It is very bland looking.

Someone must have spent a lot of time and research with this scheme, so the green must be for a reason. Maybe its a popular colour as I don’t think Nigeria is a exactly known as a “lush green fields” country?! (Correct me if I’m wrong!)

As for the white, I think its quite sensible given the tempretures over there 😉

They’re both ex SAS, don’t suppose they could come from too many other places really! 😉

So Malev, TunisAir, Air China, Lauda (as was) don’t operate them anymore then or don’t want to get rid of any?

Is this aircraft going to be coming from SAS? I’m sure I heard that rumour somewhere.

If it is, they’re great inside with a rather unusual galley layout. Feels more like a galley of a much bigger aircraft. I had the pleasure of travelling on the SAS 736’s from BHX when they used them for the CPH run, lovely aircraft.

Noticed today that the MAN-IAD service is still showing in GDS as an A330 right through the summer.

Anyone know if the 757 has been approved yet or do they have something else up their sleeve???

I’ve been in touch with some old contacts at bmi who say its still not confirmed as far as they know and aren’t sure whats going on!

Great pics!

I’m confused at the hybrid Flybe 146 though. How come they’ve managed to pop a bit of pale blue on the forward wheel cover and not anywhere else? Whats going on with that tiny Flybe logo at the front too?

Is this aricraft one thats recently been taken back out of Air France colours at all? I’ve noticed they’ve still got AF scheme’s flying around even though they’re not a franchisee anymore.

Well if an FI 757 was the best they could find to cover their flagship route I wonder what they will sub ORD, LAS, or ANU with. Euroatlantic Tristar anyone?

PMSL!!! My thoughts exactly!

They’ve obviously struggled so far. I didn’t think there were that many A330’s floating around for quick lease?

They really need to remember that their long haul reputation is built on good service on modern aircraft, not some ropey old lump of metal that they’ll shove on a route and hope for the best (not that I’m tarring the FI 757 with this brush!). Still, we’ve had this discussion many a time before and I doubt our thoughts will ever be taken into account at Toad Hall!

Should be interesting to see what happens if they do start more Indian routes though.

I’m sure bmi are kicking themselves that they’ve announced their RUH service now then!!!

Its so obvious they only announced that because they had nothing to use the A330 on whilst not in India and probably didn’t want to leave it parked up at LHR or have to ferry it back and forth to MAN.

I feel a U-Turn coming with RUH if they get daily BOM. Hehe!!! :p

1st AirSouthwest flight listed on the boards, nice to see, looking forward to seeing them on my next trip up to LBA 🙂

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Is this a new scheduled route or were they coming in for a charter?