Gulf Air Developments
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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????
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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?
Can someone confirm if all 77W's in the GF fleet are 3-class configured?
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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?
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?
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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
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
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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.
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It will most probably be delivered white with XL charter interior as Airbus had frozen the config for this plane a year ago
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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.