Very quiet on here today?

As G-BVKC last week (apologies for the crap on the windscreen, but there was crap on the windscreen)

Aarrgghhh… what have they done to the old fellow SE-DNB! 😉 This is how she looked when still quite new and flying for Linjeflyg, who ordered her from Boeing, in the early 90s…

Thomsonfly should have GTHOD delivered to Coventry this afternoon (At long last!!)

Now confirmed. It did arrive today

I was in Limerick for a aptitude test with Shannon Aerospace.To Limerick and back in one day.Im very tired.

Yes, Britannia, they will.

The timetable is as follows:

AZ263 … Mon-Sun … ETD 09:45

AZ260 … Mon-Sun … ETA 15:20

AZ261 … Mon-Sun … ETD 16:10

AZ262 … Mon-Sun … ETA 21:45

will they be there during the weekend?

Remember Alitalia returns to MAN tommoz in a A319;)

Nice photo Moondance, does it have a name underneath the cockpit window, or am I seeing things?

also, talking of new routes, Ren texted me to tell me this afternoon, and I’ve since looked it up a bit…

Flyglobespan.com will start direct flights to Geneva between Christmas and Easter this coming winter.

There will be 3 non stop flights a week from Edinburgh to Geneva (Thursday/Saturday/Sunday), as well as one flight a week that routes Edinburgh-Glasgow-Geneva (Friday). There will be a total of 5 weekly nonstop flights (Monday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday) from Glasgow, including the one that originates/continues onto Embra. Prices (excluding tax) for a one way trip start at £14.

Starting from the week beginning 20 December until 10 April, flyglobespan will fly:
Edinburgh – Geneva Geneva – Edinburgh
Thursday 09.00/12.15 13.00/14.15
Friday 07.45/12.15 13.00/15.15
Saturday 11.05/14.20 14.50/16.05
Sunday 09.00/12.15 13.00/14.15

Glasgow – Geneva Geneva – Glasgow
Monday 16.10/19.25 20.00/21.10
Thursday 08.00/11.10 11.45/12.55
Friday 09.00/12.15 13.00/14.15
Saturday 17.10/20.25 21.00/22.15
Sunday 16.10/19.25 20.00/21.15

Good news, I was going to post it, but you beat me to it! 🙂
Duo’s EDI-Geneva route was one of their strongest out of them all.
Hopefully Flyglobespan can pull in a few business passengers, even though it is quite clearly aimed at Leisure and 95%+ of the passengers will probably be using it for leisure purposes! 🙂

gd, I don’t know when TG are due to receive their 345/346’s. They have 5 346’s on order, and 3 345’s. I don’t have any other info about the destinations they plan to use them to, the bit about the ZRH flights was in a News section about Zurich.

Finnair have ordered EMB 170s.

6/30/2004
FINNAIR PLACES ORDER FOR EMBRAER 170

Finnair Aircraft Finance Ltd and Embraer have today signed an agreement for an order of 12 EMBRAER 170 airliners. Finnair has also taken options on eight additional aircraft, which may be convertible to EMBRAER 175s or EMBRAER 190s. The value of the firm order at list price is US$ 306 million and the contract’s potential value is US$ 510 million if all options are converted.
Configured to seat 76 passengers in a comfortable single class layout, the deliveries will begin in September 2005 and will continue through May 2007.

“It is an honor and privilege to welcome Finnair, one of the longest established operating airlines in the world, into our client base,” said Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer Executive Vice-President – Civil Aircraft. “Finnair enjoys a worldwide reputation for quality and sound airline management and it is a significant mark of confidence, for Embraer, to have been selected by this prestigious oneworld airline. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship between Embraer and Finnair.”

“We have renewed half of our fleet in five years. Our operational environment is changing and the most successful will be the one who reacts quickly to the new situation and is among the first to take advantage of it. We are continuing with our strategy by acquiring the best possible fleet for our feeder traffic,” said Keijo Suila, Finnair President and CEO. “Shifting to a single aircraft type will bring significant savings in operating costs. At the same time fuel consumption will be cut by a third and air traffic charges will decrease. From the passenger’s viewpoint, Embraer aircraft are comfortable and fast. Thus we can improve on our already high standard of service,” Suila added.

Finnair celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2003 and remains young at heart. Embraer is proud to introduce its new EMBRAER 170, the first member of a new family of Embraer airliners, into its fleet.

The EMBRAER 170 aircraft will replace the MD-80 fleet and ATR-72 turboprop aircraft which are being retired.

As of March 31, 2004, the EMBRAER 170/190 family had logged 258 firm orders and 342 options from Air Caraibes, Alitalia, Cirrus, GECAS, JetBlue Airways, LOT Polish Airlines, SWISS, U.S. Airways and Republic Airways. Currently, there are EMBRAER 170s in service in Europe and the U.S.

Thats good news, Jet2 started Geneva last winter from LBA with a few flights a week, now this winter, daily flights including 2x daily flights on a Saturday.

Seems like Geneva is very popular from anywhere.

also, talking of new routes, Ren texted me to tell me this afternoon, and I’ve since looked it up a bit…

Flyglobespan.com will start direct flights to Geneva between Christmas and Easter this coming winter.

There will be 3 non stop flights a week from Edinburgh to Geneva (Thursday/Saturday/Sunday), as well as one flight a week that routes Edinburgh-Glasgow-Geneva (Friday). There will be a total of 5 weekly nonstop flights (Monday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday) from Glasgow, including the one that originates/continues onto Embra. Prices (excluding tax) for a one way trip start at £14.

Starting from the week beginning 20 December until 10 April, flyglobespan will fly:
Edinburgh – Geneva Geneva – Edinburgh
Thursday 09.00/12.15 13.00/14.15
Friday 07.45/12.15 13.00/15.15
Saturday 11.05/14.20 14.50/16.05
Sunday 09.00/12.15 13.00/14.15

Glasgow – Geneva Geneva – Glasgow
Monday 16.10/19.25 20.00/21.10
Thursday 08.00/11.10 11.45/12.55
Friday 09.00/12.15 13.00/14.15
Saturday 17.10/20.25 21.00/22.15
Sunday 16.10/19.25 20.00/21.15

Thomsonfly should have GTHOD delivered to Coventry this afternoon (At long last!!)

My god, thats taken its time!

Lets hope it happens today.

Thats better!, thought you were all dead of joined another fourm.

I’m actually pretty jet-lagged, myself. I’ve been wide awake @ 6:00 a.m. the last 2 mornings, and I’m on vacation! When I’m working, I have a hard-time dragging my carcass out of bed @ 6:45 Monday-Friday!

I was thinking as well that it seemed abit quite

Thats better!, thought you were all dead of joined another fourm.

When will TG be receiving the A346? Are they also taking delivery of the A345 to operate non-stop BKK to the U.S. routes, not-unlike alliance partners SQ? One thing I really like about TG is their variety of widebodies and the fact that they use them interchangeable on long-haul routes. For instance, 2 years ago, they were using the 773 on the BKK-ATH run. About a year ago up until April, they were using the MD-11. Since then, it has been the 743 and the 744. Very nice variety, indeed!

Thai will start operating A340-600’s on the BKK-ZRH route from June 16th next year, replacing the MD-11’s currently operating the route (although the trijets will continue to operate on alternate days on the route till July 15th)

Thomsonfly should have GTHOD delivered to Coventry this afternoon (At long last!!)