Cool…I love WizzAir’s livery, but will be shame not to see it in daylight!

I assume it will be operated by one of their A320’s?

Could this be in retaliation for Easyjet’s recent announcement regarding their proposed continued expansion into Central Europe from LGW?

Is it a B747SP?

I say its an old 747SP

How can it be a 747SP…its only a twin engine, 747SP’s have got 4 engines don’t they?

In terms of what it is used for…could it be used to transport the space shuttle on the top of it by any chance?

Wow Paul, some very nice shots there…my favourites are the bmi A319, FlyBe Q400, and the LS 757!

Just got the new Airliner world.

Are you a subscriber to Airliner World?

If not, I would be interested to know how you managed to get a copy of it before it has even been released to subscribers, let alone the general public?:(

Interesting stuff, eh?

Yes, it is interesting news, but as Jet2.com’s primary base is LBA, I do question what routes they would use a 767 on…SFB possibly, but surely they cannot be thinking of LBA-JFK…

Howdy,

I am an American and returned from a trip from Boston to Brussels and Dakar Senegal on 8/2/07. I flew on US Airways (NEVER, NEVER AGAIN!) and TAP.

The ininary and what happens follows:

7/21 BOS-PHL connecting to PHL-BRU. Took the BOS-PHL flight with no problems. The PHL-BRU flight was cancelled at 3 AM on 7/22. There were four US Airways flights to Europe the evening of 7/21 that were cancelled. Luggage was lost and I had no luggage for the day I was stuck at the airport in Philadelphia on 7/21-7/22. I had to pay $ 321.00 for a hotel and also had topurchase some cloths plus a few other things like toothpaste, etc. US Airways told the 200 people traveling on the PHL-BRU flight that was cancelled flight that there were no hotel rooms available (NOT TRUE!). They gave us a piece of paper with a toll free number to call and we were told the same thing (mind you it was 3 AM!). As noted, I was able to get a room at the airport Marriott for $ 321.00. I got to the hotel at 6 AM after getting a new flight to BRU on 7/22 and dealing with the lost luggage. I departed on US Airways on 7/22. The luggage arrived in BRU on 7/23.

7/25 BRU-LIS-DKR on TAP (no problems)

8/2 DKR-LIS on TAP (departed 2:30 AM late 8/2/07) Connected to US Airways from LIS – PHL (8/2/07) luggage (3 bags) did not show up in PHL. PHL-BOS and arrive 7:30 PM (8/2/07). Luggage still did not show up. 8/3 Called US Airways four times. Still no luggage.

Does anyone know what my rights are if any as an American traveling to and through the EU on EU and American airlines? I wasted a lot of money on a hotel in PHL not to mention losing the money I paid for one night at a Hilton in Brussels for the night of 7/22 which was not refundable. In addition, the lost baggage has all of my commercial samples which was the point of the trip to Senegal. If I lose this, the trip to Senegal and spending about $ 6,000.00 was a complete waste of money.

I am going back to Senegal and possibly Ghana in September (ON A REAL AIRLINE THIS TIME NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!).

Help is greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

Hi Bill,

Sounds like you have had a rotten trip…I would of expected US Airways to handle cancellations much better than that.

Suggest you have a look at the following link…it is US Airway’s so called ‘Customer’s First Plan’:

http://www.usairways.com/awa/content/aboutus/customersfirst/customerserviceplan.aspx

Did they give you any info regarding the cancellation at all; what was the reason for the cancellation?

From US Airways website:

When a US Airways flight on which the customer is being transported is delayed, canceled or has caused a missed connection creating an overnight stay for the customer, US Airways will provide one night’s lodging.

US Airways will not provide hotel accommodations when a flight is delayed, canceled or diverted due to circumstances beyond our control, such as weather or Air Traffic Control decisions.