Looks like its all going ahead.....................

"HowAbout South Africa’s programme is operated by Air Scandic, a privately owned aviation company whose main flying base is Manchester.

Air Scandic operates a modern DC10 aircraft which has been fully refurbished for HowAbout South Africa passengers. The aircraft is registered in the United Kingdom under the control of the UK Civil Aviation Authority.

Cabin crew are recruited within the UK, and are keen to ensure that you have a pleasant and safe journey.

The aircraft has been extensively refurbished, both front and back-ends."

Good luck to them !

Modern??? In a sense I suppose it is modern compared to a DC3. Anyone know when the ex MY Travel DC10's were built?

G-BYDA DC10-30 CN 46990 Built 23/8/78. Dont know about the others I'm afraid. Modern I think not!

MYT currently only have 1 Dc10, GBYDA, the others are currently being broken up at Kemble

WNC

So how have they managed to re-furbish the old girl. From what I have seen she is out there earning as I type.

Last time I saw here she was on her way to SFB ex Man.


So say,s the slug.....

Latest rumour from Scandic is the DC-10 deal has fallen through. Now plans centre entirely around Finnair. 2 x MD80s this winter and MD-11s (!) next summer, in place of the A300s. No problem with getting them on the UK register as they will be wet leased so Scandic will be a virtual airline if this goes ahead.

When do the A300s leave the Scandic fleet? I take it that if the DC10 deal has fallen through, these will be flying to South Africa? That or the MD80s

jmc757

I'm sure passengers would be happy with challenging MD80 techstops at Lagos and Luanda on the way to their vacation!

Looking forward to see ads like

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speedbird_heavy, The MYT DC10-10's were built in 78, 79 and 80. BYDA was built in 78.

I am astonished that any airline thinks that taking on a pax DC10 is viable now. The 10 is a brilliant freighter but is now completely passe for pax operations. With several 763's available( an aircraft with similar range /payload performance but reduced costs) the choice of a DC10 is even more surprising. What are the chances of an early demise for this operation?