LN-MOW From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1896 posts, RR: 15 Reply 3, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 5077 times:
There's supposed to be a press conference Monday ... Stand by!
MD90fan From Bahamas, joined Jul 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 5038 times:
Always nice to see the MD-90 in a new livery At least somebody cares about my birds But how come everybody is snatching up the ex.SAS birds and their letting the ones at VCV get scrapped??
Dacman From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 444 posts, RR: 10 Reply 5, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 4986 times:
Good to see the MD-90s going to another operator.
There are no MD-90s at VCV being scrapped and the 3 three at Marana are reportedly going to be taken up soon, though I forget who is getting them.......sorry.
CRJ900 From Norway, joined Jun 2004, 2079 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 4943 times:
Well, Blue1 is owned by SAS so they are keeping the aircraft within the family for a while yet - keeping it easy in regards to mx...
SAS has leased out a lot of planes in recent years, by the sounds of it, in order to reduce the size of their fleet. Spirit (US) and Spanair have leased MD80s, FlyGlobeSpan are leasing 736s, some of their 738s are leased out too, I believe...
SAS has an eclectic and eccentric but chic fleet. If only they could make money on it too...
LN-MOW From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1896 posts, RR: 15 Reply 7, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 4905 times:
CRJ900 From Norway, joined Jun 2004, 2079 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 4673 times:
Aren't those the three SAS MD90s that were leased to Hello of Switzerland which have in turn leased them to Iceland Express? If so, those MD90s won't be too far from "home" either...
I like those -90s, wish there were more of them...
IslandHopperCO From Micronesia, joined Dec 2003, 224 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 3141 times:
According to airlinerlist.com, the three MD-90s that are parked at Marana are sold to a scrapping company. The three planes were built in 1998 and have only been in service for two years out of that time. What a waste. Here's a thread I started that talks about them:
Pyh From Finland, joined Oct 2001, 146 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 3112 times:
Here is the press release from SAS website.
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Blue1, the fastest growing airline in Finland, continues its expansion program in connection with the summer traffic program starting March 2006. New aircraft will join the fleet and the amount of destinations will grow from 14 to 25. Blue1 will go heavily in on Europe with daily connections to such destinations as London, Zurich and Warsaw but also with flights to tourist destinations in southern Europe such as Athens, Rome , Nice and Barcelona.
70 % increase in production - three Boeing MD-90
Three Boeing MD-90, with a seating capacity of 166 seats, will join the fleet existing for the time being of 9 Avro RJ:s and 5 Saab 2000. The production, ASK (available seatkilometer) will increase with more than 70 %.
11 new destinations
Blue1 expands on the European market by introducing scheduled flights starting from March 2006 to:
"This heavy expansion is our response to the market need", says Stefan Wentjärvi, President and CEO of Blue1. Blue1 is already the biggest operator between Finland and Scandinavia, we have a firm grip of the Finnish domestic market and now our next step is Europe. For business travelers we can now offer better connections to destinations as London and Zurich but we can also offer our private travelers smart and price worthy flights to southern Europe", says Wentjärvi.
Blue1 Corporate Communications
More information:
Tom Christides, V.P. Corporate Communications tel: +358 40 7523131
Knightsofmalta From Malta, joined Nov 2005, 1408 posts, RR: 17 Reply 15, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 3097 times:
Quoting 717fan (Thread starter): Hope they starting a Zurich route with those birds....
That may actually happen. The code-share agreement between LX and AY has now officially been cancelled leaving LX in a bit of a mess. The route seems to do very well seeing as AY has repeatedly voiced interest in adding a further frequency to ZRH.
Nice! Now I keep my fingers crossed that we will see the MD-90 on the routes from/ to DUS, then catching the MD-90 should become am easy-to-reach reality at last.
Homer: Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
CRJ900 From Norway, joined Jun 2004, 2079 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2962 times:
Quoting Pyh (Reply 14): Three Boeing MD-90, with a seating capacity of 166 seats, will join the fleet
About time someone show what those birds can lift... I always thought airlines that put in 140-150 seats didn't use the a/c to its full potential. Even with 166 seats pitch ought to be 31"...
TriStar500 From Germany, joined Nov 1999, 4685 posts, RR: 48 Reply 21, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 2798 times:
Quoting CRJ900 (Reply 18): About time someone show what those birds can lift... I always thought airlines that put in 140-150 seats didn't use the a/c to its full potential. Even with 166 seats pitch ought to be 31"...
I think the limit to a capacity below 170 seats is not because of lack of space, but because of emergency evacuation regulations. The slightly shorter MD-80 is certified for up to 170 seats.
Homer: Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
LN-MOW From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1896 posts, RR: 15 Reply 22, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 2352 times:
Quoting Mika (Reply 17): Anyone knows the reg's of the machines going to Blue 1?
Andaman From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 2261 times:
Quoting Doona (Reply 20): Does anyone know which airports in London and Paris will be served?
Cheers
Mats
Tried to find the same information, no luck so far.
Will be interesting in HEL next year, a price war expected : both Blue1 and Sterling competing with AY in Europe, starting at the same time, partly with same destinations. Curious to see Finnair's reaction.
SBN580 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 401 posts, RR: 3 Reply 24, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2206 times:
Quoting MD90fan (Reply 4): Always nice to see the MD-90 in a new livery At least somebody cares about my birds
You are not alone!
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25 Andaman: Found out that it will be Stansted in London, unfortunately. Funny, SAS send it's MD-90s to Finland and Finnair it's MD-80s to Sweden (to FlyNordic).
26 Runway23: This sounds about as stupid as it gets if it is true. The SAS group will now serve four London airports: LHR, LGW, LCY, STN. Certainly this type of f
27 OHLBU: My guess is that LGW slots are hard to get, though not as impossible as at LHR. Will this be bad news for Ryanairs TMP-STN route? They have to start
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But how come everybody is snatching up the ex.SAS birds and their letting the ones at VCV get scrapped?? 
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Now I keep my fingers crossed that we will see the MD-90 on the routes from/ to DUS, then catching the MD-90 should become am easy-to-reach reality at last.
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: both Blue1 and Sterling competing with AY in Europe, starting at the same time, partly with same destinations. Curious to see Finnair's reaction.
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