![]() ![]() The other, G-BNLU, spent 98 days at Cardiff before it was returned to LHR after its 'D' Check. It was returned to service after that long and expensive 'D' Check on 11 December. It arrived at BA Maintenance at CWL from VCV on 21 June 2011. One of the aircraft returned to service was G-BNLG. This is why few ex-BA aircraft find a new operational home and why two 744s retired to the desert and later put back into service by BA underwent such a check after leaving the desert. Surely they'd be some cost savings there.?īA retire most of their aircraft in front of what otherwise would be a very expensive 'D' check. Quoting TUGMASTER ( Reply 11): You would think they might use a long haul BA 763 instead sending it to the desert. Things could (and should) have been so different. It's sad that the 767s will also be associated with a bad time in EI's history, but it's no reflection on the aircraft. This lasted until about 2007, when Open Skies was introduced. MGQ was replaced by Brian Cowen in 1992 and he recognised that EI could not justify the cost of replacing the ageing 747s in Summer 1993, it was announced that EI could operate DUB- JFK and the "50/50" rule was introduced, which required one SNN flight for one DUB flight. ![]() The airline's plan for the 767s was predicated on being allowed to operate nonstop DUB- LAX, but they were not allowed to do that. So, really, logic and economic reality (nor the fact that Ireland had 18% unemployment at the time) had any impact. It seems absurd now (and it did then), but the western lobby was very vocal and added to that, the Minister for Transport at the time, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn TD, was a Galway West TD (member of Irish parliament - Teachta Dala) and the Shannon lobby made sure she knew which side her bread was buttered on. It was a big political issue in Ireland around the early 90s, when all t/a scheduled flights had to land at SNN, to/from Dublin. I recall it at the time, as I was very involved in the campaign to end the stopover. Quoting N1120A ( Reply 4): Don't forget the old rules that required routing a route via SNN. Quoting theSFOspotter ( Reply 10): You would think they might use a long haul BA 763 instead sending it to the desert. They're getting two new A330s this Summer/Autumn, so that should solve their capacity requirements. Quoting theSFOspotter ( Reply 10): Is EI leasing these planes since they are short on aircraft? Is it viable for EI to buy or lease newer A332/3's until the A350s arrive? ![]()
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