LN-RKP ferried from Chile to Toulouse [merged non-retrofitted A340 thread]
Apr 16, 2017, 11:27 am
#196
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You are clearly not a frequent SK flyer. The amount of times that SK-staff flat out lies to you or feeds you misinformation is mind boggling.
Yea.. no.
Right...
When a purser tells you that, it must be true.
About the seats. Its for a complete fit of all classes. And it IS close to 100 mill$ for one plane.
Apr 16, 2017, 11:47 am
#197
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Right now the normal Boston flight SK927 is on final approach to Goose Bay with SAS tech guys to try to get RKP up and running again:
Live FR24 feed here: https://www.flightradar24.com/SAS927/d14ae42
Live FR24 feed here: https://www.flightradar24.com/SAS927/d14ae42
Apr 16, 2017, 1:03 pm
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Right now the normal Boston flight SK927 is on final approach to Goose Bay with SAS tech guys to try to get RKP up and running again:
Live FR24 feed here: https://www.flightradar24.com/SAS927/d14ae42
Live FR24 feed here: https://www.flightradar24.com/SAS927/d14ae42
Apr 16, 2017, 2:23 pm
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Looks like OY-KBM is on standby for picking up the stranded passengers.
https://www.flightradar24.com/reg/oy-kbm
https://www.flightradar24.com/reg/oy-kbm
Apr 17, 2017, 4:35 am
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Looks like OY-KBM is on standby for picking up the stranded passengers.
https://www.flightradar24.com/reg/oy-kbm
https://www.flightradar24.com/reg/oy-kbm
https://www.flightradar24.com/SAS6944/d175376
LN-RKP still stranded in YYR
Apr 18, 2017, 1:06 am
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LN-RKP is now on its way to Malta - likely to visit LH Technick.
I have to applaud SAS on solving this issues rather fast. While I was not on SK944 on Sunday - it seems from afar that this was solved the best way possible.
If this has been a DY/D8 flight the passengers would have been left at the terminal i Goose Bay - and still be sitting there. While the PR guys in Scandinavia would claim that everything is dandy.
I have to applaud SAS on solving this issues rather fast. While I was not on SK944 on Sunday - it seems from afar that this was solved the best way possible.
If this has been a DY/D8 flight the passengers would have been left at the terminal i Goose Bay - and still be sitting there. While the PR guys in Scandinavia would claim that everything is dandy.
Apr 18, 2017, 2:45 am
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LN-RKP is now on its way to Malta - likely to visit LH Technick.
I have to applaud SAS on solving this issues rather fast. While I was not on SK944 on Sunday - it seems from afar that this was solved the best way possible.
If this has been a DY/D8 flight the passengers would have been left at the terminal i Goose Bay - and still be sitting there. While the PR guys in Scandinavia would claim that everything is dandy.
I have to applaud SAS on solving this issues rather fast. While I was not on SK944 on Sunday - it seems from afar that this was solved the best way possible.
If this has been a DY/D8 flight the passengers would have been left at the terminal i Goose Bay - and still be sitting there. While the PR guys in Scandinavia would claim that everything is dandy.
Looking at flightradar24.com it looks like the tech guys managed to fix the issue, or at least temporarily. The plane is currently cruising at 41.000 feet. When the similar incident hit OY-KBA it was ferried back to CPH at low altitude at 3500 feet.
Apr 21, 2017, 3:29 am
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SAS buys the LAN Chile Airbus A340 (LN-RKP)
SAS have bought the LAN Chile Airbus A340 (LN-RKP). So not it is no longer a lease.
I am thinking if this means that there will be a new cabin in the plane in stead of the old one. What do you think?
I have made an article on InsideFlyer on it (in danish). The only other information is the document where the owner is changed to SAS Norway.
I am thinking if this means that there will be a new cabin in the plane in stead of the old one. What do you think?
I have made an article on InsideFlyer on it (in danish). The only other information is the document where the owner is changed to SAS Norway.
Apr 21, 2017, 5:26 am
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SAS will need to standardize RKP with the rest of the fleet at some point, but do they have the capital to manage this after buying another plane? Perhaps they saved enough money by cutting the FastTrack and 3rd party lounge access
I wonder what forced them to buy the plane now and not continue leasing RKP until the A350s arrive.
I wonder what forced them to buy the plane now and not continue leasing RKP until the A350s arrive.
Apr 21, 2017, 5:42 am
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SAS will need to standardize RKP with the rest of the fleet at some point, but do they have the capital to manage this after buying another plane? Perhaps they saved enough money by cutting the FastTrack and 3rd party lounge access
I wonder what forced them to buy the plane now and not continue leasing RKP until the A350s arrive.
I wonder what forced them to buy the plane now and not continue leasing RKP until the A350s arrive.
It is hardly a scoop, it was posted in this forum already on the 14th :-)
Last edited by CPH-Flyer; Apr 21, 2017 at 5:51 am
Apr 21, 2017, 6:03 am
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I've heard from SAS finance department their bank accounts got full after all the money saved from ditching the fast track in AGP and ending the lounge agreement in LPI.
Also the extra fuel consumption of A340, compared to A350 helps to keep the levels of bank account under control in the future. It was definitely a good investment.
^
Also the extra fuel consumption of A340, compared to A350 helps to keep the levels of bank account under control in the future. It was definitely a good investment.
^
Apr 21, 2017, 6:22 am
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Yes, but the low price on the old bird compared to the high leasing fee on the new birds, and the current fuel prices being far below USD $100 per barrel more than compensate the higher fuel consumption.
Apr 21, 2017, 11:09 am
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I haven't been reading FT lately and missed that. Will check the comments out there and read up a bit more.
Apr 21, 2017, 3:34 pm
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SAS will need to standardize RKP with the rest of the fleet at some point, but do they have the capital to manage this after buying another plane? Perhaps they saved enough money by cutting the FastTrack and 3rd party lounge access
I wonder what forced them to buy the plane now and not continue leasing RKP until the A350s arrive.
I wonder what forced them to buy the plane now and not continue leasing RKP until the A350s arrive.
They should arrive end of 2019, but I want to see that before I believe it. I think 2021 is a better guess.
I guess, in the long run, they might be able to save a little, when they own RKP, rather than lease it.
On the other hand, it does't make any sense to buy it without upgrading the cabin.