IberiaA319 From Spain, joined Sep 2005, 506 posts, RR: 49 Reply 2, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 27741 times:
A7 definitely needs more aircrafts, currently they are using (chartering) an Iberworld A332, with registration EC-IDB, for their scheduled flights to Bogotá and Lima.
Let's see if they get rid of the B742 with the arrival of the new planes.
IberiaA319 From Spain, joined Sep 2005, 506 posts, RR: 49 Reply 5, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 27405 times:
Quoting MIAMIx707 (Reply 4): One is at OPF without engines and with a US reg, it will be scrapped eventually. How many do they have?
The one at Opa Locka is EC-IPN, they have currently two: EC-JDH and EC-IZL. By the way it's confirmed that these remaining two B742 will be phased out with the arrival of the new planes.
In Buenos Aires there's already an Airbus A310 with the registration EC-GMU painted with the new livery (after a D-Check). This aircraft will go back to the fleet during this month.
Summa767 From United Kingdom (England), joined Mar 2004, 1517 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 27359 times:
What happened to the A340-200, ex AF, ex Air Europa, Conviasa painted and not delivered, then Air Comet painted, but was it actually operated?
Good that Air Comet grows. I hope that they can take advantage of the important Spain-latin america market, and make a good operation with the new aircraft.
OB1504 From United States, joined Jul 2004, 2301 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 27353 times:
Quoting MIAMIx707 (Reply 4): One is at OPF without engines and with a US reg, it will be scrapped eventually. How many do they have?
Damnit! I live just under the approach path to Runway 09L at OPF and I always manage to miss the heavies when they come in.
Concerning the new Air Comet livery, I didn't like it at first, but looking at it now, it's a interesting combination of blue and green, and at the very least it's not another Eurowhite airliner!
IberiaA319 From Spain, joined Sep 2005, 506 posts, RR: 49 Reply 9, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 27205 times:
Quoting Summa767 (Reply 6): What happened to the A340-200, ex AF, ex Air Europa, Conviasa painted and not delivered
That's a good question! The lease of the Iberworld A332 would end at the end of April, starting in May most of the flights to LIM and BOG should be done with the A342. The A343 would substitute the old B742.
Magyarorszag From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 26971 times:
It's a really nice and elegant livery, rather than the ever more common white overall with drops of colours here and there. We'll see if it'll helps the straight cheat line to become "trendy" enough for 2007 as OwlEye hopes.
Quoting OB1504 (Reply 7): Damnit! I live just under the approach path to Runway 09L at OPF and I always manage to miss the heavies when they come in.
Have you become used to the "never ending" traffic over your head ?
USADreamliner From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 25040 times:
Finally something new. I was getting tired of airlines applying the same livery style ( LAN,Aeromexico,Pluna,Thai,Shanzhen,UPS,etc), good for Air Comet to try something different.
Ptharris From United States, joined Dec 2005, 282 posts, RR: 7 Reply 14, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 24804 times:
Quoting OwlEye (Reply 10): the come back of the 'straight' cheat line
I agree. The clean look on any airline is starting to become the new trend. I say good for everyone. Flashy isn't getting the job done anymore, marketing wise. One question that has always been on my mind.. who deemed the term "cheat line"? I mean, I know what it is.. but really.. how did it become called that?
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Rikkus67 From Canada, joined Jun 2000, 999 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 24509 times:
....love the new look! My only concern is how well the dark fuselage will hold up over time.... a look at North American operators UNITED or US Airways old colours, is testament to how dark colours work in the airline environment:
Frankdjs From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 19 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 24204 times:
Definately and improvement. Makes it look like a more serious airline.
Only surpise is the colour. Dark blue for the top of the fuselage in Spain.. Madrid gets very hot in summer, like 45 degrees c. Imagine the temperture of the dark blue paint in summer.
Didn't US Airways change the colour scheme after the merger with HP partially because the original dark blue US livery attracted to much heat in PHX and LAS?
OwlEye From Netherlands, joined Feb 2006, 644 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 23971 times:
Quoting Ptharris (Reply 14): One question that has always been on my mind.. who deemed the term "cheat line"? I mean, I know what it is.. but really.. how did it become called that?
Especially in the early days of the jet age the race for bigger and bigger aircraft took flight. To get aircraft looking bigger or longer the window line or fuselage line was fashion, a dark coloured line on a white fuselage makes a plane look longer than it actually is, therefore: 'cheat'line.
The best common cheat line livery ever to me is the PanAm Boeing 707:
Magyarorszag From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 23519 times:
Quoting BA787 (Reply 16): Nice, but a little conservative for my liking
I can understand that although I don't find it as conservative as both UA & US (pre HP) former colors. But I think the green used is providing a touch of exoticism.
CastleIsland From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 22321 times:
Quoting Frankdjs (Reply 17): Didn't US Airways change the colour scheme after the merger with HP partially because the original dark blue US livery attracted to much heat in PHX and LAS?
Actually, I believe that was the primary reason.
As for the Air Comet livery, I don't know, that chartreuse really clashes with the dark blue to me.
HALFA From United States, joined Jan 2004, 1076 posts, RR: 18 Reply 23, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 22226 times:
Excuse my ignorance but I'm out here in the middle of the Pacific and have never seen or heard of Air Comet. Can someone tell me where they fly? Where are they based? Are they charter/cargo/scheduled service?
I do like their livery btw.
MCOflyer From United States, joined Jun 2006, 7938 posts, RR: 16 Reply 24, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 22043 times:
I do like their new livery. Cartainly better than the old one. I do have one question: Will the A340 pilots be cross trained on the A320 ad fly their routes, and vice versa?
Magyarorszag From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 25, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 21883 times:
Quoting HALFA (Reply 23): Excuse my ignorance but I'm out here in the middle of the Pacific and have never seen or heard of Air Comet. Can someone tell me where they fly?
Aloha,
Air Plus Comet is in the process of becoming Air Comet with new colors.
As a side note, the new Air Comet logo already appears in my browser address bar.
Cheers.
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26 Acheron: Charter/Leasing airline based in MAD, owned by Grupo Marsan which are the same owners of Aerolineas Argentinas.
27 AA1818: I like the new c/s but i don't like the 'a' on the tail- they could have been a little more creative with a real logo!!! Navy blue and lime green- I l
28 IberiaA319: Air Comet has also a regular scheduled service from Madrid to: Bogota (332, 742) Lima (332, 742) New York JFK (310) Santo Domingo (333, 310) London L
29 AlitaliaMD11: Quiet surprised with the new livery choice, completley different from their current scheme! I have to admit I'm a little dissapointed with the new liv
30 FCKC: The A340 Conviasa is still at Orly.Do not know if it will go to Air Comet as expected.
31 Blackbird1331: Fancy paint jobs belong on automobiles. As far as the airlines are concerned, great service is most important, if you provide that, then invest in a u
32 Sxmna: How fortunate I was to fly Aircomet from SXM to EZE and back on their A310-342 EC-GOT. They flew the route for a couple of months until the Argentine
33 Vasu: That looks excellent... and I'm glad they're making their name less silly-sounding!
34 BWIA 772: Seems like a nice colour scheme. Nice to see they are moving away from the white. I cannot wait to see it in person.
36 MIAMIx707: Don't feel bad I've been to Opa Locka so many times and the only widebody I've ever seen in action was the Air Lib DC-10, taxxing right after coming
37 IberiaA319: Here the first picture of an Air Comet A340 (ex-Virgin) in the new livery, posted in the spanish site pilotosdeiberia.com
38 AlitaliaMD11: Wow it does look pretty stunning.
39 Magyarorszag: It looks even much better than on the drawing. Can't wait to see it under the sun. Thanks for the update. Cheers.
40 EZEIZA: Although a big improvment, I'm not too sure i like the livery too much. i guess I'll have to see it first hand though. In any case, it's a good thing
41 Vasu: A massive improvement over the old one...!
42 OwlEye: Very nicely done, delicious colour combo. Congratulations Air Comet!
44 IBERIA747: And here we have two more...taken yesterday at MAD (picture taken by Spanish photographer Ruben Galindo Verdugo): http://www.aviationcorner.net/show_
45 Chiguire: I like the new C.I. But the new website http://www.aircomet.com looks a bit like a LCC website. Would be great to see them in CCS - maybe there is a c
46 Chiguire: Uuuh, just saw the uniform on the website "compania-servicio" - that's ugly !
47 MAH4546: Beautiful! Hope to see it in Miami. Air Comet is planning on starting up Miami-Madrid after Air Madrid collapssed before launching it.
48 AerospaceFan: The new livery is quite nice. The non-artistic part of me wants the airline to all-capitalize the word "Aircomet", but that's just nitpicking on my pa
49 Magyarorszag: As I expected, it looks really nice under the sun light. Thanks for sharing.
52 Planefixer: Which was operated by Virgin as G-VSKY before BWIA as 9Y-JIL.
53 Chiguire: Their website does not show the 742 any more in the fleet-section. Yesterday there was the official presentation of the new C.I. in Madrid - any news
54 Summa767: I have seen that some BOG flights are supposed to be operated by this bird. At least before they start EZE. I hope that BOG gets an A340 permanenly (
55 Thorben: It looks a little brighter in this pic. http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=586780 What can I say? Is nice, me likes! Really one of the best A
57 Bullpitt: Nice Paint, Beautifull aircraft all that sound very nice but I wonder how long it will take before they fold, leave a whole lot of people stranded and
58 BA777: So G-VAEL is that one in the picture as EC-KAJ, and what will G-VSKY become? Henry
59 Airportmanager: I heard that after the airmadrid probems apeared, LTU was taking air madrid routes, therefore flying to UIO. Then the rumor was AIR PLUS COMET was fly
60 IberiaA319: Air Comet will operate the UIO route in 2-3 months, probably with one of their new A343. Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires were added recently.
61 MD11junkie: Thanks my friend, didn't check this before posting Gastón - The MD11junkie
62 YOWza: If these guys are getting 2 340s from Virgin, are Virgin taking delivery of something new? If I recall they have pretty high aircraft utilization so i
63 Thorben: Virgin is getting one A346 after the other.
64 YOWza: Oh I thought those weren't due for some time. Thanks for the info. YOWza
65 Airportmanager: Too bad that they arent going to operate the B747's any more. Would have been a real treat to have them in UIO!!!! No chances right?
66 Summa767: You might see them yet. it depends when they start UIO. 742 are still doing BOG sorties for Air Comet some days. Other days with A330s and even A310
67 IberiaA319: UIO-GYE will now start on April 3rd, flight MPD925 will be operated on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays with an Airbus A332. Very soon the 343 will
69 Thorben: They got seven A346 last year and have another six on order.
70 Planefixer: My error.....Air Comet are not getting G-VSKY (9Y-JIL), they are getting the ex. Virgin Nigeria aircraft G-VBUS, while G-VSUN returns to Virgin Atlant
71 Mbj-11: Good for Air Plus Comet. I wonder if those A340's will be used on any of their Thursday runs to MBJ (which by the way was serviced by an A310) outta s
72 Avianca: is it possible as we get already flights from 2 spanish airlines? anyway it would be really nice to have them in CCS! My wife used them nearly 2 year
73 IberiaA319: Montego Bay, a leisure destination served by a charter flight, will remain with an Airbus 310-300. Currently, the Air Comet flight to Montego Bay doe
75 Airportmanager: AWESOME!!!! would of kciked some @$$ to see the 747 painted in this scheme though> No die aon the scheduled times right? Will be great to see an othe
76 N1120A: Actually, the United colors held up quite well over time, though they were rather ugly. US' issue was two fold. First, the airline's financial condit
77 IberiaA319: The overhaul will take several weeks, but both ex Air Madrid frames, the A332 with registrations EC-IYN and EC-IYB (leased through ILFC), should be b
78 Summa767: A Colombian busniess daily reports that, Air Comet's president explained that they would be seeking to fly to Bogota daily, when the next bilateral ag
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