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Tommyinyork
31st May 2004, 17:41
Hi does anyone know which companies operate DC10s and Tristars into the UK as i want to fly on one this summer, no matter where i go i want to go on a Trijet.
witchdoctor
31st May 2004, 17:47
Book with Balkan Holidays and perhaps you'll get to fly on their lovely Tu154.;)
Tommyinyork
31st May 2004, 18:03
I want to go on a L1011, DC10 or MD11 only.
Out Of Trim
31st May 2004, 18:21
US airline Northwest still flying DC10 s out of LGW to MSP and DTW :hmm:
Pulkovo Airlines are beginnning a service from LHR to St Petersburg on June 1 with Tu 154s. I know they've operated this on behalf of Aeroflot for a while, but now they are starting in their own right.
Will this make them the last trijet operator to start operations at Heathrow ?
BTW, Varig still do MD11s out of Heathrow to Sao Paolo too, and you can also take them on the short hop continuation flight from Heathrow to Copenhagen and back, which would make a day trip for you if really interested in doing it just for the sake of it.
Morrissey
31st May 2004, 20:50
Thai have just started flying this route weekly with an MD11
boeingbus2002
31st May 2004, 21:28
Biman out of LHR use DC-10-30's
Some of their flights stop off at CDG, FCO, FRA.
Eva Air use MD-11s into LHR like Varig.
Or....join the Air Training Corps, maybe lucky enough to get a trip on RAF Tristars!
Engineer
1st Jun 2004, 05:26
boeingbus2002
Biman out of LHR is direct to DAC on the DC10 From FCO route is to DAC via FRA or ORY
Colonel W E Kurtz
1st Jun 2004, 15:22
Any tristars flying in europe still? I love them they are my favorite plane!!!!!!!!!:O
mytdc10
1st Jun 2004, 22:51
MyTravel airways operate a DC10-30, however this is a stand by aircraft, I think only rostered flight is a weekly Man - Pmi on a saturday.
There's also the Ghana Airways DC10 which operates in/out of Heathrow several evenings a week, although I wouldn't really recommend Accra for a summer holiday !
sharpshot
2nd Jun 2004, 13:27
Portuguese operator Euro Atlantic still has an L.1011
and Hewa Bora from the Congo op to BRU as well.
Mark Lewis
3rd Jun 2004, 19:00
AFAIK Biman goes to Dhaka via Dubai from LHR?
SQUAWKIDENT
7th Jun 2004, 15:41
DC-10??? no thanks I value my safety! Give me a TriStar anyday
Dengue_Dude
20th Jul 2004, 08:39
Well having spent a few years operating both, I would say that from a 'workers' point of view the Tristar is the nicer aircraft, but there is no doubt in my mind that the DC10 is the better aircraft.
Biman operate DC10 FROM Dhaka to LHR via Dubai, or Jeddah. Flight FROM LHR are all direct to Dhaka.
They'll be around for a few years yet as they are only 'talking about' their replacement and the aircraft are basic and reasonably reliable. Fuel costs are mitigated somewhat by the fact that this is the Bangladesh flag carrier and the Government pays ultimately.
Hope that helps. If you want a short flight, Rome to Frankfurt is done by DC10 which is probably the most convenient for European based customers that MUST fly on a Trijet.