Ah I see, Republic is the holding company, Chautauqua is the operating brand.

Are you sure its Republic Airlines? Weren’t they a 757 operator in the states in the 80s?

I believe that would be the inlet valve for the avionics cooling system! 😉

Well they look the same :p

The rumours are flying around regarding fleet operations. I have basically established that nothing is concrete and no-one really seems to know the whole truth 😉

The story regarding GB Airways is slightly twisted, BA have around 99 options with Airbus for the A3** series, and GB Airways will be taking 3 of these options. They are not taking the initial batch of 10 A321s designated for BA.

BA 747 JFK – China? Doubtful, BA only serve MAN and LHR from JFK.

Whilst walking through terminal 1 at LHR to catch my flight to Lisbon I caught sight of one of Cyprus Airways A330s. These were brand new at the time, and so caught my attention for longer than normal, during which time I manged to walk head first into a pillar. I’ve never been quite the same since 😉

Theres not a huge amount of competition in Nigeria, and those carriers that do exist are boycotted for safety reasons by many. The country is very rich oil wise also. Virgin already go to Port Harcourt and Lago, so some kind of connecting traffic of a high standard would be welcomed by the many westerners and Nigerians out there.

Largely yes. Currently there is a Flightline 737 in doing the routes. I still don’t understand quite why they need this 737 from LGW considering the 321s start arriving next month?