Impact of coronavirus on aviation industry.

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Norwegian blue is a dead parrot

#541 Post by Undried Plum » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:18 pm

It's been tired and shagged out after many a long squawk, entirely not caused by Cv19, but now it is a dead parrot, limping to the knacker's yard.

It's demise is primarily caused by a surfeit of debt. Added to that, most unfairly imposed by the Fates, is the grounding of one fleet by Boeing's cockup(s) and the unrelated grounding of a different fleet due to wonky Derbyshire engines.

Now the Noggie gumment has said "Nei!" to a putative nationalisation of an airline whose name sounds like it's already been nationalised. Reading between the lines, I think the gumment went further and prolly breathed the words "Dra til helvete" under their breath.

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#542 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:56 pm

Undried Plum wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:18 pm
It's been tired and shagged out after many a long squawk, entirely not caused by Cv19, but now it is a dead parrot, limping to the knacker's yard.

It's demise is primarily caused by a surfeit of debt. Added to that, most unfairly imposed by the Fates, is the grounding of one fleet by Boeing's cockup(s) and the unrelated grounding of a different fleet due to wonky Derbyshire engines.

Now the Noggie gumment has said "Nei!" to a putative nationalisation of an airline whose name sounds like it's already been nationalised. Reading between the lines, I think the gumment went further and prolly breathed the words "Dra til helvete" under their breath.
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#543 Post by Woody » Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:25 am

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#544 Post by 1DC » Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:59 am

According to the boss of Qantas the talk about the airlines being on their last legs is rubbish, they are about to start the biggest boom they have ever had . Unless of course he means he is going to blow all his aeroplanes up..

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#545 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:39 pm

Woody wrote:
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#546 Post by Woody » Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:36 pm

Woody packing for Somerset West eh! :)
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#547 Post by ian16th » Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:25 pm

Woody wrote:
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Woody packing for Somerset West eh! :)
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January?

Bad timing, the Cape will be full of blerry tourists!
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#548 Post by Woody » Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:09 pm

January?
Busy month December, due to become a Grandad for the first time, JuniorWoody’s Birthday, so it’s the first opportunity, unless someone changes the rules again :((
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#549 Post by Woody » Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:47 am

BA 747-400 G-CIVU took its final flight yesterday from Cardiff to St Aphan

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#550 Post by Woody » Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:05 pm

Lots of BA’s Airbus fleet has gone South( MAD and PMI ) for the winter :-o
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#551 Post by Woody » Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:10 pm

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#552 Post by Woody » Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:47 pm

G-BYGG doesn’t want to end it’s life at St Aphan :))

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#553 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:37 am

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#554 Post by Rwy in Sight » Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:40 am

Just a practical question! Have the airline change the safety announcement regarding the oxygen mark requiring pax to remove the covid mask before donning the other?

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#555 Post by Woody » Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:07 pm

BA’s Airbus fleet enjoys some winter sun at PMI.Image
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#556 Post by ribrash » Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:04 pm

Woody wrote:
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BA’s Airbus fleet enjoys some winter sun at PMI.Image
How do the pilots get home ?

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#557 Post by Woody » Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:33 pm

How do the pilots get home ?
There’s been a few PMI-LHR flights, BA 9251 in the evening which probably brought them back.
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#558 Post by ribrash » Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:30 am

Woody wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:33 pm
How do the pilots get home ?
There’s been a few PMI-LHR flights, BA 9251 in the evening which probably brought them back.
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#559 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:27 pm


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Re: Impact of coronavirus on aviation industry.

#560 Post by Woody » Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:48 am

This hasn’t gone down terribly well with some people :-o

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 60415.html
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