The two flights arrive at AMS within 30 mins. of eachother. RB used to operate B747SP's on peak summer flights into AMS.
QUESTION: Does the airline still operate B747SP's or have they gone. Alternatively is the B747SP not Category III Noise certified and therefore banned from Europe.
PhilB From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (10 years 10 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 629 times:
The SP is certainly not banned from European airspace as it falls into the same category as the 747-200.
As far as the Syrian aircraft go, they were certainly around last year. They were never used very economically, Damascus-Munich-London being their "flagship" route along with Damascus-Moscow, when new.
There are still a number of Gulf States operating SPs around Europe and to the US on both diplomatic and Ruling Family jollies.
Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11950 posts, RR: 37 Reply 6, posted (10 years 10 months 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 487 times:
The old SPs are about 26 years old now, which must make them prime candidates for replacement; given that the airline already operates A320s and that the 747SP was never used to its full potential on RB's pretty small network, I would have thought the A330-300 would be the best option as a replacement. With a fair few ex-SN/EI A330s (well, one EI) 330 not doing too much right now, surely it shouldn't be too difficult for them to find replacements at a decent price.
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