NOW Aircraft...anyone know where they are?
 

I was up at my namesake airport today, thought I might get a sneaky preview of the NOW 737's. ( Camera in hand !)

Unfortunately, they were not be seen. 1 Astraeus aircraft in for camera fitting, 1 Air MAlta 737 after major check, 1 ex Astraeus aircraft (G-BZZA) and a american BBJ.

I thought from an earlier thread that they were in SEN being painted. Have they moved on?

Yes, one has been painted and gone back to STN painted white until it is released to NOW to use.

Whereabouts are they parked at Stansted, FLYMATE?

I'll be down that way soon and I wouldn't mind a piccy myself.

anybody who wants 'ZA', you are more than welcome.....

.....i bid you good luck.:ok:

FLYMATE where do you get all this information regarding dialogue between the leasing co and EZY regarding the condition of these aircraft? or do you just spout what your new "employers" are telling you, do you realise how long these frames were on the road before EZY inherited them?

Thanks Flymate, although that doesn't make sense. I have a mate in the ATC LASHAM hangar in SEN ( Used to be heavylift) who I asked about the NOW aircraft. He said they were expecting them soon. Which would infer he hadn't seen them yet.

Surprised no-one photographed them leaving , or arriving in STN.

Any chance anyone in STN can check their whereabouts and post some piccies.

Or is FLYMATE telling porkies again?

Think the first one has been and gone through the paint shop and is back at Stansted in plain white. Second NOW aircraft is still in the hangar with the previous operator trying to get it into shape to hand back to the leasing Company.

CAPT4C and 25min don't start, just leave it.

If anyone at NOW gets the justified arse with you, or your silly mates, the thread will get closed with some negative halfwit getting the last word.

Keep it fair-please.

Is that enough?

Heard from a friend they are at STN, one in white the other in Go colours. Both aeroplanes have been through checks before returning to the lease co. Same friend tells me that NOW are the new customer.

Thanks DH, solves the mystery. Is there a website with an aircraft in NOW colours anywhere? Just wondering what they're going to look like. I presume if they are painting them white that they'll use decals......seems to be all the rage these days.

They'll be easier for the lease co. to remove I suppose.

I think you'll find that the white and GO colour schemes go some way to confirming Flymate's post about troubles with previous customer. It is usual that an aircraft on lease is returned to the leasing company in white unless otherwise agreed. So not only did easy not do this (the white one has already been painted white since it's return), they did it late and with major maintenance outstanding. Missed slots in the paint shop and more work than expected and a delay in start up ensues.

A shame, but to be expected from easy or was this the mis-management for which they are becoming famous showing itself in the public domain?

NOW will be in the air and it will treat it's customers and employees in a manner which they deserve. I, for one, can't wait!

Located at Southend Nov 5th..

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...%3D&static=yes

Well that proves it then!!!! A white 737!!

Well, the picture was taken 05 Nov, so I think they are a little bit further along with the paint job into NOW colours...

But on the 12th Flymate told us that the 737 was painted white at Southend and then parked at Stansted!:confused:

Why do that? I would have thought it would make more sense to apply the NOW scheme in the paint-shop at Southend.

Does NOW even have a colour scheme, or is it perhaps all-white with white titles?;)

Part of the leasing deal is to have the a/c painted white. It was then returned to STN for the remaining work to be completed. NOW's colour scheme is all over white with large NOW across the forward fuselage and a ! on the tail, letter colouring is green - allegedly :mad:

Bacardi is thinking of one of the schemes considered, but not the one finally chosen. The white-over is the return condition requirement for EZY. It will make NOW's respray a little easier, but the scheme will be revealed with the rest of the company's public launch soon. I understand that we'll be recieving the first ac VERY soon.

Well, that clears that up then. It all sounds very "together", doesn't it.