SPREE34 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 2097 posts, RR: 10 Reply 1, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1886 times:
I don't know. But I say leave the flag off. It doesn't add anything to the scheme.
I don't understand everything I don't know about this.
B757capt From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 1236 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1726 times:
put it on. Its the best Flag in the world.
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Corey07850 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2519 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1717 times:
I'm guessing it isn't put on when its being produced in Europe, and gets put on sometime after entering service. If you look at the other pictures of FR A319's prior to delivery, none of them have the flag....
Mariner From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 22728 posts, RR: 88 Reply 4, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1659 times:
You're right. None of Frontier's aircraft photographed at Hamburg will have the flag on them.
Until Frontier signs the delivery agreement the plane doesn't belong to them, and I doubt the ferry crew would carry the decals in their luggage or stick 'em on.
Even when the aircraft gets here there is stuff to do, and then it has to go to Florida for the DirecTV installation - and they don't do the decals either.
It may go straight into service after that, so there can be a time lag before it gets the flag.
Leskova From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 6075 posts, RR: 72 Reply 7, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1505 times:
But is there any real reason for this? Because there are planes in the database that do, in fact, already have their respective country's flag on them, even though they're still in Hamburg...
N1120a From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 8, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 1479 times:
Probably because they don't take them with them for ferry. F9 does carry the flag on the planes though, as all flag carriers (F9 is one) have to.
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Ilsapproach From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 410 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1450 times:
I believe the answer is.......................F9 does not fly out of the US regularly.......only to Mexico during the cold months such as now.
This is one thing I always wondered about Ozark. None of the pictures I have of Ozark planes or have seen don't have one either.
Just a guess...................sounds good doesn't it?
Jetmek319 From Germany, joined Sep 2003, 199 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (8 years 5 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1295 times:
The flags are not put on in HAM for one reason. It costs too much!! Airbus would require that the external livery drawings be modified to include the flag, and Frontier would be required to pay for the change paperwork (usually a one time $3000 filing fee, plus additional fees for the printing/materials/labor on a per aircraft basis!). The flags are put on when we have a bit of time that the aircraft will be on the ground, and the temperature is agreeable, or we have hangar space available
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