R.i.p European Air Charter!!

Ditto

If everything was agreed and finalised etc then Airlines wouldnt be able to cancel orders or defer deliveries of aircrat.

Another thing we CAN be sure of is that Airbus will always outdo Boeing 😀 in all aspects (sales, technology etc) – joke –

Originally posted by Moondance
Its called aviation, the only sure thing is that nothing is sure. Expect the unexpected and be prepared for the worst!

Agreed.

I don’t claim to have a wealth of experience in this industry. But in my dealings with airlines so far the one thing you can gaurantee in aviation is that nothing is gauranteed

Originally posted by martin_EGTK
We had the EAF chief pilot (Terence Henderson – ex Concorde Captain!) come and give us a talk at OAT last month and all he could talk about was how well the airline was doing and how they were expanding day by day and how bright the future looked and how we should all try and join EAF when we qualify, so not really sure what happened 🙂

Its called aviation, the only sure thing is that nothing is sure. Expect the unexpected and be prepared for the worst!

Originally posted by adamdowley
I flew on one of their 737-200s from Croatia (Pula airport: PUY) to Gatwick in 2001. Ive still got a cocktail stirrer and drinks mat from the flight.

adam

Like this…

As Airline Owner said, excuse my ignorance but what the hell happened to them?

I guess this explains why 3 of their 747-200’s are parked up at Filton, i can only assume they are there for a cargo conversion for MK airlines? anyone know anything about this?
I will try to pop down there and get some photos in the next week before they disappear

D.

Sorry for sounding really dumb but what is the problem with the airline????. Is it money troubles or what.

I will miss them anyhow

there’s an 747 parked at AMS. It was undergoing heavy maintenance, it has even had its engines removed. What will happen to it. Will someone buy it and finish of the overhaul, or will it be scrapped?

I flew on one of their 737-200s from Croatia (Pula airport: PUY) to Gatwick in 2001. Ive still got a cocktail stirrer and drinks mat from the flight.

adam

While I only ever saw one EAL a/c (G-CEAE B732) At MAN last year, never got close to flying an EAL plane and didn’t particularly like either livery (though I thought the 2nd one was better) I am very sad to see them go as they are British. Good luck to all employees.

Originally posted by Britannia
Was that today?

No, a couple of weeks ago.

dave

That navy and light blue livery is the best!

RIP

Originally posted by wysiwyg
I wonder if the bit of the operation they keep will be the Palmair bit?

Apparently that is exactly what they will be doing.

Here’s the only one I saw in the new livery, at Gatwick 19/12/03

One for EAL_KING.

Shame for the employees who have lost their jobs. Sad to say some of them will face very hard times over the coming months.

Regards,

kev35

I wonder if the bit of the operation they keep will be the Palmair bit?

eal still rule and i will be keeping my user name:)

Terrible sad news! I feel for the employees. My best wishes go out to them.

My only ever pic of EAL. 🙁 (sorry. :p)

That blue and black colour scheme is one of my favourites.

According to the local news 560 jobs have been lost at Bournemouth, leaving only 100 all thoughter. Any ideas if they are still likely to be operating anything? Perhaps continuing there 737 charter flights?
Shame to see them go they have brought many interesting aircraft to the BOH skyline. The best being the Austral 1-11’s and the Mexican 737’s.
RIP

Don’t get too upset….European will live on, but at only 25% of the size it once was. It was announced on the local news this morning that the airline will be working much more closely with Bath Travel, but it will remain in the air, just massively restructured.