I agree its a very poor quality picture, but that livery is easily identifiable from a distance because it is very basic…

Interestingly, I read somewhere that in February of this year, MK Airlines applied to the CAA for permission to operate ‘scheduled services’…not sure if this means scheduled cargo or whether they are considering venturing into the passenger market, possibly out of MSE, which would be great!

Oh! One of those was it? The government trying hide more waste of the taxpayers money I think.

Hopefully it did not cost as much as the £500,000 that the BBC decided to shell out on ‘revamping’ their news titles…what a waste of licence-fee payers money…its not exactly going to get more people to watch the news is it!?

Hi everyone, interesting thread you got going on here…

My contribution is from a New York based band called Nada Surf and this is my favourite song called ‘Hi-Speed Soul’ from their 2002 album called ‘Let Go’:

Don’t really know why I actually like this song, I just do…lol.

I went to see them play live @ KOKO in London the other night (08/05/08), and they were amazing!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do, opinions welcomed!:D

I used to work for the handling agent for OASiS Hong Kong at LGW, and I felt it was one of the best airlines we handled, and from a start-up perspective it is very sad to hear of this news.

Here is the statement that is currently posted on their website:

9 April 2008 – 2050h HKG time

It is with regret that Oasis Hong Kong Airlines announces that the airline has this morning applied to the Hong Kong Court to appoint a provisional liquidator. The Court has appointed Edward Middleton and Patrick Cowley of KPMG as the provisional liquidators, and they have assumed control of the airline with effect from 1400h HKG time today.

Our flight operations have been cancelled until further notice. The Provisional Liquidators are liaising with other airlines in order to help customers make alternate travel arrangements as quickly as possible.

Passengers with bookings are being advised to contact other airlines that fly the routes that they use to serve…”however, passengers should note that, owing to the airline’s current situation, they will need to meet the cost of these alternate flight arrangements themselves.”

No reason has been citied for this failure, anyone able to tell us anything about it, was it because it simply ran out of money or is it because of the global credit crunch and resulting high oil prices?

Most of the airlines that have managed to obtain slots at LHR have done so through negotiations with their respective alliance partners, and paying a substainsal amount of money…as in multiple £millions!

As tenthije pointed out, NW and CO managed to get slots from KLM, and I believe that Delta managed to get slots from Air France.

Have not heard though if bmi are considering any services to the US from LHR, and if so whether they would use some of their slots that they already own in order to operate some of these flights. Either that, or they will have to negotiate hard with their partners within the Star Alliance.