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Post by chasensfo on Aug 14, 2019 5:05:20 GMT -5
//Air Plus Comet 1998 Air Plus Comet (1996-2009) IATA: A7 ICAO: MPD CALLSIGN: RED COMET Air Plus Comet was a Spanish leisure and charter carrier based in Madrid(MAD) which provided charters, flights on behalf of other carriers, and some limited scheduled routes. Air Plus Comet was founded in 1996 after the fall of Oasis Airlines, with employees pooling resources to start the carrier with the former A310 of Oasis. The "MPD" ICAO code stood for 3 of the founders last names; Mata, Pascual and Díaz. By 1998, Air Plus Comet was operating 3 A310-300s on charters from Spain to other parts of Europe as well as some Transatlantic charters. Flights were being also being operated on behalf of several customers at the time, including TACV, Spanair, and Hapag Lloyd, with 1 aircraft wearing Hapag Lloyd titles and being based in Germany. Madrid is the best place to catch these aircraft, with PMI a close second. Flights are representative, but all routes were actually flown at least once in the late 1990s. The carrier added some independent schedule routes in the 2000s, including flights to Brazil and several other South American nations, mostly from PMI and MAD. The airline added A330s and A340s to the fleet, and rebranded as "Air Comet" in 2007, becoming a full-service carrier to compete with the likes of Iberia and Spanair. The airline survived until 2009 when it fell behind on lease payments, grounding all of it's 4 A330s, and payments to IATA, who blocked its ticket sales. The carrier shut down shortly afterwards. The Hapag Lloyd titles livery is still needed, but the standard livery on the TFS A310-300 may be found here: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=tfsa310airplus2002.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchA310-300:  Download Air Plus Comet 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 16, 2019 3:34:23 GMT -5
//Air Burkina 1998 Air Burkina (1967 - Present) IATA: 2J ICAO: VBW CALLSIGN: BURKINA Air Burkina, formerly known as Air Volta when the country was known as Upper Volta, is the national airline of Burkina Faso in West Africa, based in Ouagadougou(OUA). The airline was historically always small, as there is little demand for air travel in economically disadvantaged Burkina Faso. Upper Volta became Burkina Faso in 1984, and the airline then adopted the name Air Burkina. In 1998, the airline had a lone Fokker 28-4000 which kept busy doing flights around the region and an EMB-110 which did a scheduled route once per week on Saturday's only. The EMB-110 spends most of it's time in OUA, and can often be seen there. The airline privatized in 2001, and is alive and well today with a small fleet of Embraer jets and MD-80s. I will paint the EMB-110 eventually, while the FMAI Fokker 28-4000 is on Avsim as "fem_f284000_burkina.zip". Fokker 28:  EMB-110:  Download Air Burkina 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 16, 2019 5:31:04 GMT -5
//Air Ivoire 1998 Air Ivoire (1964-2011) IATA: VU ICAO: VUN CALLSIGN: AIRIVOIRE Air Ivoire was the national airline of Côte d'Ivoire, better known as the Ivory Coast, which a West African nation. Initially, the Abidjan(ABJ)-based airline was privatized and owned by several interests, including UTA of France and Air Afrique. In 1974, the government took full control of the carrier, and began the erratic use of various aircraft types, with close to 20 being flown in a 20 year span. By 1998, the airline was flying 1 Fokker 28-4000 leased from Pelita Air Services in a white and non-standard livery, and 2 Fokker 100s around West Africa. One of the Fokker 100s spends a lot of time hanging out in ABJ, the other 2 jets keep busy. Note that this airline did indeed fly 2 aircraft on the same routes at exactly the same time in a few cases, but they flew on to different destinations afterwards, and the same-time departures were just an overlapping en-route stops likely for better utilization of ground staff at small stations with few flights. The airline was operating more or less as a regional carrier for Air Afrique at the time(who was technically based in ABJ though a mutli-national carrier), with all flights listed in Air Afrique's schedule and available for purchase from either carrier. Up until this point, the airline had been rather operationally stable, other than the frequent short-term use of aircraft. But in 1999, the airline failed and suspended operations. It was then again privatized, and a group of investors lead by Air France re-organized the company into Nouvelle Air Ivoire and resumed operations in 2001. After some years of success, the government stepped in and bought a 49% share of the airline back and began to modernize the fleet. However, the airline would again fail in 2011, this time for good, and was replaced on most routes soon after by a new airline called Air Côte d'Ivoire, which is alive today. Repaints are needed in the 1990s colors, however, there are 2 suitable stand-in liveries you may use until the real paints are out, if you wish: FMAI Fokker 28 (fairly similar livery with different titles and tail logo, but mostly white like the 1998 hybrid): On avsim as "f28_air_ivoire.zip" AIA Fokker 100 (same basic livery as 1990s Air Ivoire, but with Government titles and tail logo): On Flightsim.com as "cotedivoiregvmt.zip" Fokker 28-4000\Fokker 100:  Download Air Ivoire 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 17, 2019 1:27:03 GMT -5
//Sierra Leone Airlines 1998 Sierra Leone Airlines (1958-2006) IATA: LJ ICAO: SLA CALLSIGN: SIERA LEONE To say that Sierra Leone Airlines(formerly known as Sierra Leone Airways and later known as Sierra National Airlines) had a spotty history is an understatement. The flag-carrier of the Diamond Mine capital, Sierra Leone, flew 707s and 720s to Europe on and off through the 1970s and 1980s with several suspensions of all service, along with small props on regional services like the BN-2 and Tri-Islander. By 1998, the airline had a 727-200 which only flew on Tuesdays and Fridays as per the schedule, and was based in Lagos, Nigeria(LOS) when it wasn't flying, despite the carrier being based in Freetown, Sierra Leone(FNA). Information on a rare photo of the 727 suggests that this aircraft made trips to LGW, which I guess may have been charter. If someone finds evidence of late 1990s LGW flights, I will create charters. By 2006, the airline was gone. The usual sites don't have any info on the 727, nor could I find a photo. However, I did find a photo from the year 2000 of 727 A6-SAA wearing the airlines new name of "Sierra National Airlines" with "Operated by Nova Air" titles as well. As this aircraft has a gap in its operational history online, and seeing as I can't find any info on Nova Air either, I took a safe gamble that this was the 727 in service and will do my best to paint it eventually. However, I will have to sort of guess with the titles. A rare bird to enjoy on trips to Nigeria, regadless. 727-200:  Download Sierra Leone Airlines 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 17, 2019 3:41:52 GMT -5
//Bellview Airlines 1998 Bellview Airlines (1989-2009) IATA: B3 ICAO: BLV CALLSIGN: BELLVIEW AIRLINES Founded in 1989, Bellview was Nigeria's first privately-owned carrier, based in Lagos(LOS). The airline started out flying mostly humanitarian charters, but expanded into scheduled flying in 1993 with a pair of DC-9-32s leased from McDonnell Douglas. By 1998, a A300B4-600R had joined the fleet and the airline had a large network(for the small fleet size) around West Africa but also onwards to Amsterdam and Mumbai. In addition to the scheduled flying, the A300 did public charters to LHR and GIG/GRU(rare treat for Brazil!) which have been included 1x weekly. The A300 keeps busy much of the time so it is actually not often sitting idle in Lagos, but it will spend most of Wednesday in London, Sunday evening/Monday morning in Mumbai, and a few hours in Amsterdam and Sao Paulo as well on Thursday. Bellview was the first Nigerian Airlines to be an IATA member, and also was a pioneer for modern reservations systems in Nigeria, being the first airline to provide a website and e-ticketing in the country. Sadly, the airline failed in 2009, after quite literally revolutionizing the Nigerian airline industry, no doubt responsible for the push to modernization. I have painted the fleet, all 3 aircraft wore a different livery: TFS A300-600R: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GrdlV4nc6qwuOXnivQmNNxa-PlEi9H7O?usp=sharingAIG DC-9-30: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dfJPY0IQs0MWYuUEdk_I3QO-1AxGvuZn?usp=sharingA300-600R\DC-9-30 Scheduled Flights:  A300-600R Charters:  Download Bellview Airlines 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 17, 2019 4:25:15 GMT -5
//Mahfooz Aviation 1998 Mahfooz Aviation (1993 - Present) IATA: M2 ICAO: MZS CALLSIGN: MAHFOOZ Mahfooz Aviation is a colorful carrier with an arguably silly sounding name. Based in The Gambia, while owned by a prolific Saudi family, the airline was operating a lone YS-11A on a few scheduled passenger flights per week while 2 727-200s and a 707-300 freighter were doing whatever they were doing, mostly collecting dust it would seem and rarely flying much. The 727 was in seemingly pristine condition making trips to SHJ for various work, so I would assume given the ownership that the aircraft did charters for wealthy Gambians given the limited flight network out of the nation while the 707 seemed to be doing on-demand charter work popping up in random places. In the year 2000, one of the 727s was wet-leased by Libyan Airlines to operate flights for them, but there is no record of such activity in 1998. I have one aircraft shuttling around while the other spends a few days in SHJ for work. If anybody finds more information on this carrier, please share! I couldn't even find a photo of the YS-11A or any record of it's existence other than the schedule and some writings online about the carrier. The airline is still alive today with a single 727 offering VIP charters. The 727 and YS-11 are still needed, but I have done the NAAI 707-300C here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DMVjIp1iJyVpULchbpjIxaU9CGvx05Vz?usp=sharingYS-11A Scheduled Flights:  727-200 Charters:  707-300 Cargo:  Download Mahfooz Aviation 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 18, 2019 2:48:36 GMT -5
//TACV Cabo Verde Airlines 1998 v2 TACV Cabo Verde Airlines (1958 - Present) IATA: VR ICAO: TCV CALLSIGN: CABO VERDE TACV is the national airline of Cabo Verde, an island nation off the coast of Senegal in Africa. For the first few decades of operation, the airline was very small and stuck to regional routes on the Northwest African coastline. In 1967, the airline shut down and almost went out of business, but was successfully able to reorganize. In 1996, a Boeing 757-200 was added to the fleet to allow expansion into Europe, and a 2nd 757 would not be added until well into the 2000s. With a lone 757 doing all of the European flights, TACV has always been frequently tweaking its routings and destinations, and year to year there were big changes. In 1998, the 757 managed to serve an impressive number of destinations, interestingly including Milan's BGY airport. All long-haul flights were based out of SID, while short haul and island hopping routes were based out of RAI flown by 4 ATR-42-300s, 2 DHC-6s, and an HS748 that was retired by the end of 1998. These plans called for an extra ATR-42 that I couldn't fit in properly, just delete the extra flightplan to retain the correct number of aircraft if you care. Over the next several years, the airline would dump the props and focus entirely on the longer flights, with the carrier in present time only flying 3 757s with no other aircraft. The entire fleet has been painted: AIG 757-200: On Avsim as "tacv_cabo_verde_b752_fleet.zip" OSP ATR 42-300\HTAI DHC-6\DWAI HS748 by RAI member Alex\Funk: app.box.com/v/7funk/file/29368690961757:  HS748/DHC-6/ATR-42-300:  Download TACV Cabo Verde Airlines 1998 v2 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 19, 2019 5:27:13 GMT -5
//Air Tahiti Nui 1998 TN/TNT "TAHITI AIRLINES" Air Tahiti Nui was founded in 1996 but started operations in November 1998, flying a single A340-200 3x weekly to LAX and 1x weekly to NRT. Several months later in 1999, scheduled charters began to Osaka and Nagoya as well on a weekly basis. I decided to include those 1999 flights so that this beautiful aircraft may be represented in more cities, but feel free to delete those flights in AI Flightplanner if you don't want to see them. Michael Pearson did a great repaint for the FSPX model, I am not sure if anyone did it on the TFS model. Scheduled flights:  1999 Summer scheduled charters:  Download Air Tahiti Nui 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 20, 2019 2:29:44 GMT -5
//Spirit Airlines 1998 v2 (variations added, DC-9-21 which was retired in 1997 was replaced with a 1999-added MD-80 to keep within the 1998\1999 timeframe of the project) Spirit Airlines (1983 - Present) IATA: NK ICAO: NKS CALLSIGN: SPIRIT WINGS Spirit Airlines, initially a Detroit(DTW)-based low-cost carrier, was far from the massive low cost giant that it is today in 1998. The airline was founded in 1983 as Detroit(DTW)-based Charter One, but prior to that, Spirit can actually trace it's roots to a tucking company called Clippert Trucking Company in 1964. That trucking company went through several name changes, and eventually started a travel agency as "Charter One" and began offering it's own flights with turboprops. Scheduled flights began in 1990, and in 1992, the airline changed it's name to Spirit Airlines and began jet operations with DC-9s. Most operations were centered around airports in Florida as well as Detroit and Atlantic City. Spirit's trouble with the media and it's passenger base started early on, with the airline overbooking, and then cancelling, 1,400 reservations in the summer of 1994, when it was still a small carrier! After that, however, the airline had several successful years with a few DC-9-21s and DC-9-30s and was now in expansion mode. The DC-9-21 was operated for just a few years and retired in 1997. Ex-Midway Airlines DC-9s and ex-Reno Air MD-80s were being quickly added along with 2 DC-9-40s and a lone ex-Reno Air MD-87 being dumped by Reno Air in preparation for the merger with American Airlines(those MD-87s/MD-90s that did make it to American were gone by 2002). Spirit did not seem to care about quickly repainting it's aircraft, and there were many livery variations in the small fleet. In 1998, there were 3 variations of the DC-9-30, including one in Express One hybrid colors and another with a Delta Air Lines rudder) and a wet-leased an Aero Lloyd MD-80 also in a white hybrid livery operated alongside another white MD-80. This eclectic fleet had quickly allowed Spirit to bring almost every route in the network up to 1-2x daily and to launch flights between DTW and LAX. In the next few years, Spirit would relocate it's headquarters to the Miami area and gradually make Fort Lauderdale(FLL) it's operational hub, and would begin international flights to Puerto Rico in 2001. Large orders were then places for Airbus A319\320\321s, and over the next decade, Spirit quickly grew establishing hubs across the US to become the largest Ultra-Low-Cost carrier in the United States. Eduardo Villanueva has completed all repaints except for the DC-9 with the Delta rudder, which I will create myself eventually, here: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=spirit_airlines_1990s_fleet.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search DC-9\MD-80 routemap:  Download Spirit Airlines v2 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 20, 2019 6:16:10 GMT -5
//Aloha Air 1998 Aloha Air (1946-2008) IATA: AQ ICAO: AAH CALLSIGN: ALOHA Aloha Air was one of the first scheduled airlines in Hawaii, starting operations from Honolulu(HNL) in 1946 after WWII with surplus DC-3s(C-47s). The airline would continue to safely navigate the Hawaiian islands until the 1960s through a time of very primitive technology and not lose a single passenger in it's entire long history. Modern props like the Fokker 27 and Vickers Viscount were added to the fleet, and in 1967, Bac 1-11s arrived to compete with Hawaiian Air on the truck routes to Maui(OGG) and Kona(KOA). Despite the ever intense inter-island competition, both by Hawaiian and by new comers like Mid Pacific Air, Discovery Airlines, and Mahalo Air, Aloha continued to grow into a large fleet of 737-200s(with a few 737-100s sprinkled in for a short time as well) until that type made up the entire fleet. For a short time in the 1980s, a DC-10-30 was operated by a subsidiary called Aloha Pacific Air on an HNL-GUM-TPE route. But this operation was short lived, and Aloha Air went back to inter-island flying afterwards. In 1987, the airline purchased commuter airline Princeville Airways, which became Aloha Island Air offering a commuter network for Aloha with DHC-6s and DHC-8-100s. Some 737-300s and 737-400s were added in the mid 1990s to compete with Hawaiian's higher capacity DC-9-50s and MD-80s, but these aircraft were short-lived in the fleet and by 1998, Aloha Air was back to operating just 737-200s. Competition in the late 1990s as very intense, with HNL-OGG at one point having more daily departures than any route on earth. Sometimes Aloha and Hawaiian could have up to 8 flights per hour on this 17 minute island hop! Every flight in the system was operated daily at the time. Ground times were short, and these aircraft stay very busy. Though in the early 2000s service was started to the US Mainland with 737-700s, the 737-200 would remain the mainstay of the inter-island fleet until the shutdown in 2007. The arrival of the 737-700s and flying to the mainland USA would come a little later. Sometime after the shut down of all operations, Aloha Air reorganized into Aloha Air Cargo and converted the 737-200 aircraft it owned entirely into a freight role, and is alive today providing inter-island cargo flights with 737-300s. The FAIB 737-200 repaint is on Avsim as "ai_aloha_airlines_faib_b732_oc.zip".  Download Aloha Air 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 20, 2019 6:22:14 GMT -5
//Aloha Island Air 1998 Aloha Island Air (1980-2017) IATA: WP ICAO: MKU(or AAHX) CALLSIGN: MOKU Aloha Island Air had an interesting history, founded in 1980 as a small Hawaiian commuter carrier named Princeville Airways. This carrier operated the DHC-6 connecting the remote Princeville Airport(HPV), located on the island of Kuai, with Honolulu(HNL). The airline grew to 8 DHC-6s and was purchased by Aloha Airlines in 1987 as a regional subsidiary and renamed Aloha Island Air. Despite the challenging operations into very primitive airports, a crash in 1989 with the loss of all aboard a DHC-6 would be the airline's only accident for the rest of it's history. In 1992, the company changed shortened it's name to Island Air, but continued trading as Aloha Island Air and operated 100% of the regional flights for Aloha who also sold all the tickets on the Island Air flights. Newer DHC-8-100s were almost finished replacing the DHC-6 Twin Otters in 1998, and last 2 which are in these flightplans were gone by the end of the year. Interestingly, there were no flights in the schedule for West Maui Airport(JHM). I suppose Hawaiian and the local service carriers were too much competition at the time. Otherwise, the airline served most major regional airports that Aloha's 737s did not make sense to operate into. This partnership with Aloha continued for years until Aloha ran into trouble. When high fuel prices with fuel thirsty 737-200s and intense fare wars with Hawaiian Airlines and Mesa subsidary go! Hawaii combined to force Aloha to end all operations and reorganize as a cargo company. From that point forward, Island Air became rather erratic. Initially, the "Aloha" branding was painted over and the airline continued flying most routes as "Island Air". The airline applied to several Essential Air Service(EAS) routes, or a contractual guarantee to serve rural US communities in exchange for large government grants, from Kansas City(MCI) to small Midwestern towns in the mainland US, but withdrew it's intent to do so after being awarded the bid. Due to their high number of take offs and landings(or cycles), some of the DHC-8s reached the end of their service life and Island Air had to have Pen Air of Alaska operate Saab 340s on their routes to keep flying. The owner of Oracle, Larry Ellison, purchased the airline and began to replace the DHC-8s with much larger ATR-72s. This move was very unprofitable and forced the airline out of some markets not suited for the larger planes, like West Maui(JHM) and Hana(HNM). These markets were an important part of the Island Air model, as the only competition was mostly 9-19 seat commuters and Island Air was usually the preferred carrier by the public. The ATR-72s were replaced with similarly-sized Q400s, and major trunk routes like HNL-LIH were cut. The Q400s never were profitable, and the airline was forced to shut down entirely in 2017, leading to Hawaiian Air to launch a subsidiary, Ohana by Hawaiian, with ATR-42s operated by FedEx Feeder carrier Empire Air to fill in the void. All repaints are completed: TFS DHC-8-100: On Avsim as "ai_aloha_island_air_tfs_dash_8_oc.zip" HTAI DHC-6 and flightplans on Avsim as: "aloha_island_air_1998.zip" DHC-6\DHC-8-100:  Download Aloha Island Air 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 30, 2019 3:16:30 GMT -5
***Note: I have updated the Fairlines 1998 flightplans now that I have a better source, please re-download if you have downloaded them prior to 30AUG19*** //Federico II Airways 1998 2D/FDE "FEDEREAGLE" Formed in 1998, Federico II Airways was launched to bring non-stop air service to the tiny and mostly forgotten Foggia airport in Italy. Initially, the airline operated 3 daily routes with a German-registered Do-328. At the end of 1999, a 2nd Do-328 was added and service began to BCN via BGY. An ATR-42 was later added as well, and the airline failed shortly afterwards in early 2002. I will do the repaint for this one.  Download Federico II Airways 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by springbok86 on Aug 30, 2019 5:37:39 GMT -5
Don’t believe the a340-200 is painted on TFS model. The a340-300 is available on Flight Sim if anyone cares to use it as a substitute //Air Tahiti Nui 1998 TN/TNT "TAHITI AIRLINES" Air Tahiti Nui was founded in 1996 but started operations in November 1998, flying a single A340-200 3x weekly to LAX and 1x weekly to NRT. Several months later in 1999, scheduled charters began to Osaka and Nagoya as well on a weekly basis. I decided to include those 1999 flights so that this beautiful aircraft may be represented in more cities, but feel free to delete those flights in AI Flightplanner if you don't want to see them. Michael Pearson did a great repaint for the FSPX model, I am not sure if anyone did it on the TFS model. Scheduled flights: 1999 Summer scheduled charters: Download Air Tahiti Nui 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Aug 30, 2019 8:16:30 GMT -5
//Carnarias Regional Air 1998 Carnarias Regional Air (1997-1998) IATA: FW ICAO: CNM (Or AEAX for parking) CALLSIGN: CARNARIAS AIR Carnarias Regional Air was a rather rare airline, it was only lasted about 1 year from the summer of 1997 to the summer of 1998. Initially, the airline started as an regional carrier for Air Europa, marketed as Air Europa Express, while also selling it's own tickets for flights around the Spanish Islands with a fleet of BAe ATPs. Initially, the airline was successful flying between the Canary Islands far off of the West Coast of Spain. However, the random 5-month addition of a leased Air Holland 737-300 for holiday charters to Europe was a financial disaster and the airline went out of business soon afterwards. The scheduled flights were operated by ATPs in 3 different liveries while the 737-300 in full Air Holland colors with "Canarias" titles only did charters, which I based on photo data. There were 3 livery variations for the ATPs, 1 was on flightsim.com and I that texture by Project AI to make the other two needed variations. The airline failed by the end of this year, but the ATPs found their way to "mainline" Air Europa Express, who took over the Canary Island flying. PAI ATP in Canarias Regional Air livery: On flightsim.com as "paicl001.zip". PAI ATP livery variations modified by myself: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kadLxdXtQsa3mYt15iBvfbYB_luMo6lm?usp=sharingFAIB 737-300 by Eduardo Villanueva modified by myself for this carrier: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KLTdancq3mMrxJnj6CMwprVK7azU43D4?usp=sharingBAe ATP scheduled flights:  737-300 Charter Flights:  Download Canarias Regional Air 1998 Flightplans Here |
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Post by eth72s on Aug 31, 2019 12:00:08 GMT -5
While you are in Africa, any plans for Ethiopian AL or Kenya AW?
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