Well, Tony wasn’t watching, NO bids.:o

What does that Mukesh fly? Seeing that he can afford £500 million house, he could certainly afford an A380 at mere £200 millions, but of course none are ready for delivery yet. Second-hand 747-s, however, should be readily available.

You have proposed an answer which however is not correct for the reason you mention in your previous sentence. Second hand 747’s are like hens teeth due to the delay of the A380 in coming into service. Airlines are therefore having to delay letting any 747’s go and in addition, the increase in freight traffic is putting pressure on the conversion programme and availability of airframes for 747F’s.

O.K. Wade and what is in your hangar? Thankyou for speaking English, there are other forums with a high Oz content where I often think they are speaking a foreign language. Come to think of it, we have one of those on this forum, I am sure you will meet him one day, but he does have a genuine excuse for his posts, you may notice the profusion of smileys.

Presumably the one that arrived here at MME at about 1930 then…. that was 1:15 late from Lourdes. By the time it positioned back down there to fly the EXT one would probably be about right.

I did visit your site. Very good site, but why don’t you have a list of airline operators? Is Air Mediterranee a one off charter or regular route as it isn’t mentioned in your French destinations?

Thanks Mr Wingman for the update and welcome to the Forum. Keep posting! Our best wishes for the complete recovery of the pilot.:)

You’re right, a fleet of nine aircraft, 737’s and A.320/1’s doesn’t give you much slack when problems arise. Remember the problem with the Liverpool charter to Greece last week.

http://www.aircharterguide.com/Operator_Info/AIR_MEDITERRANEE/1350/TOULOUSE/1483

This looks like a useful tracking site which I found last night and will have to investigate further!

http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightStatusByFlight.do?airline=%28BIE%29+Air+Mediterranee&flightNumber=3202&departureDate=2007-06-02&x=9&y=8

Track Flight Status Results
Route: Lourdes to Exeter Flight Ratings
Date: June 01, 2007 Frequent Flyer Promotions

Departure
Airport: (LDE) Tarbes Ossun Lourdes Airport
Departures

Lourdes, FR Performance Scorecard

Arrival
Airport: (EXT) Exeter Airport
Arrivals

Exeter, EN, GB Performance Scorecard

Flight Listing
Click on flight link for status details.

Statistics for LDE to EXT
Status Departure ArrivalFlight Performance Summary
——————————————————————————–
Scheduled 100.0%

En Route 0.0%

Landed 0.0%

Cancelled 0.0%

Diverted 0.0%

Redirected 0.0%

Unknown 0.0%

Total Flights: 1
Departure Flight Performance Summary
——————————————————————————–
Observations 0 100%
Ontime 0 %
Delayed 0 %
> 15 min 0 %
> 30 min 0 %
> 45 min 0 %
Avg Time Diff (min)
Avg Delay (min)
Arrival Flight Performance Summary
——————————————————————————–
Observations 0 100%
Ontime 0 %
Delayed 0 %
> 15 min 0 %
> 30 min 0 %
> 45 min 0 %
Avg Time Diff (min)
Avg Delay (min)

Interesting times reported here!

Legend of ^ Codeshare Flight Ontime (< 15 min) Very Late (30-45 min) Setup Mobile Alert
Symbols Estimated Time Late (15-29 min) Excessive (> 45 min) Setup E-mail Alert

Flight Carrier Departure Gate Arrival Gate Equip. Set
Scheduled Actual Scheduled Actual Status Alert
BIE 2302 Air Mediterranee 07:05 PM 07:40 PM 12:15 AM Scheduled

No, the flight trackers think we are all mushrooms in Europe!:)