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Refitting of UCS to A343

PostPosted: 27 Aug 2005, 00:46
by airnewzealand
How is the refitting of the 5 A343s going???

PostPosted: 27 Aug 2005, 01:35
by Jetstreamer
One completed (G-VELD) and four to go............

PostPosted: 27 Aug 2005, 09:46
by mitchja
I beleive the 2nd UCS A343 should be due back any day now. The A343's do seem to be taking a bit longer to re-fit compared to other A/C, not sure why this is though.

Regards

PostPosted: 03 Sep 2005, 20:42
by mitchja
G-VFAR now appears to be back in service as of Sept 1st:

VS814P From Dublin, Ireland G-VFAR 340 01/09/2005 19:08
VS0601 To Johannesburg, S Afr. G-VFAR 340 01/09/2005 23:08

So there's now 2 UCS fitted A343's in service.

Regards

PostPosted: 04 Sep 2005, 19:57
by manymiles
Where are they flying? I need to take VS23 toward the end of Sept and was hoping they would be done.

PostPosted: 04 Sep 2005, 20:10
by Jetstreamer
By the end of September, hopefully 3 of the A343s will be completed. There is no guarantee that you will get one of these on the VS023 as there will still be 5 A343s without the UCS.

You'll be better off taking the VS007 if you want a flight to LAX with the UCS.

PostPosted: 04 Sep 2005, 22:01
by slinky09
Originally posted by manymiles
Where are they flying? I need to take VS23 toward the end of Sept and was hoping they would be done.


I'm taking the VS024 on 11 Oct and the booking system shows a suite ... I think LAX is a high priority route so there's a better chance. Hope you're lucky but as others have said, do the VS7/8 to be more certain