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Old 25th Feb 2002, 00:56
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I hear on the grapevine that AFX have been grounded by the Ministry of Planes.Anyone heard anymore ???? <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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Not heard any more since the last bunch of rumours (seemed an exaggeration) a couple of weeks ago
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They were grounded on Friday afternoon.
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Strange, they were flying for Cargolux on Saturday.
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I thought they were flying over the weekend too. Where are the aircraft now then - anyone know?
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One AFX aircraft has been parked at Manston since December.. .It is regularly worked on by the AFX engineers.
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I sighted an AFX plane in Bogota, Colombia on Saturday 23 February, it had a placard on its fuselage stating that it is operating on behalf of Cargolux Airline. How many planes is Cargolux leasing space on now?

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Yes Po Boy, correct. BOG-BGI for a tech stop-LUX for CLX on G-INTL.. .rgds. .Edit : leasing nobody for the moment.

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Saw an AFX 747 at LHR near the BMI maintenance hangar approx - 10:00hrs. Had gone this evening.
 

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