Titan Airways

[LBIA]

Do Titan Airways still hold an option to take a 2nd stored ex British Airways, Boeing 737-400?

[Stanstedeye]

Titan

318 G-EUNB has left LAX, & should arrive back at STN at 23.59.

[garry8g]

A320-233 G-POWI has left the Titan fleet, WFU 11 Nov 17

[mathers_wales_uk]

Originally Posted by garry8g

A320-233 G-POWI has left the Titan fleet, WFU 11 Nov 17

I thought Titan was taking on more Airbus rather than getting rid of some.

[El Bunto]

Originally Posted by mathers_wales_uk

I thought Titan was taking on more Airbus rather than getting rid of some.

It was a fixed-term lease from CIT Aerospace. Was due up in early 2018.

[Serenity]

What news of any more aircraft joining. Will they need them to cover the Jet2 and BA contracts next summer??
What about he A330 rumours?? Thanks

[southside bobby]

Word is on ZAP-POW`s currently..
G-POWS B734 The 2nd ex BA machine & for ops as a pax a/c in it`s first season.
G-POWT A321 The replacement for `POWI & ex MON.
Both due Spring`18.

[Dan Dare]

Why G-POW_? Many airlines have an identifiable reason for the recurring part of the reg. but I’ve never been able to put POW together with Titan and I need to know!

[TopBunk]

I suggest ZAP and POW relate to the noises cartoon characters make when fighting

[chaps1954]

Top Bunk
Never thought of that but very feasible

Ian

[rog747]

zap! and pow! was from batman tv series

[southside bobby]

Yes always was & totally as conceived...Genuis...
Callsign ZAP & reg sequence POW*.....& as stated from the old batman TV series with the drawn insets when there was a fight...
But now up to POWT so soon to run out of that sequence alas.
With the earlier blue livery the globe on the side was a representation of the largest moon of Saturn....Titan!!.

[22/04]

There lots of G-ZAPs in the early days - think I travelled on ZAPD, a Shorts 360

[southside bobby]

Yes....quite right first in that original sequence was ZAPA a C404.
To POW`s when that sequence ran out.
Tragically one of the original founders of Titan was killed when ZAPP his Christen Eagle aerobatic a/c crashed one evening back in 1990.

[SWBKCB]

I suggest ZAP and POW relate to the noises cartoon characters make when fighting

Fancy Dan Dare not knowing that!

[El Bunto]

Yes....quite right first in that original sequence was ZAPA a C404.

For which they originally advertised for pilots with the headline "Would you like a four-day week?"

Their ICAO designator of AWC is a bit odd, perhaps selected for Aircraft Worldwide Charter? Perhaps they thought ZAP was a bit alarming for a departures board.

[southside bobby]

Yes...AWC prefix effectively the only part that doesn't fit a genius idea...

[MontyP]

Originally Posted by southside bobby

Yes...AWC prefix effectively the only part that doesn't fit a genius idea...

I believe AWC are the initials of the joint founder who was killed in the crash mentioned a few posts earlier. A tribute perhaps.

[ex-sx]

Quite correct Monty, a tribute to Allen Chapman.

[El Bunto]

Originally Posted by MontyP

I believe AWC are the initials of the joint founder who was killed in the crash mentioned a few posts earlier. A tribute perhaps.

Thanks, makes sense.

Digging into ICAO history revealed that the designator POW is allocated to Hagondale Ltd. Weren't they Titan's owners at some point?

Update: still active on Companies House with same address and directors as Titan.