Air Contractors Atr

[james solomon]

anyone confirm this from ABR is actually happening

ATR 72 -202 285 OK-XFA CSA Czech Airlines ferried 14jul11 PRG-EDI on delivery to Air Contractors?, + 303 OK-XFD ex F-WWLO

[hardcase]

CSA lease 5 ATR's from ACL but I thought they were 500's...

Also I did hear in PRG that CSA let 50 ATR pilots go and were getting rid of the aircraft...

[james solomon]

ATR 72 -202 285 OK-XFA CSA Czech Airlines ferried 14jul11 PRG-EDI on delivery to Air Contractors?, + 303 OK-XFD ex F-WWLO

Is that gone to EDI for maintenance with ABR or for another reason or for ABR then leased out to CSA again or are they going into the ABR fleet then leased out to Aer Arann for the Aer Lingus Regional division

[wheelbarrow]

Simply gone for cabin refit and change of operator but nothing to do with ABR/ASL or REA.

[james solomon]

who is the new operator then

[PAR 737]

Helitt Lineas Aereas

[mmeteesside]

So with Belfast soon to be linked to the Fedex network with an ATR - am I right in assuming it will be ACL operating this? Possibly with the 757 taking over another feeder route and associated shuffles of aircraft?

[james solomon]

So with Belfast soon to be linked to the Fedex network with an ATR - am I right in assuming it will be ACL operating this? Possibly with the 757 taking over another feeder route and associated shuffles of aircraft?

what contracts have ABR won or lost. Im assuming ABR got the BFS route to be linked in with the FDX network. Im assuming a FDX feeder liveried ATR will operate it

[hardcase]

ACL did not get the BFS contract, Swiftair did and starts operating it in September.

[hotelmodemetar]

That's not very surprising: Belfast is a foggy destination and Swiftair's Emb120s and ATRs are ("unofficially" ) CAT IIIc approved (by their Human Resources), moreover their P2F F/Os help the company to be more productive and much cheaper than anybody else in the whole galaxy

NOGO does not exists at Swiftair, expect of course a double engine failure before taxi

[mmeteesside]

Thanks hardcase for the update

[james solomon]

Interesting so what other contracts have ABR won and lost. They lost the BFS contract what else have they lost. Any contracts ABR have won that are new or have changed hands from another airline

[Mr Angry from Purley]

Hotelmodemeter
Perhaps not the best thought out comments give the recent Manx2 crash....

[hotelmodemetar]

Sad but true. I know what i am talking about, mate.
Those pilots working for rubbish companies like that are not the ones to blame.

[hardcase]

ACL didn't lose the BFS contract, it was a new Fedex route and they wanted an aircraft smaller than ATR42 due to loads, hence Swiftair on the EMB...

[gtf]

Is Air Contractor still flying through LGG for FedEx?

[nightcall]

No they don't.

[james solomon]

what are ABR going to do with SP-EEE of Eurolot they are aquiring. Noticed this in the Eurolot article in september issue of airliner world

[Prob40]

New ATR FO intake any info?

Hi,

Just seen on PPJN that ACL have just taken on 5 new ATR fo's

Can anyone shed any light on this? is this true? or is it that they intend to take more?

Been trying for a while to get a gig with this company but never had as much as a call despite sending B M. my updated C.V. every couple of months which is very frustrating! They would be ideal for me and I have a number of years flying the ATR 72 and 42. if anyone could let me know by PM or post I would be most grateful!

Thanks,

Prob40

[nightcall]

Prob40, keep on trying mate. The majority of ACL pilots are actively looking for another job. Crew moral is currently very low in general.