Alliance Airlines VIP Fleet

[billykid]

I have noticed Alliance have purchased 2 "new" Fokkers with VIP configs over the past few months (VH-KBX & VH-VIF)

Does anyone know what they will be used for?

Will make the flights out to the mines a lot nicer!

[continueapproach737]

perhaps gearing up for RAAF VIP fleet takeover... Fokkers regionally and domestically and 330 Internationally

[Snakecharma]

I heard qf were negotiating to take alliance over.

I thought they were a listed company and would have to disclose the negotiations to the market, but i admit i am not wise to the ways of such things

[TBM-Legend]

I thought they were a listed company and would have to disclose the negotiations to the market, but i admit i am not wise to the ways of such things

No disclosure of negotiations are required. Dozens of deals are looked at every day but only when consummated is disclosure made generally.

[rammel]

If Alliance were negotiating with QF then that would really stuff VA up. Perhaps VA would need to get their own 100 seat aircraft, maybe an E190......

[Snakecharma]

Apparently there are some, already on the australian register, going cheap

[hoss]

And the last flight was yesterday, talk about timing.

[airdualbleedfault]

If I were an Alliance pilot I wouldn't worry about wearing a captain Stubing uniform just yet

[LostProperty]

Originally Posted by billykid

I have noticed Alliance have purchased 2 "new" Fokkers with VIP configs over the past few months (VH-KBX & VH-VIF)

Does anyone know what they will be used for?

Will make the flights out to the mines a lot nicer!

Thought I read somewhere recently that the Dutch government was selling at least one VIP Fokker - might have been more. Alliance will own the lot soon.

[krismiler]

Just because they were purchased in VIP configuration it doesn't mean they will stay that way. There is a limited supply of these aircraft around and if operated in the VIP role they would be well maintained and not used too much. Strip out the interior, installation a standard configuration and away you go.

[holdingagain]

Did I hear right, Alliance with 32 aircraft are branching out into boutique beer production. I guess should suit their VIP fleet. Might be a challenge with DAMP if they make it in the hangar corner

[Icarus2001]

Just because they were purchased in VIP configuration it doesn't mean they will stay that way.

It probably does when the company announce them as VIP configuration though.

[chimbu warrior]

A little birdie tells me that they just signed a deal with a Japanese tour operator (JTB I think) to operate daily flights from each of Brisbane and the Gold Coast to Ayers Rock.

[Duck Pilot]

Shouldn’t be a shortage of type rated crews on the market looking for a decent paying job as well.

[Going Nowhere]

Alliance Airlines signs partnership with Japan?s JTB | Australian Aviation

[krismiler]

Shouldn’t be a shortage of type rated crews on the market looking for a decent paying job as well.

I wouldn't think that Alliance pay particularly well but it might be enough to tempt a few Air Niugini pilots. It would be a nice "beer money" job for an older CX or EK pilot who's made his pile and wants to come home.