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Old 4th Jun 2008, 11:07
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Plinkton: the easiest research is trying to see who is succesfull and why.

The answer is most succesfull ones are companies that manages third party aircraft and charter them out from time to time but who do not have to survive on charter income alone.

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Old 8th Jun 2008, 01:32
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Plinkton

Even G**d A*R started smallish before they got their 'special funding'.
‘Special funding’ it was too Correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t they make their millions selling inflatable dolls, d1ldos and naughty underwear?
Since the advent of the internet, selling the above range of goods has probably become less profitable. I wonder if that prompted the sale of the business to AP?

Anyway, was it a business or merely a list of customers? The business does not own any of the jets - merely manages them on behalf of their owners.
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Old 2nd Jul 2008, 09:11
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G-FBLK is still on G-INFO as being owned by TAG, so do TAG have more to do with Blink than just operating the aircraft?
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Robash,

G-INFO shows the aircraft status as Chartered by Tag, no owned.

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Phil - I am like a man in orthopedic shoes...I stand corrected....

I'm not a G-INFO expert so does this mean that they simply charter the aircraft for Blink or is there more to it than that?
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Tag are the operator of the aircraft, blink are an umbrella operation on Tag AOC. In effect Blink sell a job, TAG operate it for them, no accountability or responsibility, you didn't know you could outsource accountability?
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Thanks Phil.....
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Old 3rd Jul 2008, 09:11
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robash, G-info shows the registrar of the aircraft not the owner. At TAG it is common practise to always register their managed aircraft in TAG's name. If you look on the C of R it clearly states that it is a registration document and does not warrant ownership.
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Old 3rd Jul 2008, 12:05
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Blink find the work and operate their aircraft with Blink flight crews under TAGs' AOC,apart from OPS, TAG have no daily involvement with the operation of G-FBLK.
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Highflight,

Blink are not allowed to operate their aircraft and crews, they do not have a license to do so. Tag have to have operational control of aircraft and crews, it's the law.

A lack of accountability from the guys making the financial decisions is an airline I would not put my kids on.

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It still amazes me that with all this investment that Blink have reportedly made in this start up, that 100-150k wasn't allocated to obtaining an AOC. That's normally the first thing on the shopping list.

How many A/C are they actually operating now, and how many were proposed to be operating by this time? Are they running in line with the business plan?
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Flynow,

It's pretty common for a start-up with no money, it only seems odd because of the level of funding they have taken. Reality is they raised 30 million to buy over 100 million to buy a heavilly depreciating asset (in comparison to traditional charter aircraft which are normally second hand) there is not much left in the pot

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Is the Mustang now on TAG's AOC? It's just it doesn't appear on the latest listing from the CAA (though this dated 9th June, but according to an earlier post it was issued on the 31st May) and I've just been speaking to someone who flew in it last month.

Curious, that's all.
 
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Dai,

Did the punter pay? surely not?

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Phil,

Last month was June, not May....or is it still May in the west country?
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We don't use your newfangled calendar down here, if the Druid calendar was good enough then, it's good enough now.
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My question was a simple one: Is it on the AOC now?
 
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Sorry not up to date but how many Mustangs do Blink currently operate? What is roll-out rate? Any idea if plans for bases other than Farnborough in near future?
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they currently have 1
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According to their web page, they have 45 A/C on order. According to previous posts they already have quite a few crew......and one A/C.

Are more A/C imminent do we know?
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