Folks,
My brother was supposed to be on the Sunday morning Larnaca flight last weekend. When he turned up at the airport Helios (or should I say Alphajet) had cancelled the flight. Very rare for a charter flight to be cancelled, though they are often delayed.
He and 60 others were bussed to Birmigham for a flight out of there some 12 hours later where they ended up flying on a Lebonese airbus.
Anyone know what happened to the original flight?
Anyone know why only 60 passengers were bussed to Birmingham? What happened to the rest?
And who filled the rest of the Lebonese plane; surely it didn’t just fly with 60 PAX?
Seems Helios continue to suffer terribly from only having two aircraft (why sub one to Excel??). Used to love this airline, but after events over the last 12 months, and their repeated lengthy delays, not sure I would chose to fly with them.
By: LBARULES - 3rd August 2006 at 11:12
I don’t know anything about what happened with the delay etc mate, but I would think Alpha-Jet are gradually beginning to stabilise. They have just received a brand new 738 (5B-DCE). Admittedly, that is the aircraft that takes their fleet up to two ;), but I suppose an airline that is probably in a pretty precarious financial position would sooner risk delays and operate their fleet to the full rather than have an back up aircraft sat around.
I also imagine they are making a good bit of money leasing that aircraft to Excel in the height of summer.
Just my two cents :).
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August 3, 2006 at 10:43 am