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US Airways A330 At BFM?  
User currently offlineJmc1975 From Israel, joined Sep 2000, 3162 posts, RR: 17
Posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2577 times:

I noticed that today US Airways is sending an A330 (N273AY) to Mobile, AL Downtown Airport (BFM) as US9239. Does anyone know the reason for the visit? Military charter? Painting? C-Check?


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User currently offlineAnirudhvs From India, joined Oct 2006, 74 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2558 times:

military charter..... and an airline is free to send thier planes any where...

User currently offlineMolykote From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1336 posts, RR: 30
Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2525 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Quoting Anirudhvs (Reply 1):
military charter.....

Probably for a heavy check IMO.


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User currently offlineAnirudhvs From India, joined Oct 2006, 74 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2503 times:

Quoting Molykote (Reply 2):
Probably for a heavy check IMO.

how do u know ?

User currently offlineMolykote From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1336 posts, RR: 30
Reply 4, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2494 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Quoting Anirudhvs (Reply 3):
how do u know ?

Educated guess:

http://www.stmae.com/aboutus/


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User currently offlineSpoke2Spoke From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 190 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2439 times:

I was unable to find this flight on flytecomm, flightaware or acarsd.org. Where are you able to look and see this?


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User currently offlineHPRamper From United States of America, joined May 2005, 3665 posts, RR: 8
Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2316 times:

US does have a lot of mx done at Mobile. So yes, that would be my guess. Has this aircraft been repainted yet?

User currently offlineJmc1975 From Israel, joined Sep 2000, 3162 posts, RR: 17
Reply 7, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2304 times:

Quoting HPRamper (Reply 6):
US does have a lot of mx done at Mobile. So yes, that would be my guess. Has this aircraft been repainted yet?

No A330s have been painted yet. That's why it makes this a potentially exciting event.


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User currently offlineAlexPorter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2264 times:

My guess is also repainting. None have been done yet, which seems unusual for an airline's largest aircraft - plus now that the heavy European summer schedule is over, this should free up some A330s to get painted over the off-season while B762s can take over some A330 routes (does US actually swap in the B762 on A330 routes in the winter or did I just make this up in my head? I know other carriers do similar things). It would be great to see an A330 in the new colors!

User currently offlineFCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6
Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2236 times:

PHL-MAD swaps down to a 762 in the winter.


USAir A321 service now departing for SFO with fuel stops in CAK, COS and RNO. Enjoy your flight.
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