View Full Version : Air Tahiti Nuie A340
dodo whirlygig
25th Nov 2014, 09:49
Since when have this crowd been doing Aust. Govt flights?
Pulled into BNE International terminal around 1830 this evening, callsign ASY 030.
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
25th Nov 2014, 12:46
Did they have a French accent? Beats the Portuguese ones from the last lot. Obviously no Aussies have the heavy metal needed. Where's Strategic when you need them?:}
Heathrow Harry
25th Nov 2014, 16:15
cheaper than sending a C-17 I guess
tourismman
26th Nov 2014, 04:46
Replaced Hi-Fly 343 contract with Adagold i have heard.Yesterday was the first flight.
onehitwonder
26th Nov 2014, 05:54
Is that 3 x a340's in a matter of months? Why aren't we using 330
chimbu warrior
26th Nov 2014, 09:23
Makes you wonder; one arm of government (Defence) using a foreign carrier to transport our troops, despite another arm of government (CAsA) proclaiming it has the best system in the world.
Obviously raises some questions.
Ejector
27th Nov 2014, 08:25
This would have been going on for about 10 years now.
Including the A330 from Portugal, pretty pathetic Australia aren't you.
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Air_Tahiti_Nui_A340-300_F-OSUN_departing_LAX.jpg)
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VS-LHRCSA
27th Nov 2014, 08:39
Defence went for the A340 as it could do DRW-NHD non stop with freight.
I do feel for the Adagold cabin and tech crew now out of a job.
eternity
27th Nov 2014, 17:25
Don't feel too bad for the Portugese flight crew....they'll be ok.
Although they probably can't go to TAP (because of hard times for that airline), there are plenty of jobs here in Asia, the ME and (surprisingly) in Europe.
With some bus time they'll have another job within a month or so....
jarden
27th Nov 2014, 20:23
It's actually Air Tahiti Nui, No E on the end. At least it has a far better livery than the all white one.
VS-LHRCSA
27th Nov 2014, 21:44
The Portuguese crew worked for Hi-fly, the Adagold cabin crew were Australian, on Australian EBAs, based in DRW and BNE. I'm not too sure about EBAs for tech crew but when I was with Adagold, we had a number of Aussie pilots based at BNE.
kennedy
28th Nov 2014, 02:19
Ahhh, I was wondering why it was climbing out of the not so secret airbase near Dubai!
ivan ellerbai
28th Nov 2014, 12:11
Does it matter, Jardene?
zappalin
28th Nov 2014, 19:30
Nope.
Quantas.
Trojan1981
24th May 2015, 10:23
Thank god Adagold are finally out of the picture.
The crews and ops support people were fine, but the company is dodgy as hell.
At least ATN are an operator, utilizing their own aircraft and crew. A long term charter broker lease for these operations is just ridiculous and does not represent value for money for the taxpayer.
They've been using a QF 744 lately.
BNEA320
25th May 2015, 05:30
re photos
wow BNE sure looks like LAX now
tourismman
28th May 2015, 07:39
Looks like Hi-Fly is back once again.CS-TQY a A340-300 landed DRW earlier and due BNE tomorrow.
Back to the Tuesday back Thursday rotation next week.