Champion Gone May 31st

[Yuppyguppy]

Sorry to hear that. The hits are just starting. Good luck to everyone.

 

[troll565]

welcome to March

 

[Grandpa +65]

San Antonio Spurs spend night on plane after charter is grounded in New Orleans​

After their series-clinching win in the NBA Western Conference semifinals Monday night, the San Antonio Spurs had hoped to fly to Los Angeles immediately after the game to get ready for the next playoff round against the Lakers.
Instead, the Spurs spent the night on their grounded plane in New Orleans, where they had just beaten the Hornets 91-82, according to ESPN.com. The plane, operated by charter carrier Champion Air, was grounded due to maintenance problems, the report says.
The news comes as the NBA is scrambling to find other means of transporting the Lakers and the Spurs during the Western Conference finals. Champion Air, which flies 14 NBA teams, including the Lakers and the Spurs, is going out of business and will cease flying at the end of May, says Darren Rovell in his blog for CNBC. Champion's contract with the NBA was supposed to expire at the end of the season. But, like other small airlines, it's finding rising fuel prices and the slowing economy too difficult to continue.
NBA spokesman Mike Bass told Rovell that it is currently reviewing their options, including flying a major carrier (not commercial) or a charter service. Champion was an ideal charter service for the NBA because six of its planes were fitted to have only 59 seats, all first class, Rovell reported.
But in a report titled "Concern rises over Spurs safety," the San Antonio News-Express reported in April that the Boeing 727 jets that the team has been flying for the past five years are old and that the airline has been running on "a taut financial shoestring." Citing Federal Aviation Administration records, it said Champion also racked up "hundreds of safety and maintenance incidents."
Champion Air spokesman Jon Austin told the paper in April that the team and its fans have nothing to worry about. "Champion is a very safe operator, continues to be a safe operator and will be a safe operator all the way up until it discontinues operations," he said.

 

[labbats]

Sorry to hear about Champion.

Who got the new NBA contract?

 

[mrebuck]

Sorry to hear about Champion.

Who got the new NBA contract?

Northwest

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

We used to have your CEO as our Dir of Ops at Aloha. Consider yourself lucky you don't have to work for him anymore!! Good luck guys...We were there April 1st. X-Aloha

 

[727C47]

Adios,my former shipmates,Godspeed you all to better times and situations.

 

[Thedude]

Champion isn't shutting down due to fuel increases....it was planned. I called the shut-down almost to the month 3 years ago. Good riddance.

 

[sydeseet]

Adios,my former shipmates,Godspeed you all to better times and situations.

What he said.....