Originally Posted by Paulo
From the latest 10-Q
If those turbo-props were being prepared for anything, I assume it was sale/lease/sub-lease to another airline.
I concur. There's apparently a bit of demand for the things in Africa and central America. I've heard that some of them may be going to Honduras, where some airlines are still flying Czechoslovakian-made (read: ancient) Let 410s.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=961463
The one that took me to Roatan three years ago even had a "Fasten Seat Belts" sign with Russian as the first language - a scary sight when you board a plane. Oh, what I would have given to have had a Brasilia or even a Bandeirante (
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=195 ). Anyone remember those?
Thankfully, LCE-RTB is a short flight.