DOT to fly ATRs for Finnair
Oct 11, 2016, 7:13 am
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DOT to fly ATRs for Finnair
Time to check your itinneraries again. Due to lack of Norra pilots, Finnair have leased ATRs for domestic and international traffic.
ATR from DOT may be used on Finnair's domestic and European routes for a limited time period
Finnair has leased an ATR aircraft and crew from DOT, a subsidiary of Danish Air Transport , for a limited time period starting of Oct 10, to cover for the shortage of pilots at Norra, which operates a part of Finnair's traffic in Finland and in Europe. The aircraft and crew will be used for example in situations where a flight otherwise would have to be cancelled due to crew sick leave or other reason, and it may be used on Finnair's domestic and European routes.
Finnair has leased an ATR aircraft and crew from DOT, a subsidiary of Danish Air Transport , for a limited time period starting of Oct 10, to cover for the shortage of pilots at Norra, which operates a part of Finnair's traffic in Finland and in Europe. The aircraft and crew will be used for example in situations where a flight otherwise would have to be cancelled due to crew sick leave or other reason, and it may be used on Finnair's domestic and European routes.
Oct 11, 2016, 9:02 am
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Would there even be some former AERO(flot
)-aircraft (ATR 72-201), of which some were acquired as pre-owned from Far-East... Those had the passenger doors in front and could copulate with the "domestic terminal airbridges" with stair extensions in HEL.
)-aircraft (ATR 72-201), of which some were acquired as pre-owned from Far-East... Those had the passenger doors in front and could copulate with the "domestic terminal airbridges" with stair extensions in HEL.
Oct 11, 2016, 9:30 am
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yup - OH-KRH currently known as LY-MCA.
Oct 11, 2016, 9:34 am
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What IS Danish air transport? I'm supposed to fly LCY-ANR with them next week (BA ticket), but when I looked at their website it looks like low-cost? Surely the bankers in LCY can't love such a concept...
Oct 11, 2016, 11:32 am
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According to AY, DOT only flies in cases where cancellation was the alternative.
But yeah LCY pax likely rather have AY cancel the flight and reroute them.
But yeah LCY pax likely rather have AY cancel the flight and reroute them.
Oct 13, 2016, 5:51 am
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It was a Sunday afternoon after 2 nights of heavy drinking in friend's 30-year party at his parents summer cottage and unfortunately I was heading to Brussels with SK from TKU.
I was minding my own business, listening to some music and dreaming of that sweet Sofitel bed that was waiting for me and thinking that after I arrive I can sleep full 12 hours before going to work on Monday morning to ease the hangover.
Boarding started and I walked outside to catch the plane. There was a bright red MD83 parked with some weird football paintings. I immediately pinched myself and thought that it has to be a dream or delirium from drinking. But no, it was Danish Air Transport's MD83 OY-RUE waiting as a wet-lease for SK.
https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...-Air-Transport
From inside, seats were thicker than our living room coach and judging by the wear and tear had seen more ... than a standard Mercedes taxi in Tallinn. Still alive!
I was minding my own business, listening to some music and dreaming of that sweet Sofitel bed that was waiting for me and thinking that after I arrive I can sleep full 12 hours before going to work on Monday morning to ease the hangover.
Boarding started and I walked outside to catch the plane. There was a bright red MD83 parked with some weird football paintings. I immediately pinched myself and thought that it has to be a dream or delirium from drinking. But no, it was Danish Air Transport's MD83 OY-RUE waiting as a wet-lease for SK.
https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...-Air-Transport
From inside, seats were thicker than our living room coach and judging by the wear and tear had seen more ... than a standard Mercedes taxi in Tallinn. Still alive!
(I even had strong sympathy for the Blue1's 717s which they used to have in use until last year.)
Oct 13, 2016, 9:21 am
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I had the pleasure to fly on DAT in last April - it was operating SK on ARN-HEL route. MD83 from 1990 - did not write down registration #.
Noticed the the quite funny security leaflet - it was forbidding not to bring your TV and PC Printer on board
Nothing though beats an quite empty MD83(-11) acceleration.
Noticed the the quite funny security leaflet - it was forbidding not to bring your TV and PC Printer on board
Nothing though beats an quite empty MD83(-11) acceleration.
Oct 14, 2016, 1:30 am
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Oct 14, 2016, 6:42 am
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