Are Ocean finally taxiing out for take-off?
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Are Ocean finally taxiing out for take-off?
I hear from a reliable source that Ocean Airlines of Brescia are finally getting airborne - either this week or next. Two ship operation within two months, apparently.
But then we've heard all this before. Anyone know any more?
But then we've heard all this before. Anyone know any more?
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Ocean 'about time' Airlines
They are indeed due to start ops next week I believe. They have all of their crews (European Air Charter) attending training in Madrid, then off to start long haul to Hong Kong.
The guy in charge, *******, is a slippery b*****d, and would be very weary of him. Anyone flying for them, I would strongly advise getting a signed piece of paper in your hand with your monthly pay before commintting yourselves.
Good luck
The guy in charge, *******, is a slippery b*****d, and would be very weary of him. Anyone flying for them, I would strongly advise getting a signed piece of paper in your hand with your monthly pay before commintting yourselves.
Good luck
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This is one strange start-up.......
An apparently well-funded freighter airline start-up in Italy is surely something that would attract a lot of interest in the early stages, and rightly so. We've had photos of an ex-LH B747-200 at Beijing resplendent in a very professionally produced and expensive livery, but since then nothing. Well, nothing that I can locate on Google, anyway. And the website verbiage - again, it's a professional production - has nevertheless passed it's "use by" date with a vengeance;
"Ocean Airlines will commence commercial operations from Brescia Montichiari Airport (Italy) in Mid 2004."
What's going on guys, anything?
An apparently well-funded freighter airline start-up in Italy is surely something that would attract a lot of interest in the early stages, and rightly so. We've had photos of an ex-LH B747-200 at Beijing resplendent in a very professionally produced and expensive livery, but since then nothing. Well, nothing that I can locate on Google, anyway. And the website verbiage - again, it's a professional production - has nevertheless passed it's "use by" date with a vengeance;
"Ocean Airlines will commence commercial operations from Brescia Montichiari Airport (Italy) in Mid 2004."
What's going on guys, anything?
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yes, this is interesting.....
Keeping a very low profile and even their handling agent knows nothing much about them. Called them yesterday for their 3x letter code - no reply on the Ocean a/l office phone. Hdlg Agt at VBS not much help either.
Aircraft reported to have been on loan to DLH for short time for ACMI work.
Anyone know if no.1 is re reg as I-OCEA yet or is it still carrying the D- reg from its original DLH owner.
So another "startup", what did happen to AFX as well.
This was in another thread but absolutely no news on either doesnt bode well.
Keeping a very low profile and even their handling agent knows nothing much about them. Called them yesterday for their 3x letter code - no reply on the Ocean a/l office phone. Hdlg Agt at VBS not much help either.
Aircraft reported to have been on loan to DLH for short time for ACMI work.
Anyone know if no.1 is re reg as I-OCEA yet or is it still carrying the D- reg from its original DLH owner.
So another "startup", what did happen to AFX as well.
This was in another thread but absolutely no news on either doesnt bode well.
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Ocean - http://www.oceanairlines.com/
....now why would they offer the Russian language as the only alternative to English and Italian on the website? Mandarin or Cantonese I could understand (given where they're intending to fly), maybe German, but Russian?
....now why would they offer the Russian language as the only alternative to English and Italian on the website? Mandarin or Cantonese I could understand (given where they're intending to fly), maybe German, but Russian?
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Any clues to where no.2 aircraft is coming from, I-OCEA being ex-DLH.
Also hear rumours of the 3rd VDA "Air Bridge" airframe for a few months time. Anyone able to speculate where this one is likely to come from. Surely, would be a GE pwrd machine and NOT JT9 to fit the current profile.
Also hear rumours of the 3rd VDA "Air Bridge" airframe for a few months time. Anyone able to speculate where this one is likely to come from. Surely, would be a GE pwrd machine and NOT JT9 to fit the current profile.
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tfary was 24837mc or whatever,n534mc is getting dusted off for focus air -still who needs a vintage a/c display team when you got 14 mercs in the garage and 10 aston martin db9's coming
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