Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Posted (10 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2501 times:
Aviance are not having a good weekend. The other day they hit a jetbridge with a CX 744, now today they crashed an SQ 744 into an empty baggage ULD.
Happened when they were towing the a/c off to a remote stand following this mornings arrival. As a result the flight the a/c was supposed to operate was delayed until the 2nd a/c came in, and the 2nd flight delayed for the 3rd a/c. The last flight ws due to be operated on the damaged a/c so it would allow time for it to be repaired.
Sources say that the guy that should have been watching as the a/c was pushed back was sat in the tug with the driver and didn't see the ULD.
Sorry no reg's - source didn't deem that important.
Total number of tug drivers now suspended = 5. That means only 2 left to do the work !!
"She Rolls, 45 knots, 90, 135, nose comes up to 20 degrees, she's airborne - She flies, Concorde Flies"
Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Reply 2, posted (10 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2342 times:
Cx flyboy,
Umm - No.
Aviance in T3 at LHR have about 7 drivers, they also have drivers over in T1. There are numerous handling agents at LHR and each have their own tugs and drivers.
Just in the last couple of days, the Aviance T3 tug guys have crashed 2 a/c into things, so 5 of them have been suspended.
About 6 months ago, they crashed a tug into a Royal Brunei 763, just between the forward hold door, and the wing root causing substantial damage to the a/c. A/c was out of service for over 3 months whilst it was repaired - cost was over £6 Million to repair.
"She Rolls, 45 knots, 90, 135, nose comes up to 20 degrees, she's airborne - She flies, Concorde Flies"
Mr.BA From Singapore, joined Sep 2000, 3423 posts, RR: 23 Reply 4, posted (10 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2240 times:
I was checking the arrivals from london and was suprised why the 3 flights were delayed. Thanks for sharing the news. Which part of the aircraft was damaged, any idea?
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 9, posted (10 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2010 times:
I am totally unimpressed.
I hope SIA see the error of their ways and get bmi British Midland or Virgin Atlantic to handle their ground operations bar check-in which bmi operates anyway.
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 10, posted (10 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1992 times:
SQ321 from London to Singapore
Scheduled to depart at 2215, departed at 0035 (2 hours and 20 minutes late)
Scheduled to arrive at 1905, arrived at 2045 (1 hour and 40 minutes late)
Apuneger From Belgium, joined Sep 2000, 3026 posts, RR: 13 Reply 16, posted (10 years 6 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1759 times:
Hi,
As a BRU 'resident', I'm really surprised. This is like the 2nd accident in one week. Really amazing.
So, both accidents were caused by Aviance? I assume this is some sort of handling company? Well, all I can say is that they really did a good job suspending these guilty tug drivers. People often tend to forget what they're dealing with. They're not playing with some matchbox cars over here, we're talking about multi-million $$$$ aircraft...
Let's hope they actually learn something from all of this.
9V-SVA From Singapore, joined Aug 2001, 1858 posts, RR: 10 Reply 18, posted (10 years 6 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1420 times:
So 9V-SPC was injured? What is the extent of the damage? 9V-SPC is a regular visitor to London-Heathrow as it is fitted with Spacebeds and the in-seat SMS/email service, if I'm not wrong.
Singapore_Air, AFAIK, check-in is handled by Aviance as well. In fact, one of the Aviance customer-service officers was featured in SIA's Outlook(in-house staff magazine) for helping an Aussie tourist flying from JFK who missed her connecting flight, SQ321.
Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Reply 20, posted (10 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1223 times:
9V-SPA,
Do you have the name of that Aviance person. My g/f works for them on the SQ contract at LHR, also my mates wife works on the SQ ticket desk. Also in reply to your earlier post, VS only just have enough staff to cope with our own operation, but it would be good if we did eventually take on SQ too.
B-HXB,
In T1 Aviance handle Bmi's loading and pushback.
In T2 they have Iberia for check-in, loading, pushback and dispatch.
In T3 they do SQ check-in, loading, pushback and dispatch. Also do loading and pushback for SAS, CX tows to/from Bmi hanger, Sudan Airways - everything, Turkmenistan - everything and Biman - everything.
"She Rolls, 45 knots, 90, 135, nose comes up to 20 degrees, she's airborne - She flies, Concorde Flies"
9V-SVA From Singapore, joined Aug 2001, 1858 posts, RR: 10 Reply 24, posted (10 years 6 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1179 times:
LOL Leezyjet. Tell her she got mentioned in the SIA in-house staff magazine for being exceptional. Ask her if she remembers this 19-year-old girl called Sophie Pimm.
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