African Star Airlines is back

[HS-TGR]

African Star Airways is in search of 6 A319/321, 4 A330-200 and 4 A340-300/500 for the Africa, Europe, Middle East/ Asia operation.

source: Speednews

Star African has planed operation from Johannesburg to Munich with ex SIA B747-300...............

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/232455/M/

[Thomas_Cook_757-200]

Hi,
Nice to see another African start-up. Although there fleet plans seem a little ambishous. I hope they do well and start a route to MAN as SAA are thinking of doing

Thanks

Thomas_Cook_757-200

[LH 340-600]

Good news.
They really have ambishous plans. They don't fly jet and already want to get lots of aicraft. The can get some used A 32x's fairly easily. The A 343 shouldn't be a problem either. But getting A 332's will probably be hard. The A 345's would have to be new ones.
I think they should finaly start operation with used planes. Later they can still get new aircraft.

[Richard]

Yeah, they can pick up an ex-SIA A343, plenty of those pretty birds lying around. A332? Yeah, after Lufthansa took the fmr Sabena jets and Malaysia took those fmr. Delseys. I guess they'll hafta get them new. Who knows, maybe AF might temporarily lease a few out until they get new ones.

Wonderful plane the A330-200, they are really selling now!

[LH 340-600]

Maybe they can get some A 330-200's when Lufthansa doesn't need them anymore.

[aerpix]

BMI have two available, now on lease to SAA but come off lease in June and December, respectively.

Swiss International Air Lines may soon have a couple of surplus A332s .

Regards,
Peter

[Thomas_Cook_757-200]

Hi,
bmi British Midland's two A330-200's that will shortly be returning to there fleet are most likely to be placed on services out of LHR and possiably EDI or GLA to the USA.

Thanks

Thomas_Cook_757-200

[JoeJoe440]

wont they operate them out of MAN to some where in the USA?

Joe,

[Thomas_Cook_757-200]

Hi,
Remember bmi have 3 A330-200's - G-WWBB, G-WWBD and G-WWBM so they will still have an A330 to fly the Manchester route. Also they do have a further 11 options (I think) for A330's and I'm not sure but they may have a completed A330-200 at TLS awaiting delivery but there was talk of this aircraft being tranfered to Emirates.

Thanks

Thomas_Cook_757-200

[aerpix]

AFAIK BMI can not fly to the USA from LHR, that's why they have no use for three A.332s, and have leased out two. The third one does the MAN-IAD route.

Regards,
Peter

[LH 340-600]

How long will Lufthansa keep the A 330-200's?

[aerpix]

Until they get the new-build A330s they have ordered.

Regards,
Peter

[Thomas_Cook_757-200]

Hi,
In my first post about bmi's A330's I meant to put that they may opperate from LHR-CPT/JNB and EDI or GLA to USA.

Thanks

Thomas_Cook_757-200

[Richard]

Does any one know of the fate of SIA's phased out A340s? I know six have gone to Cathay Pacific and Khalifa (3 apiece)....

Why doesn't Swiss just take those A340s instead of buying new ones?

[Richard]

Does any one know of the fate of SIA's phased out A340s? I know six have gone to Cathay Pacific and Khalifa (3 apiece)....What about the rest?

Why doesn't Swiss just take those A340s instead of buying new ones?