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Post by chasensfo on Mar 20, 2021 4:12:19 GMT -5
Just downloaded Tower Air FP. Airport "EDOL", Oschersleben former GDR, only has a 600 meters runway. Please check. What is the correct airport in that area? Thanks for finding that. I am unfamiliar with many of the charter destinations in various 1998 flightplans as I come across them in research having never heard of some of the cities, let alone being familiar with the airports. I simply do google searches for the codes, so obviously that's either a typo or the wrong airport in a region, but I'd have no idea LOL.
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Post by wernerw on Mar 20, 2021 6:32:44 GMT -5
The next "real" Airport in the region is Leipzig (EDDP).
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Post by sunking on Mar 20, 2021 19:12:45 GMT -5
I'd go for SXF/EDDB, as that's where most charters went in the 1990s. LEJ was more or less secondary.
Kind regards.
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Post by cgold on Mar 20, 2021 20:05:20 GMT -5
LEJ was more of a fuel stop in the 90's more than anything. DHL's hub came much later and only then did it become more of a "destination." When TowerAir was around, I could see them using LEJ as a fuel stop to the Middle East.
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Post by sunking on Mar 21, 2021 7:17:47 GMT -5
Normally these US Army charters would stop at airports, where the army had a base nearby eg Ramstein, Nuremberg, Frankfurt am Main (or Hahn), because of the infrastructure and for soldiers to have a stop at a base before proceeding on to the battle zones. Asked a friend and he doesn't seem to remember a MAC at LEJ. The only reason TT may have sent a 747 to LEJ was for a holiday charter booked by some tour operators or on a lease for a charter airline.
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Post by chasensfo on Mar 23, 2021 22:04:41 GMT -5
So for Tower Air, I guess if LEJ was uncommon at the time, we'll go with NUE maybe (as I don't use that much for AMC flights as is)? Or SXF instead? Garuda Indonesia and Air Gabon have been updated to version 2, with the aircraft reordered for better parking at the hubs and cruise speeds changed to AIG standard. In addition, Garuda Indonesia repaint links added for the Fokker 28-3000R, 737-500, and the cargo 737-200 operated by Transmile. The Air Gabon 727-200 link is also added. Aero Zambia 707 and 737-200 repaint links added. Air Namibia repaint links have been updated as well, now only the albino 737-200 is missing. Mesa Airlines B1900D repaint links added to America West and Mesa Airlines flightplans, thanks to funk.
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Post by chasensfo on Mar 24, 2021 16:47:57 GMT -5
Air Atlanta Icelandic has been updated with overlapping aircraft removed as airlines like Peach Air utilizing the planes are released. Virgin Express repaint links by piper added for the 737-300 and 737-400. \\Peach Air 1998 Peach Air (1997-1999) IATA: NONE LISTED ICAO: KGC CALLSIGN: GOLDCREST Peach Air was the very short lived leisure carrier of the English Holiday Tour operator Goldcrest, and was based in London Gatwick (LGW). The carrier was born out of frustration of the 1996 holiday season where Caledonian Airways, also owned by the parent company Carlson Leisure Group, had frequent and long lasting technical issues with its ageing DC-10 and L-1011 aircraft leasing to nightmares for travelers and Goldcrest. That same year, Goldcrest founded Peach Air as a Leisure Airline to operate it's tours in house. 4 L-1011s, operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic, were painted up in Peach Air liveries that varied slightly by each aircraft and put into service alongside 2 737-200s operated by Sabre Airways, a small UK leisure charter carrier. While the main focus was holiday tour package charters across the Mediterranean, the L-1011s did a wide range of charters operating for other carriers or doing large group charters such as to football matches abroad. In 1998, 2 of those L-1011s were sent to Iberia and Caledonian Airways respectively, and just 4 aircraft were operated. While the L-1011s flew a wide range of routes, the 737s were based in LGW and Manchester (MAN), though I did find evidence of some flights to Southend(SEN). Flight numbers and timings are representative, but all routes were actually operated. In 1999, issues with paying for leasing lead to the carrier suspending operation. By years end, Carlson Leisure Group sold both Caledonian Airways and Peach Air's assets to Thomas Cook, who also acquired UK leisure carrier Flying Colours and rebranded the carrier as JMC Airways. In 2002, the carrier was renamed Thomas Cook Airlines, and went on to merge with MyTravel Airways in 2007. As both L-1011s looked different, with one being ex-Cathay Pacific with bare metal taking up over half the fuselage, I separated them. Aside from the lack of L-1011 variations, all paints are completed for this carrier (HJG also did the L-1011 for those who use that model): DWAI L-1011: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=waldron_l1011_peach_air.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchFAIB 737-200 fleet by myself: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nPFsLIe4JX-kF_h0wr81E-Ls9lcG9mJj?usp=sharingL-1011 operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic Charters: 737-200 operated by Sabre Airways Charters: Download Peach Air 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by sunking on Mar 24, 2021 18:34:33 GMT -5
NUE is close to Grafenwohr, Katterbach, Ansbach and at that time Fürth and Bamberg barracks, which generated and generates a high amount of MAC charters. RMS has the same name base. FRA has the Air Base, Mainz, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden barracks nearby. SXF might only be useful for charter flights on behalf of other companies eg to the caribbean, Mediterranean etc holiday resorts. Lastly, it's up to you. Kind regards.
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Post by chasensfo on Mar 30, 2021 20:23:04 GMT -5
\\Sabre Airways 1998 Sabre Airways (1994-2000) IATA: TJ ICAO: SBE CALLSIGN: SABRE Sabre Airways was a small English charter leisure carrier based in London Gatwick (LGW). The airline was founded from the ashes of failed Ambassador Airways in 1994, an LGW-based tour charter operator which operated for just 2 years and had a small fleet of 737-200s, 757-200s, and A320s. Sabre Airways was started by Air Foyle, a UK based freight airline, in late 1994 with a pair of ex-Ambassador 737-200s operating services on behalf of Goldcrest Tours, who was owned by the same parent company as Caledonian Airways, and operated the first several months on Air Foyle's operating certificate. Hubs were established in LGW, London Luton (LTN), Birmingham (BHX), New Castle (NCL), Glasgow (GLA), and Manchester (MAN) while charters were also commonly operated around the rest of the UK and Ireland. In 1995, the airline got it's own operating certificate and added a pair of 727-200s to the fleet. The 727s were upgraded with Stage III hush-kits to allow for late night and early morning operations into UK airports with noise restrictions, like LGW and MAN while allowing expansion to Greece, especially Rhodes(RHO). In 1997, the 2 737-200s were leased out to Goldcrest to be used by it's own in-house charter carrier, Peach Air. In 1998, 2 brand new 737-800s joined the fleet and were used for charters primarily to Spain and the Canary Islands primarily from LGW, LTN, BHX, NCL and MAN while making appearances at other UK airports. One 727-200 was leased to Sun Country airlines in the USA during the winter of 1998, and I have included it both here and in those flightplans as the aircraft will never overlap. All routes are real, times and flight numbers representative. Peach Air failed in 1999, and the 2 737-200s were sold to new Canadian carrier Westjet. The following year in 2000, Libra Holidays Group purchased a 67% stake in the airline, which would soon grow even larger, and reorganized the carrier as "Excel(XL) Airways". Most operations were consolidated to MAN and LGW, with focus cities in BHX, East Midlands (EMA) and Bristol (BRS), the fleet was grown to 20+ aircraft including the 767-300 and 737-400, and operations were expanded to mostly medium haul routes to places like Egypt while also adding long haul routes to the British Virgin Islands. In 2006, Excel Airways acquired Air Atlanta Europe and began operating 3 747-300s from that carrier for just over 1 year flying to Orlando (SFB) as "Travel City Direct". That same year, the parent company "XL Leisure Group" was purchased and started subsidiaries in France and Germany, inducing acquiring French carrier Star Airlines. When the parent company filed in 2008, Excel Airways was shut down, but XL Airways France\Germany continued flying. FAIB 737-800 by piper and Jonathan alba: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MBTfd8wMmfEZyTiwuNPDWiRaxys_xVbd?usp=sharingAIA 727-200 (includes FAIB 737-200): library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=sabre_airways_1990s.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search737-800: 727-200: Download Sabre Airways 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Mar 30, 2021 20:23:41 GMT -5
\\Eurocypria Airlines 1998 Eurocypria Airlines (1992-2010) IATA: UI ICAO: ECA CALLSIGN: EUROCYPRIA Eurocypria Airlines was the charter subsidiary of the national carrier of Cyprus, Cyprus Airways. Eurocypria was founded in 1992 with 2 A320s serving mostly points in Central and Western Europe and usually routing to Larnarca (LCA) via Paphos (PFO) and then on to Europe so as to connect both points to the European destination, a practice also often used by Cyprus Airways. Like Cyprus Airways, the airline did not serve Erecan Airport (ECN) on the Turkish side of the island. Cyprus to this day is still divided between Greek and Turkish factions after Turkey occupied the nation in the 1970s destroying much of Cyprus Airways operation. A 3rd A320 was added in the mid 1990s, and the airline was commonly serving both large cities, secondary cities, and even some cities with no schedule airline service that only saw charter flights. Most destinations in the 1990s were in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordic region, Denmark, the UK, and Ireland. As was common with charter carriers, the fleet keeps busy and flies through the night, often arriving or departing Cyprus in the wee hours between 1 and 4AM. In 1998, the carrier looked much like it did the rest of the 1990s, and while all routes included are real, the timings and flight numbers are representative. To make sure the airline visited as many of the destinations as possible, the majority of them are served just once weekly while a few larger cities like Manchester (MAN), London Gatwick (LGW), Frankfurt (FRA), Zurich (ZRH) and Dusseldorf (DUS) see both night and daylight flights during the week. 2 more A320s joined the fleet in 2001, and the airline made a drastic change in 2003 acquiring 737-800 aircraft and transferring the A320s back to Cyprus Airways. By 2006, the all-737 fleet was painted in a variety of colorful tails and services had switched to a focus on a scheduled network, though charters did continue. In addition to these operations, the airline began commonly supporting AMC Airlines of Egypt, which itself provided aircraft as needed to various leisure airlines in the Middle East and North Africa. By 2010, the airline ran into major problems, and required a financial bail out to survive. Efforts to pump capital into the carrier were made from February thru September before the decision was made to shut the airline down. Parent company Cyprus Airways continued flying for 5 more years until 2015 when it shutdown also, after almost 70 years of service and surviving a catastrophic war which destroyed the former Cyprus hub airport in Nicosia. Michael Pearson has painted the entire A320 fleet here: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=faib_a320-200_eca.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchA320: Download Eurocypria Airlines 1998 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Mar 31, 2021 17:51:13 GMT -5
Mindanao Express updated to version 2, entire fleet painted, cruise speeds updated, liveries updated to utilize all the repaints I did.
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Post by chasensfo on Apr 3, 2021 3:03:20 GMT -5
\\Trans International Express 1999 Trans International Express (1998-2002) IATA: 5B ICAO: BAP CALLSIGN: BIG APPLE Trans International Express was a small, short-lived New York-based (JFK) commuter airline with failed plans for long haul expansion. By the late 1990s, many large US hub airports were nearing capacity and requiring physical expansion. With the advent of CRJ-200s and Embraer 145s regional jets, of which many US airlines planned to use in huge numbers by the early 2000s, the vast majority of US carriers decided to phase out most of their sub-30-seat commuter airliners along with many of the shortest\worst preforming commuter routes. The idea was that the valuable commuter slots were better used sending 2-3 50 seat regional jets per day than 5-10 19-seat turboprop aircraft per day to ease congestion at hubs and to better time connections to large banks of flights. Cities that could not sustain regional jet or larger turboprop service were simply cut from the system, leaving dozens and dozens of US airports without practical air service to this day. In 1998, Trans International Express was started as a rare commuter carrier picking up the slack where others left off in the New York City region, perhaps the last start up of a true turboprop commuter airline at a major US hub prior to the Essential Air Service act (EAS) carriers. With a small fleet consisting of just 2 Shorts SD3-60s, the airline launched flights to nearby cities like New Haven (HVN) and Scranton (AVP) which had lost most of their air links to the New York area recently. In addition, weekday flights were launched to Albany (ALB) despite intense competition of high frequency flights from TWA and Delta regional carriers as well as weekend flights to Atlantic City (ACY). Most flights operated Monday to Friday, with only limited flights on most routes on weekends, though some of the "triangle routes" with flights between points other than JFK occurred mostly on weekends. Trans International Express relied heavily on interline connections flying passengers to\from long haul destinations, and found success with passengers flying to\from Tel Aviv (TLV). This realization lead to ambitious plans to acquire an ex-Singapore Airlines 747-300 for JFK-TLV flights, which would be fed by the airline's commuter network and interline connections. The plan went as far as the 747-300 being acquired and fully painted in Singapore (SIN), where it sat on a hangar apron for a few months until the carrier was unable to find a way to operate the aircraft, after exploring having some 747 charter carriers do so under contract, and the plans for the operation were scrapped with the 747 eventually going to Cameroon Airlines. Shorts SD3-60 flights continued with the pair of aircraft until late 2001, when the terror attacks on New York City on the 11th of September combined with the 747 debacle proved to be too much for the airline to survive. Operations were suspended and the carrier shut down entirely in 2002. I have the 747-300 sitting in SIN doing a touch and go twice per week (required to get it to show up), and a future ADEX will have it parked in the correct place in SIN. Repaints needed. SD3-60: Download Trans International Express 1999 Flightplans Here
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Post by chasensfo on Apr 4, 2021 3:08:39 GMT -5
\\Albanian Airlines 1999 Albanian Airlines (1991-2011) IATA: LV ICAO: LBC CALLSIGN: ALBANIAN Albanian Airlines was an Albanian airline based in Tirana (TIA) which offered scheduled and passenger charter flights. The carrier was founded in 1991 as Arberia Airlines, a private airline used for the transportation needs of politicians in Albania's communist party after the fall of the USSR with Tu-134 jets. The airline was renamed Albanian Airlines in 1992, and DHC-8-102 was leased wet-leased from Tyrolean Airways wearing that carriers basic livery but with modified colors to suit the Albanian flag and "Albanian" titles. The scheduled passenger operation was a joint-venture with Tyrolean Airways, who supplied Canadian pilots and engineers to support the operation provided from the manufacture of the DHC-8, Bombardier. Despite being a poor nation, the coastal city of TIA is a popular holiday spot, and the airline's passenger operation was profitable. In 1995, the carrier had leased an A320 from Egyptian leisure carrier Shorouk Air for charters across Europe. By late 1996, this aircraft was replaced by Albanian Airlines' own Tu-134A-3\B-3 models in a bland white livery. Though charters remained an important part of the airline's business, the scheduled network was expanded quickly through the late 1990s as more aircraft were added to the fleet and after the carrier was privatized in 1997. By 1998, the airline was flying 5 aircraft on scheduled flights to Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, and Germany while providing charters all across Europe. In 1999, a YAK 40 was leased from Bulgarian carrier Hemus Air and operated in full Albanian Airlines colors operating the TIA-ZRH scheduled flights. Starting in the early 2000s, BAe-146's were selected to replace the Tu-134s, and this transition was completed by 2004. An MD-80 was operated for a while, as were 2 DC-9s. A Turkish company bought the carrier in 2009, and 737-300s and a 757 were acquired to expand operations. Further expansion was planned to add scheduled routes all across Western and Central Europe with Fokker 100 jets and even flights to Jeddah (JED) with a 747! Albanian courts contested the 93% ownership of the airline by Turkish interests in the midst of the expansion, and ultimately the airline was forced to shut down in 2011 having failed to attain local funding in a timely manner. Flightplans by eth72s. The SBAI Tu-134 by cgold may be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1T_KzLm7YydrZCfKjR_ARRFiFUx0JQda-/view?usp=sharingTu-134A\A-3\B3 scheduled flights: Tu-134A\A-3\B3 charter flights: Download Albanian Airlines 1999 Flightplans Here
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Post by sunking on Apr 4, 2021 13:40:06 GMT -5
I flew with EW on the AT4 - remember we had to move forward for the trim prior take off - to CDG and returned on a BAe 146 ion flights ops for AF in summer of 1996 ex NUE. In 2000 it was on flights for KL on the BAe 146 on both ways. So the feeders were longer offered than since 1998 and aircraft were EQV in most cases in the 1990s.
Also EW now has nothing more in common than the name, that's what many co-workers confirmed while in for EW until the Covid-19 lockdown. EW is still operating flights and wants to return by summer, but it remains uncertain. The long haul division went to the new subsidiary by LH.
Kind regards
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Post by chasensfo on Apr 5, 2021 21:42:30 GMT -5
\\Istanbul Airlines 1998 Istanbul Airlines (1986-2000) IATA: IL ICAO: IST CALLSIGN: ISTANBUL Istanbul Airlines was a Turkish leisure carrier, based in Istanbul(IST), which operated both scheduled and charter flights both domestically and across Western and Central Europe. Istanbul airlines was founded in 1985 and began operations in 1986 with Sud SE-210 Caravelle 10R jets and Bac 1-11-500s. The airline found success, and by 1988 was operating 5 Caravelles alongside the first of several brand new 737-400s to join the fleet. By the early 1990s, the airline began adding 727-200s to the fleet while retiring the Caravelle and Bac 1-11 jets. Scheduled flights focused on domestic routes and mostly flights to Germany, while the charters extended all across Europe. Many domestic charters liked Ercan (ECN), the airport serving the Turkish controlled portion of Cyprus, with various cities in Turkey. Restrictions prevent non-stop flights from ECN to any airport outside of Turkey, so connections in Turkey remain the only way for Europeans to access that airport to this day. Germany is and has been the largest leisure market to Turkey, and by the mid 1990s, Istanbul Airlines was serving most large and medium sized cities in Germany from several Turkish destinations. In the mid 1990s, 757-200s and an L-1011 were added to the fleet while the 737-400 fleet had grown to 14 strong. The L-1011 was retired in 1997, and 737-300s and a 737-800 joined the fleet in 1998. While only 1 737-800 would ever join the fleet, by 1999 there would be 4 737-300s flying for Istanbul Airlines. At the time of this schedule, however, there was only 1 737-300 in the fleet (though 2 more would join by year's end). At the time, the 737-300 had just one scheduled domestic route, while the 737-800 was used exclusively for charters. All charters are based on actual routes and destinations, but flight numbers and schedules are fictional, while all scheduled flights are from the OAG. Beyond fleet information, I was unable to find much out about Istanbul Airlines, but they did ultimately fail in 2000 and had an attempted restart in 2001 as "Green Island Airways", but this did not materialize and the re-start was abandoned. Flightplans by Vireak Ball and myself. All repaints are completed: DWAI L-1011 (which was retired in 1997 if you wish to use it): library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=waldron_l1011_istanbul_airlines.zip&CatID=root&Go=SearchAIG 757-200 by Christian Gold (FS9 native): drive.google.com/file/d/1-hT8fN_2AN_K4tUwmlOXd6w5KqEzG5nu/view?usp=sharing AIG 757-200 by Daniel El Meddeb (FSX native): drive.google.com/file/d/1IXNPUnYRi1RAWASD67j_RnGOkUM3kMGM/view?fbclid=IwAR3_5Bd9fT8ze7V0kW8fQBblJG_jLVlMMFmNb0gkNeGFYPeBuvi_ZRW9rkgFAIB 737-400 by cgold: drive.google.com/file/d/1zfgsLP22z-Z0wuKKRj-FuCJw2IJjq05W/view?usp=sharingFAIB 737-300 by cgold: drive.google.com/file/d/17uhY_P9vqp1b8YfGEtCI6cPvupRZDZ2a/view?usp=sharingAIA 727-200 (all liveries), 737-800, plus AIA 737-300\400, 757-200, and PAI L-1011 with fantasy flightplans that combine the 90s with the 2000s by "BLUEBOY": www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=copyright&fid=207239757-200 scheduled flights: 727-200 scheduled flights: 737-400 scheduled flights: 737-300 scheduled flights: Charter Flights: Download Istanbul Airlines 1998 Flightplans Here
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