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Post by Jeff on May 5, 2020 12:54:12 GMT
RIP the VS 747 fleet, not my fav plane to work with but it always looked the part  |
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Post by monarch01 on May 5, 2020 16:15:54 GMT
Another sad day in aviation, I think there will be some seriously worried managers at LGW at the moment, what with Flybe, Probably BA and now VS, that's an awful lot of capacity to try to re-coup at the best of times..
Adrian
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Post by Jeff on May 5, 2020 16:45:42 GMT
Interesting to note that the LGW slots are to be retained, so it's not quite the end of VS LGW ops just yet, it's merely on hold 👍
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Post by monarch01 on May 5, 2020 17:06:55 GMT
I wondered about that, my understanding was that slots were issued on a "use it or lose it " basis, on Airliners.Net they were saying that to overcome this, VS have already lined up another carrier to lease the slots to in the interim period, but we will see....
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Post by davebasing on May 5, 2020 17:19:54 GMT
I wondered about that, my understanding was that slots were issued on a "use it or lose it " basis, on Airliners.Net they were saying that to overcome this, VS have already lined up another carrier to lease the slots to in the interim period, but we will see.... Use it or lose it slot provision suspended at the moment, otherwise almost everyone would lose most if not all of their slots. Current suspension is I think only until 30 June but will almost certainly need to be extended. |
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Post by monarch01 on May 5, 2020 18:18:10 GMT
Ah ok, because at the beginning of all this, were the airlines not flying almost empty for fear of losing their slots if they did not use them ?, i guess that's why the suspension was brought in....
Cheers
Adrian
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Post by Jeff on May 5, 2020 18:22:26 GMT
A332s will also be retired in 21/22, whether I will still be with the airline at that point is not know at the moment, time will tell I guess 🤞
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Post by davebasing on May 5, 2020 18:54:48 GMT
A332s will also be retired in 21/22, whether I will still be with the airline at that point is not know at the moment, time will tell I guess 🤞 Hope it all goes OK for you Jeff. |
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Post by christoff on May 5, 2020 19:25:47 GMT
A332s will also be retired in 21/22, whether I will still be with the airline at that point is not know at the moment, time will tell I guess 🤞 Hope it all goes OK for you Jeff. I'll second that.. |
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Post by lordevanelpuss on May 5, 2020 19:46:10 GMT
Me too.
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Post by Jeff on May 5, 2020 20:28:53 GMT
Thx everyone, everything crossed here 🤞
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Post by graham on May 6, 2020 9:12:14 GMT
Indeed, best wishes Jeff
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Post by foxfire on May 7, 2020 13:48:24 GMT
Virgin G-VROY has just left Heathrow en-route to Glasgow. Looks like the last of their 747s is heading for storage, if not eventual scrapping.  |
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Post by Jeff on May 7, 2020 13:52:39 GMT
3 x A330 should be going to dancaatee today as well
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