Miami Air B737 at CHQ?
Miami Air B737 at CHQ?
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I could be wrong, but I'm guessing that it could be one of those operations where the crew work 6 months stateside, 6 months Europe. Apart from the Miami Air markings, did you happen to notice whether the aircraft had an N- tail number or some European registration?
I do happen to know that there is an agreement between Miami Air and Excel Airways of the UK to do this kind of thing. So...it may have been a Miami Air B737-800 operating on behalf of Excel for the UK summer season. I doubt very much if it was a revenue flight all the way from Florida to Greece even for a 737NG!
I do happen to know that there is an agreement between Miami Air and Excel Airways of the UK to do this kind of thing. So...it may have been a Miami Air B737-800 operating on behalf of Excel for the UK summer season. I doubt very much if it was a revenue flight all the way from Florida to Greece even for a 737NG!
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You are quite correct, Excel do have an agreement with Miami Air to swap aircraft in the summer / winter seasons.
But this summer excel are not taking a unit as Miami Air need all there aicraft. In past years excel have used the reg: G-OXLA for the leased unit.
For this year they Excel have taken a SAA B737-800 with winglets. The reg is staying as ZS-SJP and is in Excel livery.
Hope this helps .....
But this summer excel are not taking a unit as Miami Air need all there aicraft. In past years excel have used the reg: G-OXLA for the leased unit.
For this year they Excel have taken a SAA B737-800 with winglets. The reg is staying as ZS-SJP and is in Excel livery.
Hope this helps .....
I know that Miami Air have some sort of contract with US Gov for flights to Europe, which is why they needed ETOPS from the start on the -800. So if not for Excel, then maybe one of these??
