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Old 22nd Mar 2012, 12:59
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BA Open Skies at TFS

Just saw a BA Open Skies 757 landing at TFS / GCTS at 12:55z anyone know why?
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The only 757 Flightstats have showing is a Tommy Cook from Brum.

(TFS) Sur Reina Sofia Airport Arrivals
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Yeah I already had a peek there. I can assure you it was BA Open Skies. However it would be way off it's usual routes for it to be a simple diversion... Hence me being curious!
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Screening out the codeshares on Flightstats (and remembering they are on GMT unlike mainland Spain) ... there is nothing between a Ryanair 73 from Valencia at 12.41 and the Tommy Cook 75 from Brum due in 10 mins at 13.47.

They seem to have lost a couple of German TUI 73 s in the meantime, due about a half hour ago.

When you say "Open Skies" you mean the all premium BA brand, so it may well be a charter. Maybe somebody with serious money and not enough space on his Gulf 650 is bringing his mates over to Golf del Sur for the weekend ?

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Afrim that is the one I mean... The spin off from the main BA brand. Strange it does not show up anyway. As freighters and charters of that sort normally do.
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This was flight BOS500 from Paris Orly on aircraft F-HAVN. Not a scheduled flight as no record of previous flights under this callsign appear on spotter sites. As previously suggested, presumably a charter which Open Skies are doing these days.

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EC operate 3 B757s with one usually spare for ad hoc charters.
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