Strategic Airlines A320

[B772]

I hear Strategic have ordered 2 x CFM powered A320's for delivery in June and July. Base to be either BNE or MEL.

[airsupport]

Please excuse my ignorance, but who are Strategic Airlines?

[Left Wing]

Strategic - Taking off soon


found this on Google...

[airsupport]

Okay, thank you..............

September this year, maybe............

A330s too eventually.

[Zero_au]

A little birdie told me that a LARGE number of Tiger captains will be joining Strategic Airlines, based in BNE with very good conditions.

[Timber]

These A320's could become rather a threat to Our Airline and Ozjet in the charter market. Interesting times coming....

[amos2]

Yeah!...in your dreams!!

[89 steps to heaven]

Strategic Airlines seem to be a major sponsor of the new A1GP motor race at Surfers Paradise.

[TBM-Legend]

has that SAW look to it. have aircraft and business will come. please tell us about the underserviced Australian routes etc....

[SkyScanner]

based in BNE with very good conditions

What sort of conditions are they that make them very good?

[Wings Of Fury]

I have seen their A330 abroad a fair bit, in the Middle East, mostly in Kuwait, and its quite strange the POB is only 4 when they are heading back east (to Australia) Maybe its freight they are bringing over not soldiers.

[Jabawocky]

I have seen it at YBTL

And no I am not the Townsville refueller!

Could post pics but too lazy!

[Dale Hardale]

I'm with TBM.

Seems a very strange time to be starting this type of operation in what is already a fully serviced market.

A lot of charter work would be required to keep 2 A320's profitable. But, there does seem to be a lot of cash floating around with this company at the moment.

[FFG 02]

I have seen their A330 abroad a fair bit, in the Middle East, mostly in Kuwait, and its quite strange the POB is only 4 when they are heading back east (to Australia) Maybe its freight they are bringing over not soldiers.

Wings of Fury,

The A330 is a regular scheduled flight. If the personnel in the area of operations are going home or on leave they will be on it. If there are no big rotations of troops or leave it does often fly back pretty empty.

That said they may have also gone over with a lot of freight on an unscheduled flight and accordingly no leave/rotation was planned.

has that SAW look to it

A former director with Strategic had a falling out and left to go and set up SAW.

Don't know much about SAW but the times I have flown with Strategic, they were fantastic (apart from no alchol onboard-military rules).

FFG 02

[Moniker]

The A330 is a regular scheduled flight

which is not to be confused with your run of the mill regular PUBLIC transport flight al la QF et al ..

it is a closed CHARTER flight carrying defence personnel and equipment/freight as and when required usually on a regular basis ..

.. and needless to say I think it is definitely barking up the wrong tree assuming it is a SAW re-incarnation, for exactly the reason mentioned by FFG 02.

I'm thinking that it is Strategic Aviation being re-vamped as it expands and morphing into Strategic Airlines ..

good on them I say ..

[Wings Of Fury]

Thanks FFG 02, I thought there was more to it, They come over here with personnel, sometimes via Doha.
Will Strategic be hiring for the A330 anytime soon? I applied I think about 2 years ago when they were hiring.