Jets for Air Inuit
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Air Inuit has bought two 737-200's, I believe there planning to service communities on the east side of hudson bay area. The reason why companies like this purchase 200's is because they have no choice. They need them for gravel ops, and the ones they did purchase I believe are combi's.
tincanflyer wrote:And Alaska Airlines' old -200C's can't be sold/re-sold anywhere in North America.W5 wrote:737-200 Combi's are very rare!
I have heard this too, and know that it is fact![/quote]
I'm kinda curious about this one. Why if they are certified in the US would they be not be allowed in Canada? Was it a one of certification? Was there some field approval that would not qualify in Canada? Sorry but curious..
One thing has always made me wonder.
Initial start-up cost aside, large jets are the cheapest way to go if you have the traffic to support the capacity but a big thorn in the whole operation is the lack of suitable infastructure, namely a hard surfaced runway. If you have a bunch of freight and or people to move, airplanes are available, either purchase or lease, almost everywhere. Hundreds are parked in the desert.
But everyone is kind of stuck with the B737 - 200 or B727 with the gravel kit because of the available runways.
I now money is an issue but with all of the money various governments waste, maybe some of it could be siphoned off for northern runway development.
Having worked for roadbuilders, I know there are problems and issues with building and maintaining a hard surfaced road(runway) but all it will take is a large hockey sock full of (large denomination) money.
Do we, as Canadians, want to develope our northern resources or do we just want to turn out the lights and forget the whole deal.
What do the Russians do? I suppose it is beyond us to go look see. Maybe they have a solution.
Any thoughts?
Initial start-up cost aside, large jets are the cheapest way to go if you have the traffic to support the capacity but a big thorn in the whole operation is the lack of suitable infastructure, namely a hard surfaced runway. If you have a bunch of freight and or people to move, airplanes are available, either purchase or lease, almost everywhere. Hundreds are parked in the desert.
But everyone is kind of stuck with the B737 - 200 or B727 with the gravel kit because of the available runways.
I now money is an issue but with all of the money various governments waste, maybe some of it could be siphoned off for northern runway development.
Having worked for roadbuilders, I know there are problems and issues with building and maintaining a hard surfaced road(runway) but all it will take is a large hockey sock full of (large denomination) money.
Do we, as Canadians, want to develope our northern resources or do we just want to turn out the lights and forget the whole deal.
What do the Russians do? I suppose it is beyond us to go look see. Maybe they have a solution.
Any thoughts?
The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
The Russians don't pave their runways. Several major airports in Russia still have (very large) gravel ruways. The Russians just build their planes like tanks, and they don't worry as much as us when they inevitably get damaged. Perhaps this just illustrates the need for a new-generation jet in the 727/737 capacity range that's capable of gravel ops. Maybe bombardier should re-tool its C-series jet to fill that role? Who better to tackle this than us Canadians? (Ok maybe the Russians could do it better but the West has already demonstrated a total unwillingness to even look at Russian machines).
I'm also interested in the Alaska Airlines -200C story. Twotter: I would suspect that the reason isn't certification, it's some sort of political BS business restriction on who Alaska can re-sell the planes to. Not sure, but the fact that it's a North America-wide ban doesn't point to some Canadian certification quirk.
I'm also interested in the Alaska Airlines -200C story. Twotter: I would suspect that the reason isn't certification, it's some sort of political BS business restriction on who Alaska can re-sell the planes to. Not sure, but the fact that it's a North America-wide ban doesn't point to some Canadian certification quirk.
Lommer you are pretty close about the Alaska Airlines comment. We looked at a few of their combi's, but were advised that they will not sell any of them to North American buyers.
They do not want any companies that may compete with them on contracts. This being said I always scratch my head because we and other operators will get them somewhere else, so why don't you sell them to us and make some money.
I guess ego's always get in the way of common sense
They do not want any companies that may compete with them on contracts. This being said I always scratch my head because we and other operators will get them somewhere else, so why don't you sell them to us and make some money.
I guess ego's always get in the way of common sense
Rectum, damn near killed 'em
http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activepage ... search.asp
At owner name, enter air inuit then look at number 12 on the list
could not link to the search result page directly.
At owner name, enter air inuit then look at number 12 on the list
could not link to the search result page directly.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1147540/L/
Looks like the aircraft spent some time in the UAE.
Louis
Looks like the aircraft spent some time in the UAE.
Louis
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yaaaaaaak! Sharjah ??? that's a nasty place to pick-up an old 737......all kind of bizzare stuff/operators on that airportLouis wrote:http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1147540/L/
Looks like the aircraft spent some time in the UAE.
Louis
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