Marsans Group if one of the biggest tourist operator in Spain which owns everything. The main objective of the this order is………….

-Replace ageing Aerolineas Argentinas specially longhaul B747-200
-Boost Air Comet stupendous growth in South America
-Send the A380 to Air Pullmantur.

Why to Air Pullmantur?. Well, it´s an airline just destinated to feed Pullmantur Cruises. Their key for success is low cost, high service all inclusive cruises “spanish style” (tapas, fiesta, drinks….music) to the market. Their growth is great and that´s why Royal Caribbean (second biggest cruise company in the world) has just puchased it.

They operated two ageing B747-200 (ex Air France and Lufthansa) and a B747-300 ex varig. They couldn´t cope with all the passengers to fill all the ships in summer and hardly in winter in the Caribbean with a small vessels. Big Royal Caribbean ships are being transfered from march 2008, so fleet is urgent.

As far as know, they will incorporate two B747-400 as long as the A380 is not available. Probably the only airline in the world just for cruisers.

I think it is clear to say that easyJet made a ‘fuss’ because they didn’t want to be aquaplaning around the airport and risk the lives of hundreds.

easyJet don’t make a fuss about operating into Bristol in the wet! They DID however make a fuss about operating when there were NO groves cut into the runway surface – The runway at Congonhas also has NO groves cut into the runway surface – I can certainly see the similarity.

You can’t take any chances with safety, and easyJet put their aircraft, crew & passengers safety & well being before anything else. It is because of this move that there probably wasn’t a horrific event at Bristol as what happened in Brazil.

Adam

PS – The above comments on easyJet & Bristol Aiport have nothing to do with the fact that i live in Bristol 🙂

yes Adam. Safety is first and important and support Easyjet decission in the case of Bristol, but I know what´s going on in LCG over here, and I still don´t know why Easyjet is not so concerned when the situation is a perfect copy of Congohnas.

I expect something wrong happens, but this is time bomb and at the end something wrong will happen.

If you want information about non UK airports here I go of SCQ

-Aer Lingus: DUB (2 weekly)
-Vueling: Paris-CDG (four weekly)
-Ryanair: Liverpool (three weekly)
East Midlands (three weekly…dropped)
And about to be announced Ansterdam.

Appart from Spanish of course. Galician (local regional language) 90% similar to Portuguese, English, German, Italian and a little French. I need refreshing them all, and starting new things. I started Russian but found it too hard.

Does it have anything to do with the plans of Defensive Shield in former european comunist countries?. Or simply interest in participating in the EADS shareholderships?. Anyway, good news indeed. EADS was needing it.