I believe hopes for "new" :} aircraft have been on for ages...:{ :{

yeah ive heard that this is there plan, i think they hope to eventually have up to 25 rj s. its a good move by wx in my opinion. not much of a transition crew and maint wise.
the market will be flooded with the 146s though but id hazzard a guess in saying it will not happen over night, id say it will be one at a time ish..
regs
ej:)

....have read talk somewhere that BAE are considering opening up the 146 freighter conversion business again. The conversion on the new-build QT's and QC's was subbed-out originally, if I remember correct.

How about 757's?

I heard in the airport the other day someone talking about 757's for WX, sure must be a mistake or something! Can't imagine it. But maybe some of you heard the same thing?:confused:

Can't see a B757 going into London City, one of CityJets main destinations :rolleyes:

Fried Chicken

a go around for sure ! :}
or a ditching procedure :E

re: WX and the B757
 

I taught that WX can not operate any aircraft that has more that 100 - 110 seats as they are a fully owned franchise Air France operator.

....you'd be hard-pressed to get 100 seats into an RJ85. If these are the ex-Mesaba a/c, they are I believe operated 5 abreast, which gives a capacity of about 70. Even if re-fitted to 6 abreast, I think the max is about 95.

Since the cap is 96 seats (so i recall), it should not be a problem even the BAE146-300 at 112 seats, are never full because of the quota. Lets see what happens!!!

Anything WX ops in non AF code they can op whatever type they like is my info. So 757 can't be ruled out for that reason. Could be wrong mind.

I wonder if they would take rj100's from the likes of BA

Cityjet is limited by an Air France scope clause to 99 seats. Even if the config on a given day allows more seats, we can't sell them and are limited to 99 no matter what.

If the route justified more than 100 seats, AF would be operating it themselves.

Cheers :cool:

That's a fair number. I'm curious to know where they're coming from.

All ex Mesaba apparently,

http://www.jethros.i12.com/fleets/fl...gs/cityjet.htm

MK

So I can assume that one of the planes will be called "Great Britain"!

Farrell

I was thinking more "Craggy Island" ;)

******jet
 

Is that Aussie twit still the CP? No wonder they repeat the same mistakes.

good question. where will they use the aircraft? anyone have any inside track information??

They will be using the RJs on the same AF franchise routes (Paris-LCY, FLR, BHX, GOT, ZRH, etc) as they do with the BAe 146-200s/300s (17 of them if I recall), plus a SBY a/c and the remainder for network "expansion". Remember that as an AF franchise operator, they might take over some routes where AF (mainline) do not operate profitably and/or that do not justify anything bigger than a 99-seater - or a route where runway length justifies a STOL aircraft (FLR, LCY).

Cheers :cool:

Cityjet
 

Cityjet in talks with LCY, anyone know any inside info?? Could be good news for Cityjet/AF.


Bye