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04-22-2010, 08:57 PM

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Twin Wasp

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It's not a QC. World has been running a flight IAH-LAD for an Angolian oil company. They wanted a bigger plane so they would not have to stop and bought 2 400s. Then they found someone to fly the planes for them. It's a mainly business class layout. It's not a real airline flight that anyone can buy a ticket on. Think of it more like a corporate shuttle 747.

04-22-2010, 09:57 PM

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SOTeric

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Its for SonAir

04-22-2010, 11:52 PM

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Flightmech

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This is the contract that Atlas have taken over from World, who have been doing IAH-LAD for many years with MD-11ER's. Nice looking machine. I presume the SG suffix instead of the usual MC stands for "Sonair Group"?

04-22-2010, 11:55 PM

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Flightmech

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MX727

One of the UPS guys will have to chime in with more info, but they did run 727's down to the Caribbean from 1997-2001.

Here is an article, the pax stuff is about a quarter of the way down:

The UPS Way | Airliners.net

I remember being in the terminal at Cancun waiting for my return vacation flight to LGW during that period and seeing a UPS '27 loading up with pax going to PHL (?)

04-23-2010, 07:56 AM

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Saw that jet at JFK the other day. It's sharp-looking in person.

04-23-2010, 10:21 AM

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Busboy

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What happened to the UPS flight attendants? Did they just terminate them, like FDX did to theirs?

04-23-2010, 01:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GIANT PILOT

We're actually doing our proving runs now, our first pax aircraft is flying at this moment from LAD to IAH (15 hours), and we operated from JFK to LAD yesterday, service is to begin the first week of May, between IAH and LAD 3 times weekly.

Who's pax aircraft?
SONAIRS?
Seriously though, I hope it works out for you guys,not be sarcastic. It is a good gig.
WG