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charter flights are huge in Europe, for example going skiing from UK to Europe or UK/Europe to sunny destinations in Europe/North Africa in…

none whatsoever, but am interested in aviation & have worked for a company who did charters, after Sept 11, when many airlines folded or…

costs depend on aircraft size/age/route length Have been involved with charters myself, so know a far bit about costings for charters, even…

yes but crews working for no salary & all the other costs savings add up (less overall staff per aircraft, is a huge saving), which is why…

both I presume. Freight always helps offset airfares & understand freight is doing very well at present.

but that's the operating airline that does the maintenance, whether it be a qantas, virgin, rex aircraft or some other carrier. The…

no simulators involved if the pilots are current.

think Cooks were a charter airline & sold most of their seats through travel agents with or without the ground content. Think they went…

no Laker was a quasi airline. Lower costs, but used same big airports as likes of BA, with lots of delays.

not actually a lease airports are very negotiable at present fuel is cheap, admin is only handling sales basically cabin crew are also…

ok IIRC pilots have to do some many take offs & landings in a certain period, in that type of aircraft. In South Korea, Asiana A380 pilots…

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no that's virgin mark 2

but maintenance would be done by operating airline, whether that be virgin mark 2 or Rex. If virgin mark 2, that could simply paint on side…

could actually be a way for virgin mark 2 to get back into international. Could it be called or nicknamed virgin lite ? Virgin mark 2…

without old virgin there are no nonstop flights Newcastle/Auckland Brisbane/Dunedin only 1 airline flying Brisbane/LA Brisbane/Fiji…

it could actually be qantas operating the flights, as they have stood down plenty of pilots as well, but virgin 2 or rex makes more sense.

I guess, but maybe more like charter flights, but instead of the operating airlines pilots flying the aircraft, the operating airlines…

don't know, but probably don't need huge amount of money. It's not like they are starting a new airline. If pilots interested in doing…

pilots have started airlines before, but probably from scratch or when the airline they flew for, went belly up. Much easier than the…

there are obviously going to be some interesting developments in aviation post corona. Some airlines will close down for good. Others with…

there are obviously going to be some interesting developments in aviation post corona. Some airlines will close down for good. Others with…

info sketchy, but heard group of unemployed pilots, are starting a virtual airline. A virtual airline is when someone, or a travel agency…

got one bike from 99 bikes for $300 & is excellent but they have no more at anything like that price & say they won't get more for month or…

no bought a 2nd hand bike & after 6 months bill to repair it was more than it was worth. Not going to be doing huge kms or riding to work,…

Want to get a cheap new bike under $300. Bike stores have them on their websites, but no stock. Similarly with Kmart, Big W etc. Anyone…

many retailers get screwed by Paypal/accetping credit cards. Look at silly travel agents who took payments via card on their own merchant…

2 issues drought & farmers can't get pickers even though 1 million on unemployment welfare, so some produce won't even get…

don't forget to book it. Think you can cancel with day or 2 notice at no cost. Why ? As always in travel, a airfare/car/hotel price(quote)…

anything under 10 years old if well maintained is fine. They tend to keep their cars longer than the big multinationals, who might only…