Particularly as their UK Management Team are dropping like flys. At least before there was some attempt to manage the business side of things, now there doesn’t seem to be anyone managing the business or the operation. 🙁

I agree to an extent Mark. It grieves me to find myself on common ground with Ryanairs O’Leary, but I think he is spot on with his views of the BAA.:(

It seems to me that with LHR-east being converted into a pax terminal in the (far?) future there is not much space left for hangars. Surely BA, BD and VS can´t be happy having only limited space at best? I am not convinced it is in the best interest of BAA to put this level of operational difficulties on its 3 main customers.

Unfortunately the operational difficulties encountered by its customers has never been one of the BAAs main concerns…I should know I was one for 20 or so years. The BAAs main concern is profitability come what may, no harm in that so long as your pursuit of it does not strangle one of your main sources such as the airlines that use your facilities. Alarmingly BAAs new owners seem to present no immediate prospect of a change of course and that ought to be a cause for concern for airlines and passengers alike. It seems more important these days to provide retail outlets in the terminals to the detriment of the day to day efficiency of terminal operation and God forbid, passenger convenience.

Great shame to see that demolition Trident Man…still just think of the retail potential…Drive thru ASDA, another branch of Caviar House etc etc Apologies for the rant and wandering off topic, but this subject really grinds my gears:mad:

We’ll miss you Lois!…………..it was fun:(

Very nice pics indeed! Really rate that Jordanian A310! I often hear that AZAL flight calling up LHR on its way in over the North Sea, nice to see what it looks like…….more anytime please:)

Thanks Neil, Great pics, I was lucky enough to have started my aviation career as a Traffic Officer in 1980 and therefore had to ‘loadsheet’ such beauties as the Caravelle, TRIDENT!, TU134, 154, IL18, 62M, Viscounts, Vangaurds, F27, 28, DC8s etc. Is a 777 as exciting as a DC8-63 at ‘full bore’? in my opinion nowhere near, but I guess its subjective! Neil, more anytime please and thanx:)

Based on reports elsewhere, sounds like the Tinkers have changed their interests and are now looking at Air Berlin rather than Aer Lingus!

Personally I think that Ryanair are a cancer that is dangerously infesting the airline industry, and I’d be only too pleased to see the Eejit blocked on this potential new takeover too.

Andy

Beautifully put Andy!

Great images, thanks for sharing them. Favourite livery on a Trident for me is still the “Red Square” with Channel a close second ( the square would have looked great on a T3) I was told many years ago by an ex HS employee that there was a huge model of a Trident 2 in Olympic livery at the plant…hope someone kept it safe. Neil, have just visited the ZK website-brilliant. Reminds me very much of the 10yrs or so I spent involved with the restoration at Duxford of Britannia G-AOVT. Very well done with the Trident…almost as pretty as a Tu154:)