Evergreen Sonair

[Hocus Focus]

World currently flies Sonair..Houston -Luanda on a special config MD-11.

 

[waka]

Sorry I will be more specific, If WOA doesn't have a ER they can't fly the route and WOA at this time does not have 47 pax aircraft on the way or on their certificate. Sonair has these 47's ready to operate and needs someone to do it.
988 26474 B747-451 N106UA Stored at Seoul (ICN) United Airlines United Airlines
1199 29262 B747-481 N262SG Stored at Kuala Lumpur (SZB) ANA - All Nippon Airways JA403A ANA - All Nippon Airways
1204 29263 B747-481 N263SG Stored at Marana (MZJ) Oasis Hong Kong Airlines B-LFC ANA - All Nippon Airways
1250 30322 B747-481 N322SG Stored at Victorville (VCV) Oasis Hong Kong Airlines B-LFD ANA - All Nippon Airways

World is already flying Houston to Luanda for Sonair on a World MD-11.

As for the 747's, World never had a serious intention to get pax 747's for Sonair....it was just talk and the idea was canned long before this current bid. The contract bid has been about other airlines crewing Sonair's 747's all along.

 

[Hocus Focus]

I guess that explains Sonair coming to World HDQ on Monday...We Will See

 

[waka]

World has the Sonair flying for at least another year.

 

[propsarebest]

That's good to hear.

 

[sgu]

World has the Sonair flying for at least another year.

Maybe all three carriers will share the flying, we shall see soon!

 

[Hocus Focus]

Dont think so

 

[WabiSabi]

Maybe all three carriers will share the flying, we shall see soon!

World and Evergreen. Sonair doesn't have an aircraft capable of the trip. Who is the third carrier?

Anyway, sharing of any flying will never happen.

 

[propsarebest]

Sonair owns 4 747-400's. They are parked at MZJ.

 

[WabiSabi]

Sonair owns 4 747-400's. They are parked at MZJ.

:0I misspoke....I knew that!:0

I should have said that Sonair pilots are not a player as they cannot fly their own planes to the US. Sonair is on the banned airlines list for the EU and it would be almost an eternity before they could get approval to fly their 747's to the US. So, it still boils down to World or Evergreen. Although, I heard Atlas wants in/wanted in at one time.

In any case, there still won't be any sharing of flying.

 

[spitfire1500]

Longterm...it sounds like Atlas got this contract to operate the 74's.

 

[spitfire1500]

Now heres an unexpected twist. Came from a pretty reliable Evergreen source.....that none of the above got the Sonair deal.....Delta Airlines is going to put a plane on the route for SonAir.

 

[Hocus Focus]

Makes you wonder about all the former Delta employees working at World HDQ...hmmmm If this is true this has happend before in the recent past where Delta/NWA has popped on the radar for work that World was working on. VERY PLAUSIBLE!!!

 

[bigsky]

doesnt make sense for them to have 747s of their own if they struck a deal with Delta.....but then again many things dont make sense

 

[servicemonkey]

Delta is starting twice weekly service Atlanta-Luanda mid June:
http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=214