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May 27, 2008 at 10:18 am in reply to: Thomson 747 at LGW this morning #533428

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It was indeed a Corsair 744 doing a Champions League charter. Other footy charters into LGW included FlyGlobespan 763, XL France A320, Flightline MD83, 2x VIA A320s, XLA/Iberworld A330, Blue Panorama 763, Dubrovnik Airlines MD83, JetTime 733, Orbest A330 and Air Slovakia 757.

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Alan

March 19, 2008 at 1:12 pm in reply to: Summer Charters 2008 #543846

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what are XL using on the TFS service from MAN in summer.

Some flights will be 738 and some 739

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Alan

March 4, 2008 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Olympic from Athens into LGW–A340 4/3/08 #548005

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It operated as OAL4271/2 in addition to the usual 734 (OAL271/2). I don’t know of one visiting before other than on a diversion or something. I assumed it was something to do with the Chelsea vs Olympiakos game tomorrow.

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Alan

February 22, 2008 at 9:42 pm in reply to: A few Athens shots from the late 80s – part 1 #518093

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Ah the good old days! 😀 Fantastic photos there. I guess they were taken from the Hotel Fenix? Never stayed there but I had a couple of trips to the Emmentina…sun, bar, swimming pool and exotic aircraft flying past…it doesen’t get much better than that!!

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February 22, 2008 at 9:21 pm in reply to: Summer Charters 2008 #551086

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Planned XL Airways bases for summer 2008:

LGW 2x 767-300 1x 767-200 5x 737-800
MAN 1x A330-200 2x 737-900 1x 737-800
EMA 1x 737-800
BRS 1x 737-800
LCA 1x 737-800 (also ops services ex PFO and LTN)
DUB 1x 737-800 (C- reg Sunwing a/c)
NCL 1x 737-800 (C- reg Sunwing a/c)
GLA 1x 737-800 (C- reg Sunwing a/c)

767-200 G-BOPB has a planned programme out of MAN in April but is planned as a standby a/c after that.
The A330 will be an XL France a/c.

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February 15, 2008 at 1:13 am in reply to: LGW 12.2.08 (EasyJet free zone!) #519617

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I’m still not entirley used to my 400D, and I found that despite being at f9, most noses (on full a/c shots) were blurred when the rest of the aircraft was pin-sharp. So I stuck mainly to nose shots which came out better quality.

Hi Dan

Nice shots. I had the same problem when I bought my 400D and wasn’t sure whether it was the camera or the lens (Vivitar 70-300), so I borrowed a mate’s Canon IS USM 70-300 and the results were much better. I bought one too and am really happy with it.

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Alan

January 25, 2008 at 1:06 pm in reply to: Cubana IL96 at LGW – 23/01/08 #440044

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Any idea as to why AEA decided to ‘pull the plug’ as you say?

I don’t know but I can only speculate that Cubana hadn’t been fulfilling their part of the contract (eg lack of payment). Generally when a contract is terminated at short notice it’s for this reason. Of course it could be that AEA weren’t performing well (eg bad punctuality) but I think it’s more likely to be the former.

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Alan

January 24, 2008 at 2:33 pm in reply to: Cubana IL96 at LGW – 23/01/08 #440061

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Great shots Josh…pity about the rubbish weather though 🙁

For info Air Europa 767s had been operating for Cubana until last week when AEA suddenly pulled the plug. CUB operated an Il-62 on last Saturday’s flight but permission was only granted as a one-off due to noise regulations. It is expected that they will continue to use the Il-96 ufn or unless they can sub-charter something else in. (Fingers crossed for a bit of sun on Saturday! 😀 )

Planned schedule CUB400/1:
Wed eta 0720 etd 0855
Sat eta 1030 etd 1230

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Alan
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