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  • August 6, 2003 at 2:03 pm in reply to: easyjet A319's #706913
    Pembo330
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    Can anyone outline what exactly Easyjet’s future fleet plans are?

    Are they still going to acquire new 737s? If so, that does seem strange given the A320 family is so similar.

    August 6, 2003 at 1:51 pm in reply to: My Travel to Retire DC10 ? #706920
    Pembo330
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    The current crop of MYT 767s have quite a bad reputation I think for going tech. It will certainly be interesting if more of them come along.

    August 6, 2003 at 1:37 pm in reply to: My Travel to Retire DC10 ? #706944
    Pembo330
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    Another sad day. Thanks for the confirmation Softlad.

    Will the 10-30 just be kept as a stand-by aircraft then Softlad in your opinion? I can’t see it being scheduled to run specific flights if there is only one of them?

    Also, is it true that the 10-30 still does the odd transatlantic run, if so which?

    August 6, 2003 at 1:17 pm in reply to: Off to Spain with Easyjet #707083
    Pembo330
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    Have a good trip and look forward to reading your report!:)

    August 6, 2003 at 12:09 pm in reply to: How will I ever fulfill my Dream….. #707093
    Pembo330
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    You know what Ren, its the thought of them being old and tatty that would make going on them ‘different’. Of course, I’d want it to be safe, but tatty for once, I wouldn’t mind – because I’d be expecting that.

    I still think the best route would for me to get on Northwest flight through Amsterdam. But its risky doing that as I’ve just found out, and Northwest will probably fly them for a few years yet. On the downside, the KLM MD11s will be going soon when the 777 and A330s arrive.

    Wouldn’t it be great if a new charter set up using old planes? Like when Sabre brought us the 727 again.

    August 6, 2003 at 11:32 am in reply to: Hot. hot. hot ! #707115
    Pembo330
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    Melting tarmac maybe?

    Remember the BA777 that got stuck in tarmac in the Caribbean?

    There are also the issues of longer take off rolls on hot days, which if some aircraft are operating at capacity, they may need to take off with reduced fuel and stop off somewhere. This used to happy a fair bit with the BY738s at LBA.

    August 5, 2003 at 4:23 pm in reply to: No surprises (to me anyway) #708202
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    Is it a spare then, or is it being used daily.

    To be honest, it was the best BY757 I’ve flown on (though I admit it was back in ’97). I wonder how BY decided this was the aircraft that was going to Air Holland as opposed to any other one.

    August 5, 2003 at 4:03 pm in reply to: No surprises (to me anyway) #708240
    Pembo330
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    Are you referring to G-BYAR?

    This used to be a BY aircraft anyway I think as I flew on it from LBA to LPA in ’97. Never did figure out why it left the fleet in the first place.

    August 5, 2003 at 3:48 pm in reply to: Skyservice A320 in Scare at Cardiff #708257
    Pembo330
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    Thats worrying – thanks wys. 🙂

    Just thinking out loud, isn’t this the second Skyservice incident in as many months in Wales as I’m sure one of them had a tail-scrape there, meaning Mytravel had to bring in another Skyservice A320 for cover.

    August 5, 2003 at 3:46 pm in reply to: No surprises (to me anyway) #708441
    Pembo330
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    Yeah, Astreus has surprised me too – good news for them though.

    August 5, 2003 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Boeing to discontinue 757 #708448
    Pembo330
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    Has this story been confirmed yet, as I still haven’t seen anything official (or discussed in other forums) saying the 757 programme is definitely closing.

    Of course, I’ve heard speculation, but nothing to say (other than here) that its definitely happening.

    August 5, 2003 at 3:41 pm in reply to: This Forum #708458
    Pembo330
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    Welcome to the mad house! 🙂

    August 5, 2003 at 3:40 pm in reply to: No surprises (to me anyway) #708462
    Pembo330
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    I agree.

    Britannia are one of the best charter airlines IMO, though their staff and to some extent my experience on some rather tatty 757s make me believe that Air 2000 are actually ‘the’ best.

    And your statistics LBA show that Air 2000 couldn’t really get much closer to BY in terms of punctuality.

    As for Monarch and Mytravel, its no surprise to see these two near the bottom – I have never had a flight with these two companies that hasn’t been delayed.

    August 5, 2003 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Bhx 03/08/03 #708719
    Pembo330
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    Love the winglets on the 738!

    I hate the 737 design now because it just looks so dated, but add winglets and I really do think it makes them look ‘sexy’ – if thats possible.

    I just wish all NGs had winglets, then I’d have a better chance at distinguishing between NGs and 3/4/5 srs.

    August 1, 2003 at 1:20 pm in reply to: Best British Airlines. #715348
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    Regional – Flybe
    Flag – Virgin
    Charter – Air 2000
    Low Cost – Easyjet

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