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Probably thought if it was good enough for the Rolling Stones, it was good enough for them. A big shame that either BA or VS didn't do the trip as a sponsor, even if they are both private companies and the bottom line counts.
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This was discussed a while ago on here and I think the consensus was that (certainly with BA) they would be unlikely to be able to spare an aircraft for 6weeks (possibly) over summer. Not sure what the spare capacity is for these companies?
This aircraft was at Manston when it closed. It flew out of the 'closed' airfield
on Saturday to Luton.
on Saturday to Luton.
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Maybe it's an omen......the ac that is flying the England World Cup squad sat in an airport that was closed down.....i thought our odds were bad........but now we are dooooooooomed :-D
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So nothing but the best for our lads then- a 30 year old obsolete 76 owned by an airline who only has one plane?
I wonder what criteria the FA use , wouldn't they have been better using a regular BA , 773 or 744 flight split into say two groups and leasing a nice new A320 or 73 when they were down there.
I am not sure I would want to go 10 and a bit hours on something so far past is best
I wonder what criteria the FA use , wouldn't they have been better using a regular BA , 773 or 744 flight split into say two groups and leasing a nice new A320 or 73 when they were down there.
I am not sure I would want to go 10 and a bit hours on something so far past is best
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The FA wanted BA to supply the a/c free of charge and said that all the publicity would more than pay for the free services. BA told them to pay up or get lost so the FA decided to find their own a/c to use. I wonder why they didn't go to VS. Did they give them the same response as BA?
It was probably chartered via a broker anyway and the broker would have got them an aircraft available for '6 weeks'(? Yeah sure) that would show most profit for the broker.
Bet Branson would have been only too happy to 'upstage' BA if he'd been asked, but the FA are amateurs at this sort of thing. Premier League teams seem to have no problems; I've seen them use SAAB 2000s, Embraer 145/165 or CRJs when operating from/to Farnborough. (Fulham and Chelsea away, and other PL teams playing at the Cottage or the Bridge.)
Bet Branson would have been only too happy to 'upstage' BA if he'd been asked, but the FA are amateurs at this sort of thing. Premier League teams seem to have no problems; I've seen them use SAAB 2000s, Embraer 145/165 or CRJs when operating from/to Farnborough. (Fulham and Chelsea away, and other PL teams playing at the Cottage or the Bridge.)
Presumably, being ex-silverjet, this aircraft is configured as all business seats...god forbid that footballers should sit in ordinary seats!
And why should BA, or VS, make anything other than a business based decision? The cost of tying up one aircraft for a month would be huge!
And why should BA, or VS, make anything other than a business based decision? The cost of tying up one aircraft for a month would be huge!
The 767 was out in Australia on the Rolling Stones Tour. It flew back when the tour was cancelled and was at Manston I assume being serviced. I understand it is fitted out with 60 couchettes.
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I remember Frank Lampard complaining about 'ordinary' seating when Chelsea were flying out to a Champion's League match, but then he's always eating too many pies so I'm not surprised he couldn't fit into a 34 inch pitch.