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What's even the plan with Hi Fly? Are they going to be the ones applying for the UK AOC and are Global going to be simply a virtual airline selling tickets?
Or are they just assisting in the process? All seems a bit odd.
Or are they just assisting in the process? All seems a bit odd.
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It's interesting that they chose not to show James Asquith at all. Also interesting that the Director of Comms is one of the three from Global at meetings about getting the plane back in the air...
What is the purpose of this strange venture? Five minutes of internet fame? Burn through their own savings? Collect somebody else's money? Use the media attention for something else?
That's a bit mainstream, and its been done before. Now if you were looking to convert an A380 to offer a car ferry service from London to New York.....?
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You're missing a trick here, and not thinking big enough. Given the projected congestion next year at Dover and the Channel Tunnel with the new EU entry system, there's bound to be a lot of demand for a car ferry service which could operate from say Lydd to le Touquet. Go for it and snatch those cheap A380s from under Asquith's nose.
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Hi Fly already own a UK AOC - check out Jet Exchange in Cambridge which they took over. However, I gather all work on the project to get it to house Airbuses mainly A332 for now - has stopped.
You're missing a trick here, and not thinking big enough. Given the projected congestion next year at Dover and the Channel Tunnel with the new EU entry system, there's bound to be a lot of demand for a car ferry service which could operate from say Lydd to le Touquet. Go for it and snatch those cheap A380s from under Asquith's nose.
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According to the CAA, they only have a Type B Licence, to quote from the CAA website 'they are permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with fewer than 20 seats and/or weighing less than 10 tonnes.' So unless the A380 has shrunk...I think this may be a non starter
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According to the CAA, they only have a Type B Licence, to quote from the CAA website 'they are permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with fewer than 20 seats and/or weighing less than 10 tonnes.' So unless the A380 has shrunk...I think this may be a non starter
Companies House will tell you Hi Fly own it. Pop had first refusal to buy it once converted. I am unsure if Global have the right to buy Jet Exchange it/when they upgrade in AOC and OL was to happen.
Hence my comment that all work is currently on hold to convert it to a Type A which was being done.
Companies House will tell you Hi Fly own it. Pop had first refusal to buy it once converted. I am unsure if Global have the right to buy Jet Exchange it/when they upgrade in AOC and OL was to happen.
Companies House will tell you Hi Fly own it. Pop had first refusal to buy it once converted. I am unsure if Global have the right to buy Jet Exchange it/when they upgrade in AOC and OL was to happen.
Fair point, but a quick look shows Jet Exchange Ltd not to have too much in the bank, this is the one with a connection to Hi Fly, there is of course, Jet Exchange Management Ltd which does not appear to have direct connection to Hi Fly, only 2 Directors and it looks like they are man and wife, one of whom is also a Director at Jet Exchange Ltd.
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Fair point, but a quick look shows Jet Exchange Ltd not to have too much in the bank, this is the one with a connection to Hi Fly, there is of course, Jet Exchange Management Ltd which does not appear to have direct connection to Hi Fly, only 2 Directors and it looks like they are man and wife, one of whom is also a Director at Jet Exchange Ltd.
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An AOC isn't really something which can be simply traded though, is it? Probably just as easy to apply for one as opposed to buy one.
This whole thing is just really weird.
I hope HiFly have asked for payment up front.
I would put money on someone at Global complaining sometime next year at how much bureaucracy, shock horror, is involved in starting an airline.
This whole thing is just really weird.
I hope HiFly have asked for payment up front.
I would put money on someone at Global complaining sometime next year at how much bureaucracy, shock horror, is involved in starting an airline.
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An AOC isn't really something which can be simply traded though, is it? Probably just as easy to apply for one as opposed to buy one.
This whole thing is just really weird.
I hope HiFly have asked for payment up front.
I would put money on someone at Global complaining sometime next year at how much bureaucracy, shock horror, is involved in starting an airline.
This whole thing is just really weird.
I hope HiFly have asked for payment up front.
I would put money on someone at Global complaining sometime next year at how much bureaucracy, shock horror, is involved in starting an airline.
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Besides the obvious remark about what 'competent' is defined as, the rest of the CAA webpage states:
"A new company established for the purpose of purchasing the aircraft etc. from an AOC holder is a new legal entity and must apply for a new AOC prior to the commencement of commercial operations."
Won't that cover Global?
I just don't see this as the quick shortcut to an AOC they may seem to think it is.
"A new company established for the purpose of purchasing the aircraft etc. from an AOC holder is a new legal entity and must apply for a new AOC prior to the commencement of commercial operations."
Won't that cover Global?
I just don't see this as the quick shortcut to an AOC they may seem to think it is.