michael Bishop following the latter's decision last fall to exercise his sell option
bmi to drop lhr - jer ?
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there's been much debate about bmi / LH and hubs recently. whilst the following link may not be entirley relevant here there are interestign comments from LH about using FRA as a hub and pulling in passengers from MAN. It got me thinking about the BMI LHR services...anyway make of it what you will...
BBC NEWS | Business | Frankfurt ready to fill Heathrow's shoes
BBC NEWS | Business | Frankfurt ready to fill Heathrow's shoes
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If FRA want to pick up more regional connecting pax and seriously challenge LHR then they need to expand the amount of UK airports that are connected directly to FRA - I think only LHR, BHX, MAN, BRS and EDI are currently connected(?) If you compare that to AF and particularly KLM, they're a long way behind. I guess that's where bmi, particularly regional, could come in, as a FRA feeder airline from the likes of GLA, LBA, NCL, ABZ etc.
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Congrats to BMI on gaining the rights to Kyiv- it really seems to fit in with their model of mid-haul CIS destinations.
Also in BMIs original wishlist when they took over BMED was Minsk, in neighbouring Belarus- I was wondering why this hasn't materialised. At present the Belarussian national airline Belavia fly to London (not sure of frequencies), but BA nor any other British carrier seem to fly this route- this would surely leave some bilateral frequencies on the British side unused- does anyone know why BMI doesn't have/use these? Does it not want them or can it not get them? Thanks.
Also in BMIs original wishlist when they took over BMED was Minsk, in neighbouring Belarus- I was wondering why this hasn't materialised. At present the Belarussian national airline Belavia fly to London (not sure of frequencies), but BA nor any other British carrier seem to fly this route- this would surely leave some bilateral frequencies on the British side unused- does anyone know why BMI doesn't have/use these? Does it not want them or can it not get them? Thanks.
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There aren't enough hours in the day for 1 330 to do 2 rotations to TLV.
I beleive it will start around early April, but thats just a best guess.
If it leaves around 2200z 'twould arrive ~0300z which is 0500local. The return assuming again about 5 hrs+1.5 hrs turnaround would put it back into LHR about 0930z. Even with a reduced report of 60 mins thats 12h30 which is over max FDP for pilots, and 30 mins inside for CC (but they usually have a longer report anyway, 75 mins).
I don't see it being a there and back, looks more like a ~27 hr layover.
I beleive it will start around early April, but thats just a best guess.
If it leaves around 2200z 'twould arrive ~0300z which is 0500local. The return assuming again about 5 hrs+1.5 hrs turnaround would put it back into LHR about 0930z. Even with a reduced report of 60 mins thats 12h30 which is over max FDP for pilots, and 30 mins inside for CC (but they usually have a longer report anyway, 75 mins).
I don't see it being a there and back, looks more like a ~27 hr layover.