excel longhaul??
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From: UK
Longhaul routes start 1 Nov 2003 ex-LGW on 767's leased from Air Atlanta. I think it's Tobago, St Kitts and Antigua, or if not then very similar places. Will check for you next time I go into work.
Hope this helps
MR XxX
Hope this helps
MR XxX
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From: Blackburn
Excel will be using leased Air Atlanta Europe 767's offering a 3 class product to:
Antigua ? not sure
St Kitts
Grenada
Tobago
The aircraft are to be chartered by Martin Cooper (ex Golden Lion, which was using Caledonian Aircraft until after the merger, when JMC closed Golden Lion down and cancelled the routes to GND and TAB) from Golden Carribean.
At the moment they are using Monarch A330's in 2 class confing, but are finding it difficult to fill the 300+ seats, whereas Excel will be offering about 250 seats.
Must have hurt Monarch pretty bad !!
Edited for spelling
Antigua ? not sure
St Kitts
Grenada
Tobago
The aircraft are to be chartered by Martin Cooper (ex Golden Lion, which was using Caledonian Aircraft until after the merger, when JMC closed Golden Lion down and cancelled the routes to GND and TAB) from Golden Carribean.
At the moment they are using Monarch A330's in 2 class confing, but are finding it difficult to fill the 300+ seats, whereas Excel will be offering about 250 seats.
Must have hurt Monarch pretty bad !!
Edited for spelling
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: england
The 767-200's that Excel have are not the ER versions, so they will struggle to reach those destinations without a stop on the way. When they were planned to fly trasnatlantic routes for us, they were ALWAYS planned with a stop...It was a real bonus if you got there in one go!!
Shame about the nightstop situation for the crew...one night is better that nothing though! If its only a one night stop, then they must be operating a daily service, in order to rotate the crews. Either that or they are going to start positioning crew to and fro with scheduled carriers on a regular basis. If this is the case then they might want to have a word with the Idiots at Britannia that came up with the same idea a few years ago for our HKT flights...Talk about waste of money...Lets just say the idea didn't last long!!!
Shame about the nightstop situation for the crew...one night is better that nothing though! If its only a one night stop, then they must be operating a daily service, in order to rotate the crews. Either that or they are going to start positioning crew to and fro with scheduled carriers on a regular basis. If this is the case then they might want to have a word with the Idiots at Britannia that came up with the same idea a few years ago for our HKT flights...Talk about waste of money...Lets just say the idea didn't last long!!!
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From: UK
Excel also currently lease one 767-300 from Air Atlanta (or type II as Atlanta call it, as opposed to the -200 being type I) which is, I believe, ex-Air France, and could happily fly all the way there in one go! Not sure if this is what they will use tho
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