Gulf Air Developments

[Capt Hair Y Balls]

What makes you think I'm not with GF? Perhaps I'm more in GF than most of you guys here

[skywaytoheaven]

I'm a Captain who's been a Captain too long in the middle east.

you're also a tool.

[ironbutt57]

Yup too long.....so he claims....the dry lease...was tentative..the new orders are coming as planned..hairy balls (no balls) looks like a jackass as usual..has anything changed????

[Not Gulfair CEO]

Hair no balls! How embarrassing for Gulfair to have a low class, foul mouth captain like you in the rank

[Che Guevara]

So, how many aircraft are being 'parked' next week?

[Sultan85]

I dont think ther will be any parked AC cuse we dont have so many of them!

[brassplate]

we don't have so many of pax either.

[boiler]

Or parking space either.

[boeing738driver]

Fourth 777 arrived to Bahrain?

[A300Man]

I note that at least one of the 77W's is still flying in full Jet Airways livery. One assumes that some of them may never actually wear the GF colours?

Can someone confirm if all 77W's in the GF fleet are 3-class configured?

[Chuck Y]

It seems the subject of removing 2 days travelling from our annual leave is being re-heated by our ever friendly CPO!!!

[ironbutt57]

Heard that rumour....

[sirwa69]

I think there is something seriously wrong with GF at the moment.
The number of flights being cancelled is frightening, having flown with GF for the last 15 years 70 - 80 sectors a year for the last 6 years I was always happy to tell anyone that flight delays and cancellations were very rare I have probably had 2 cancellations in over 500 flights. But then we came into 2009, in this year to date I have only flown 10 sectors and 2 of them from Dubai were cancelled and I had to get the following flight.
One of my colleague's had his flight from Kuwait cancelled last Thursday and previously a couple of weeks ago. Another is currently stranded in Athens after todays flight was cancelled.

What is going on?

[ODMEA]

EY is just down the road my friend

[stefan1138]

As per the following link the new A330 which was destined for XL Airways has been spotted a few days ago in Toulouse:

Airbus A330-243 - F-WWKN (Gulf Air) by Jean-claude MAURAN | Pictaero

My question is, why has it been painted in white? Did the lease deal with GF fall through?

Thanks and regards Stefan

[CedarJet]

It will most probably be delivered white with XL charter interior as Airbus had frozen the config for this plane a year ago. ths plane will be outfitted at a third party facility into GF colors and interior config.

[Super Duper]

Hey hairy A$$ no Ball$, about the sheiat thing, I think you are spot on.

[Che Guevara]

It will most probably be delivered white with XL charter interior as Airbus had frozen the config for this plane a year ago

Actually, this could be a good config for some of our flights.....

[Desert Diner]

Hey hairy A$$ no Ball$, about the sheiat thing, I think you are spot on.

He may be "spot on" on a few more things.

[fullforward]

777

Looks like the wetlease will go well beyond the initial 6 months: good loads, low operational costs, product quality infinitely better than the crippled A340 are easily justifying the decision.