how much to wet lease an A380?

[Mattt]

OP, if you're serious still then drop me a PM. A friend is an Aircraft broker, and can prob put you in touch with some useful people.

[thatone1967]

shakotan said:

FourWheelDrift said:

A Russian selling a new Airbus A380?.....I must send him my bank details immediately. I see he works for a company that provides crews to ships. How on earth would he have got a brand new A380, unless one of the staff walked off the ship with the crate under his Ushanka.

No A380s have been sold into non-airline hands, yet.

There is one on order though...

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

Edited by thatone1967 on Sunday 3rd October 20:26

[FourWheelDrift]

thatone1967 said:

shakotan said:

FourWheelDrift said:

A Russian selling a new Airbus A380?.....I must send him my bank details immediately. I see he works for a company that provides crews to ships. How on earth would he have got a brand new A380, unless one of the staff walked off the ship with the crate under his Ushanka.

No A380s have been sold into non-airline hands, yet.

There is one on order though...

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

Edited by thatone1967 on Sunday 3rd October 20:26

Yes but when he's finished fitting all the marble and gold plating everything it'll be too heavy to get off the ground

[Simpo Two]

thatone1967 said:

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

And all paid for by us...

[hidetheelephants]

Simpo Two said:

thatone1967 said:

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

And all paid for by us...

How so?

[TVR1]

Mattt said:

OP, if you're serious still then drop me a PM. A friend is an Aircraft broker, and can prob put you in touch with some useful people.

Cheers Mattt, YHM.

[anonymous-user]

hidetheelephants said:

Simpo Two said:

thatone1967 said:

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

And all paid for by us...

How so?

Possibly through bribes in Al Yamamah

[hidetheelephants]

el stovey said:

hidetheelephants said:

Simpo Two said:

thatone1967 said:

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

And all paid for by us...

How so?

Possibly through bribes in Al Yamamah

That would be money out of BAE's slush fund, which ultimately is paid for by the house of Saud, unless you get into the semantics of the ECGD underwriting. Or am I missing the obvious?

[JW911]

TVR1 said:

Yes, but Air France was using a 'surplus to requirements one' for the ferry hop between london and Paris.

It was actually being used for crew training on the new type. It allowed more crews to qualify more quickly than if they were trained on longhaul trips. BA did something similar when the 747-400 was introduced.

[Simpo Two]

hidetheelephants said:

Simpo Two said:

thatone1967 said:

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380

And all paid for by us...

How so?

Oil, my friend, oil. Where else do you think all that money came from?

[TVR1]

Silent1 said:

ConAir - a new prison ship for a new century

HeHe .......although, I see your ducklings and raise you a Cygnet! (best said in an 'allo, allo!') frenchey accent.....taken on the housebout, with mum sitting next to me on the deck scoffing seed out of my hand.

CygnetAir?......

fingers not working

Edited by TVR1 on Monday 4th October 10:54

[Mojocvh]

thatone1967 said:

shakotan said:

FourWheelDrift said:

A Russian selling a new Airbus A380?.....I must send him my bank details immediately. I see he works for a company that provides crews to ships. How on earth would he have got a brand new A380, unless one of the staff walked off the ship with the crate under his Ushanka.

No A380s have been sold into non-airline hands, yet.

There is one on order though...

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

Edited by thatone1967 on Sunday 3rd October 20:26

Project was cancelled Dec 2009. AC put into storage.

[TVR1]

Sorry folks for not updating,if anyone is interested, of course

I always get distracted by the lounge. Anyway, things are moving,very slowly ,forward.

Update soon. It is late amd i am going to bed.

[Tallbut Buxomly]

Whats the investment can i come on board as a shareholder for oh i dunno a tenner????

In seriousness though please do keep us all updated as this is extremely interesting.

[thatone1967]

JW911 said:

TVR1 said:

Yes, but Air France was using a 'surplus to requirements one' for the ferry hop between london and Paris.

It was actually being used for crew training on the new type. It allowed more crews to qualify more quickly than if they were trained on longhaul trips. BA did something similar when the 747-400 was introduced.

I read it was because flight scheduling meant that it was sitting on the ground un-used for 18 hours... not surplus to requirement, more a case of maximising aircraft use.

[thatone1967]

Mojocvh said:

thatone1967 said:

shakotan said:

FourWheelDrift said:

A Russian selling a new Airbus A380?.....I must send him my bank details immediately. I see he works for a company that provides crews to ships. How on earth would he have got a brand new A380, unless one of the staff walked off the ship with the crate under his Ushanka.

No A380s have been sold into non-airline hands, yet.

There is one on order though...

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2012. This has been noted in the 2009 Guinness World Records as the largest private jet in the world.

Edited by thatone1967 on Sunday 3rd October 20:26

Project was cancelled Dec 2009. AC put into storage.

Being delivered early next year.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/12/08/35...

[BarnatosGhost]

Australia you say?

Rock's Air?

Sheilair?

Slogan: Kangaroo't the UK? You can now.

[-Z-]

Simpo Two said:

hidetheelephants said:

Simpo Two said:

thatone1967 said:

Prince Al-Waleed bin Tala owns several aircraft, all converted for private use: a Boeing 747, an Airbus 321 and an Hawker Siddeley 125. Also on order is an Airbus A380

And all paid for by us...

How so?

Oil, my friend, oil. Where else do you think all that money came from?

Well that kinda happens with, you know, economies. We buy stuff from them, they buy shiny things from us.

The same way that I help pay for Air Force One. I buy shiny things from Apple, Apple pays tax to the US Govt etc etc. Simple concept really......

[steedy27]

I would love to put £50 or something towards this as would be so funny if it did actually come true even though the £50 would get you nowhere!

[steedy27]

steedy27 said:

I would love to put £50 or something towards this as would be so funny if it did actually come true even though the £50 would prob just get you the paper for the tickets!!