Anyone heard of hiring pilots for BAe146/RJ?
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There are still rumors of Malaga and Faro being operated from Waterford via Nex/Aer Arann starting in June. If its going to happen it needs announced over the next few weeks otherwise its way to late to sell seats.
Nex Management who have been missing at winter have been active at Waterford last week.
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Nex Management who have been missing at winter have been active at Waterford last week.
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According to Smiliner,Efly,were due to start 146-300 ops from Sicily on 20th April.
I notice Efly are listed on Speednews with Two 146-300 for sale or lease,so that doesnt bode well,maybe they didnt get the expected interest.
Actually,theres a load of 146 on that site up for grabs,some Avro too.
I notice Efly are listed on Speednews with Two 146-300 for sale or lease,so that doesnt bode well,maybe they didnt get the expected interest.
Actually,theres a load of 146 on that site up for grabs,some Avro too.
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Nex/Aer Arann,not a runner.Not sure if their aircraft is up for sale or not,but there is whole load of 146's with tasty price tags.Might be the time to buy 2?
You couldnt give one away now.I have a friend who works for an aircraft leasing company in Ireland.He paints a gloomy pic,they have 33 toxic aircraft,either back in the lot,or awaiting pilots to manouevre them away from
ground equipment,at various locations.(I recently moved an ex Excel).
Used to be Ireland was blazing the trail in aviation.Now Ryanair in trouble,Aer lingus in limbo,Arann in no mans land,Cityjet on their knees.
But its wonderful when the sun is shining
You couldnt give one away now.I have a friend who works for an aircraft leasing company in Ireland.He paints a gloomy pic,they have 33 toxic aircraft,either back in the lot,or awaiting pilots to manouevre them away from
ground equipment,at various locations.(I recently moved an ex Excel).
Used to be Ireland was blazing the trail in aviation.Now Ryanair in trouble,Aer lingus in limbo,Arann in no mans land,Cityjet on their knees.
But its wonderful when the sun is shining
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Cityjet on their knees
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Efly..???
Anyone know what happened to Efly? One minute they have a website up with a jobs page, next minute the site has been replaced by one for a Sicilian marina! Does this mean they are a non-starter?
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www.efly.it is working fine!
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Hi everybody,
As JumpinJackFlash and for the same reason I am probably on short final in my compagny on Avro
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Thanks for all your news, and if you have some other
Cheers.
As JumpinJackFlash and for the same reason I am probably on short final in my compagny on Avro
...Thanks for all your news, and if you have some other
Cheers.
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I have heard today from a reliable source that the Nex 146 (GTBIC) is going to be flying again soon. I was told that they are crewing it with a very low number of crews, so possibly just testing the waters. However it may have potential if and when business improves. Certainly sending a CV off to them might not be a bad idea.
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Yes, its Aer Arann.
But good luck, hope they succeed.
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RE don't have the type on their AOC and they don't have the ability to oversee training or standards.
Not sure where Nex are involved in this deal. Perhaps RE are going alone and are dry leasing the aircraft?
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Well if you were going to go to all the trouble of putting the infrastructure in place for a new type - what would you need Nex for? They have nothing RE want in that scenario - no crews, no engineers, just a single 146... and that is worth virtually nothing now.
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I think these challenging times call for some imaginative thinking. Hence the Aer Arann and Nex connection. Aer Arann want to develop routes with larger, jet aircraft but the risks are high. Nex has an aircraft, crews and infastructure doing nothing and costing it money but no AOC. It does make some kind of sense for the two companies to get together. It certainly reduces the risk to Aer Arann and provides a potential source of income for Nex. Of course it remains to be seen if anything comes of the alliance.
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Only problem with that is that they don't (or didn't) have any crews, they were all let go last year. same with the engineers. There were two admin people as far as I know. There is no infrastructure because there is no AOC - the infrastructure belonged to their last AOC holder (Flightline). Nex is basically a portacabin in Waterford.
Still... you never know!
Still... you never know!