Virgin Have finally painted up G-VSEA into the new c/s. I think they just have the one A340 to do now then the whole fleet is complete.
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Excel Airways will lease a 767-300 from Air Atlanta for the Winter season to use on Grenada, Tobago, and St. Kitts routes. It will have a 3-class configuration with Excel One a 24-seat cabin with 45″ pitch.
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Vietnam Airlines are to add Germany to their network route. Flying to Frankfurt from November this year, using a 777.
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A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, on Sunday careered off the runway at Courchevel. Thankfully no injuries, but the aircraft suffered bad damage:
Picture Radiocockpit.com .
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Yesterday a small single prop aircraft made an emergency landing at Meigs field, Chicago, due to an electrical problem.
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Richard Branson has made a bet with the owner of Qantas, that he will be able to get Virgin aircraft flying to Australia by the end of the year… Failure to do so, Mr Branson will have to dress up in a Qantas female flight attendent outfit and work for Qantas for a day… and if Branson wins the owner of Qantas will have to do the same, but for Virgin!
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China Eastern today took delivery of its first A340-600. The aircraft will be used on routes in Europe, including the UK.
Picture Airbus.
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The Luftwaffe, Germany have finally rolled out their A310 in the new c/s.
Picture Skyliner Aviation
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The famous Boeing Stratoliner which ditched into a lake in the US last year has now been fully restored and is on its way to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
More on this story… http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2003/q3/nr_030727g.html
Photo Boeing.
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By: EGNM - 10th August 2003 at 14:33
HB-FOX is in this months airliner news i’m cert
By: Saab 2000 - 30th July 2003 at 10:04
China Eastern is quite welcome to the UK. I posted about it a while back with the proposed dates being in June though obviously this didn’t happen. I think they also added Moscow.
Vietnam to Germany is positive news of yet more expansion to Europe though straight on to a 777 is quite large to open a new market with. Any sign on UK flights?
By: steve rowell - 30th July 2003 at 00:07
It will be good to see the Qantas Chief in drag
By: mongu - 29th July 2003 at 23:58
St. Kitts sounds interesting.
I looked at a job a few weeks ago in Nevis, which is the neighbouring island. One concern I had was that it seemed tricky to get to.
By: A330Crazy - 29th July 2003 at 23:12
Apparently it landed on the grass next to the runway.
By: Ren Frew - 29th July 2003 at 23:11
How did the plane at Meigs Field manage to avoid the huge X shaped ditches Mayor Daley had dug into the runway ?
By: ACA345 - 29th July 2003 at 22:49
I cant wait to see more pics of MU’s A346s, especially in the U.K.!
By: MINIDOH - 29th July 2003 at 22:48
Go Branson!
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