January 11, 2011 at 11:01 pm
They are to operate Olympic holidays charters this summer following the deal collapse with Monarch.
By: prune - 25th January 2011 at 14:14
Well Sun Express are down on olympic holidays site as operating their Rhodes, Kos, Corfu, Crete charters from MAN in summer. It doesn’t show a w pattern either.
It was Sky Express {SEH} that was down to operate these charters(not Sun Express). Now the Olympic Hols website is showing ICAO code AEE for Aegean Airlines.:confused:
By: Skymonster - 13th January 2011 at 23:29
Also operates several 757-200(W)
Andy
By: FLY.BUY - 13th January 2011 at 17:49
To be honest it’s still the same Lance, (espeically the other way around). I flew out in Greece for over a year off and on and we had to be very, VERY careful of Turkish airspace when taking off from said islands. It was stated that if we infringed the airspace we would have Turkish Airforce Jets along side us within minutes 😉
Ahem, we’re digressing somewhat 😀
Tensions have always been high in the sky along the Agean coast. Some of the greek islands can be literally a handful of miles off the Turkish coast. F-16 and F4 Jets on either side get scrambled frequently resulting in mexican standoffs in the airspace, sometimes aircraft are lost, this all eminates from the 1974 war in Cyprus. Sun express is a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish airlines, both countries havevery strong links. I think it exclusively operates B737-800’s but could be wrong.
By: lukeylad - 13th January 2011 at 10:31
Im sure We had Sun Express Operating flights out of NCL last year often on W Patterns, with other UK airports which was fine! They just had a nasty habit of sending the wrong airport we had in our systems!
By: ChrisGlobe - 13th January 2011 at 09:34
Prodding people back on topic… 😉
Sun Express could, of course, have a deal with MON, so it’s Olympic Holidays giving the contract to SunExpress, who in turn are using Monarch! Wouldn’t be the first time something like that has been done I don’t think?
By: Deano - 13th January 2011 at 09:14
To be honest it’s still the same Lance, (espeically the other way around). I flew out in Greece for over a year off and on and we had to be very, VERY careful of Turkish airspace when taking off from said islands. It was stated that if we infringed the airspace we would have Turkish Airforce Jets along side us within minutes 😉
Ahem, we’re digressing somewhat 😀
By: Grey Area - 13th January 2011 at 05:59
30 years ago, mate, fighters would have been scrambled if a Turkish airliner had entered Greek airspace.
Things have, at least, moved on from there. 😎
By: Deano - 12th January 2011 at 22:21
Oh I don’t know, every Greek Island still has a military airfield on it. Also the islanders of Mytilini (Lesbos), Chios & Lemnos are required to possess a firearm incase of a Turkish invasion 😉
By: Grey Area - 12th January 2011 at 20:59
It’s not the problem it would have been 25-30 years ago, Andy.
By: Skymonster - 12th January 2011 at 19:34
So, a Turkish airline flying to Greece… That should be fun!
Andy
By: Grey Area - 12th January 2011 at 18:31
That doesn’t necessarily mean that they will base aircraft at MAN, Tommy.
By: tommyinyork - 12th January 2011 at 18:17
Well Sun Express are down on olympic holidays site as operating their Rhodes, Kos, Corfu, Crete charters from MAN in summer. It doesn’t show a w pattern either.
By: ChrisGlobe - 12th January 2011 at 18:16
No.
By: tommyinyork - 12th January 2011 at 18:14
So Sun Express will be basing at MAN ?
By: WebMaster - 12th January 2011 at 00:44
Hi,
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Cheers
Rikki
By: cloud_9 - 12th January 2011 at 00:27
Why has my post been deleted…I’m sure I posted a reply to this question?:confused:
By: LBARULES - 11th January 2011 at 23:11