Tony Williams - you have a PM :ok:

Apparently Felix just received their first crj700 yesterday, they have pics on their website..

700 NextGen
 

Those NextGen aircraft are very nice. I fly NextGen -900's and the difference for passengers is night and day.

The interior LED lighting is really brightens it up and the new windows are huge. I think the NextGen a/c are just as comfortable as E-170's.

It's good to see them with actual a/c. It feels more legitimate now.

I flew N495BR (ACA/IndependenceAir used call sign "blue ridge", I think), and I don't recall that feature. Good news is that I won't kill anybody's pooch by forgetting to have the cargo air on.:}

Go Direct with Felix?
 

Anybody tried this?

Felix Chief Operating Officer: Capt Abdul Habib Ibrahim
Email: [email protected]
office phone: 011-967-735-004004

Saturday, 18 October 2008 (Reuters)

Yemen's first low-cost airline, Felix Airways, began its operations on Saturday to tap growing demand for domestic flights. The inaugural flight will be between southern port Aden and the capital Sanaa.

The airline which has a capital of $80 million and currently just one aircraft, a Bombardier CRJ700, was set up by state-run Yemen Airways (Yemenia), and a unit of the Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank which promotes private entrepreneurship, officials said.

Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Al-Arrasha told reporters that the airline would operate flights between the capital Sanaa and the southern port city of Aden, and add more domestic services after acquiring more aircraft.

With the creation of the new airline, the latest of several low-cost airlines launched in the region in recent years, Yemen Airways will focus on international flights, officials said.

Demand for domestic flights was growing about 6 percent a year in Yemen, according to a report cited by newspapers.

I just applied through avionco. Anyone know if they're still hiring or are the initial group of pilots already hired? Looks like the felix website is incomplete.

I did mean Oct. 27. but hopefully by the 31st.Yeah like i said there is just to much work to be done on it. with the gear, today we started cannibalizing the #2 engine off of A/C S/N 7340 to put on to the #1 spot on 636BR and worst yet we still have a ton of corrosion to remove.A lot of it is back behind the wing box. mostly on,around, and under frames :ugh:

Photo of Felix CRJ-700 in France
 

CRJmechanic,

How many CRJ-200 airframes total do you have there are RFD?

I'm only aware of two going over.

He have two for Felix airlines and one other for some company

Re:Photo of Felix CRJ-700 in France
 

Very interesting picture... I was told the aircraft would remain under a Canadian registration, yet I see its already registered under Yemen numbers.

Felix 700
 

Why would the registration remain Canadian? They are not wet leased. Didn't Felix purchase them from Bombardier?

Where did you hear that they would retain Canadian registration?

CRJ Mechanic
 

How are the C checks coming along on the first Felix -200?

Anyone know how long it took to get a call back from Avionco after submitting the paperwork in for Felix Airways?

Avionco
 

I know about 5 guys that applied through Avionco when the job first posted. All say they keep getting the runaround.

i would still say at least a week if not more

Hey, thanks for keeping us up to date. I'll pass the word.

Tony

Yeah, I keep getting the run around also... Have they slowed or stopped hiring for now?

I would not count getting on with Avionco. They have plenty of pilots and not enough jobs...:confused: From the pilots I have spoken with they had no problems with Avionco...I think the major problem here is that Yemen is a very dangerous place and pay should be HIGHER!. Don't whore yourself out and lower the bar! You saw where that got most of the US pilots. Good luck! I LOVE JAPAN!!! Flying is great here!!