Just to make the news thread interesting, would be a bit boring without the monthly Flexi and tranquility back and fourth. We still cooperate outside of this though
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" It is the journey that is rewarding, not the destination".
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I know that, I am connecting with both FLI and TQI Alliances and enjoying it immensely. But what Ukplanespotter757 said is important. The wording paints the image.
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Outback Link extends it’s reach
Today Outback Link’s first A320NEO departed Sydney airport, bound for Darwin, Austrailia. This delivery is the first of many fleet expansions for the rapidly successful joint airline, with more new aircraft planned to be joining the airline’s fleet shortly, such as the Dash 8 Series, an A321, and a handful of ATR aircraft.
Outback Link’s Flagship A320NEO, registered VH-UMY
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Belgium airlines news
Belgium reigonals final flight took place the 757-200 on the left was one of 4 last belgium reigonal flight, this is the last flgiht to LHR-Bari as belgium reigonal ceases all operations, the plane is now curently repainted into the belgium airline colours
this flight was 7572 to bari
this was a turely sad day as this airline was founded in 2000 (it’s fictonal) Under belgium airlines
good day Belgium Airlines
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Belgium airline news
We will now go over the history of belgium reigonal
belgium reigonal was founded in 2000 but didn’t start till 2001 at the time it started at the time after 9/11 attacks which effected it but beucase sabena (another belgium airline) ceased thier operations belgium reigonal toook a few of their planes inculding some A319s & A320 + A321s in 2004 it operated what is now the belgium grey this was the ligther verison of the darker curent belgium airline colours in 2005 belgium reigonal boguht 10 757-200s & 4 757-300, 2010 was the best year for the airline as they changed their colours & had a new hub in brussels.
They contiued to expand for destinations but 2020 was the year things went to downfall
covid happend forcing 89% of operations to a halt 2021 was post covid era but in decemeber of 2022 the airline had to retire the A319s & A321s & then the airline lost profit after losing the schiphol route to belgium express in decmeber of 2023 the airline annocued a ceasing of all operations in July of this year & on novemeber 21st the airline ceased operations
the fleet at the time was
2x SF34
2x 757-200
2 737-800s
3 787 MAX 8
1x 737-400F
1x 737-800F
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Recent news on Ace Airlines
Announcement
Ace airlines is increasing frequency of operations for the following week due to thanksgiving travels. This will result in flights departing more frequently and hopefully more than once everyday.
Disclaimer: This only applies for thanksgiving week
New Aircraft and Routes for The Starting Airline
Ace airlines has declared that they have made a second order on the 777-300er, saying “The aircraft is a great fit for our airline, as we are making longer routes. That is why we have decided to continue to grow our fleet of these aircraft. We are also planning to acquire a333 after the a321xlr for slightly shorter routes from airports like BKK, SYD, or LHR.” Ace Airline’s CEO had stated that they are planning to send the 777 from their hub in Washington to MCT to connect with (@ARGON.)
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Flexi Upping Sydney Connections
In a further escalation of the Sydney competition new flights have been scheduled between Flexi members towards Sydney, the bulk of which have been from Argon Air departing from their new hub at Nagoya to support the Sydney effort.
From left to right: Thruii Airways B789, Aeroflot A35K, Maroon Air A333, Argon Air B77W and a QWB airlines A333
Christmas Time Flights
The upcoming Christmas holiday has brought attention back to London Heathrow for Flexi with new flights scheduled out of the hub; one very unique flight spotted was a new unpainted B77W at the LeChonk terminal with the destination of the new Jjet terminal at Washington Dulles. Despite these new connections some problems are rearing at the hub as frequent snow burst are seemingly delaying flights at complete random causing many issues for the LeChonk group.
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JJet’s Ambitions For IAD
JJet have announced their planes for IAD up until February. Heres what we know. JJet and Flexi will take concourse’s A and C while also taking midfield north. Concourse A will be just for S aircraft (primarily JJets CRJs. They currently have 2 but up too 18 will be coming by 2025). Concourse C will be for JJets 737s (mix of max8s and 800s) and other M connections. Midfield north will be for all flexi L and XL travel into the D.C area.
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The first flight of Ace Airline’s 777-300er registered NDAD is spotted at Oman’s Muscat Airport
Photos taken by @ARGON
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capitalizing on a weather problem
With both the FLI and TQI trying to get the upper hand in the market, FLI sees major delays due to snow across Europe and parts of the US. But, even with the snow, Horsepower flights are departing earlier than others after snow delays.
“thanks to our home base being a very snowy area in the winter, we require all of our pilots, regardless of what airport they are based out of, to go through a special course on operating in some of the worse snow conditions.” said the horsepower CEO 5 years ago, when asked why IDA wasn’t shut down after a record snowfall. “with how bad the snow can get, we don’t have the luxury of stopping flights at the sight of snow like this”
However, even with this training, delays are occurring during heavy snowfall, for the safety of staff, passengers, and airframes.
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HUGE JJET ORDER
JJet have announced a huge order! This brand new order consists of the following:
1x B463
1x E170
1x E175
1x E190
1x B734
1x A319
2x B738
1x A320
3x 73M8
3x B752
2x A306
2x A332
2x A333
3x A343
2x B787
1x CONC
2x A359
And more options for these aircraft have been added!
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Huge Scare for Airlines!
The bank system that Ace Airlines (and many other airlines) use had reset for a software update. Unfortunately a bug in the system resulted in the airlines losing their accounts. This could’ve resulted in the loss of billions of dollars. Fortunately the issue was solved and only caused minor delays.
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Ace Airlines is holding a competition to choose a new livery.
The airline had been planning to change their livery for some time now. The airline decided that today they will paint their new aircraft once all the votes are in and then announce the winner. The voting options are below. (This only applies to Large aircraft as of now.)
Livery design
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
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voters
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It won’t let me vote for some reason…
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Okay let me fix that
Alright try it now
Still not working
I’ll try to fix it one more time and if it doesn’t work y’all can just private message me or something your answer so we don’t, mess up this forum with people just typing “1” or “2” 