Swift Air buys Direct Air?

[DUATS]

The other plane is slated to go to Saipan.
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Flying for Freedom Air? Sky King had two planes over there for a while - pulled them back when there wasn't money coming in. Still have one painted with a "Fly Guam" logo. A bit out of place in Miami.

 

[RJ Bum]

Don't think so, for some hotel/resort back and forth to Osaka. I believe we're doing it along with 2 planes provided by Air Atlanta Islandic flown by their crews.

 

[bcp7]

Here's an article for Saipan Air: http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=115933

Air Atlanta Icelandic's fleet plan does not show any 737s.

CMI used to fly from Saipan to Japan before Sep 11,2011. Nobody has stepped in to the market and the economy has suffered accordingly.

 

[RJ Bum]

Thanks for the article. I'm just passing on what we have been told here, and I'm sure it has changed a 1000 times since last week when I was updated.... (Air Atlanta Islandic is a partial owner of Xtra btw). They have a few 800s in mothballs I believe.

N816BC (formerly N776AS) is the bird that is going, maybe they'll send two to Saipan after this direct air crap. But I doubt it since 2 contracts for other parties were just signed.

 

[filejw]

Here's an article for Saipan Air: http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=115933

Air Atlanta Icelandic's fleet plan does not show any 737s.

CMI used to fly from Saipan to Japan before Sep 11,2011. Nobody has stepped in to the market and the economy has suffered accordingly.

A bit of a misstatement in that both JAL and ANA both have gone into Saipan for years but have cut back on frequency mostly because of the economy in Japan. Delta still has flights from Japan but once what was a 744 is now just 757's.

 

[thunderworm]

Sounds like a field of dreams approach. Not holding my breath that this will work. Might just be a ploy to get re-elected and then dump the whole deal once elected. Not caring about the people counting on these jobs. Hope it works, but wouldn't be surprised if it didn't.

 

[filejw]

If things work out you will find SPN to be cool place , still is one of the best layovers at DAL.

 

[RJ Bum]

Thunder, why do you have to ruin it by be realistic?...

 

[BoxFlyr]

Vision is going to fly from SPI, RFD to RSW replacing DirectAir with Punta Gorda losing out.

 

[thunderworm]

Thunder, why do you have to ruin it by be realistic?...

Its just what I do

 

[uhdt]

Sky King had 2 planes flying for them...nobody seemed overly concerned. The planes have already been moved to Miami where they apparently have plenty of flying available for them.

Xtra was also flying for Direct Air and this will hurt for them. There is also an MD80 operator that flew for Direct Air...World Atlantic (???maybe).

The MD80 operator might have been Dynamic Airways in GSO...they dumped the MD's and have a 767 now...

 

[CaptSeth]

It was Dynamic last summer, but World Atlantic had been doing it for a few weeks until last week.