UCS REFIT?

[:?]Just out of intrest does anyone know what has g-vhol been been doing for almost a month? has it had a ucs refit and the seat map hasnt been updated yet

[mitchja]

I believe G-VHOL is still in DUB getting UCS. The A343's seem to take around 4 weeks to get re-fitted so she should be due back any day now.

Regards

Thanks mitchja
i thought they would have done the ucs refits their self at lhr though

G-VHOL got back the other day from memory. Can't remember now. The UCS refit is outsourced as we don't have the facilities to do that kind of work. We have 1 hangar at present, there is no way you could block that up for 4 weeks, there are too many regular checks to complete on the rest of the fleet.

I thought if they used lhr it would cost them less money v plus i didnt realise that the fleet are serviced there all the time i thought it was only done evrery few months
thanks for quick reply

[mitchja]

Whilst on the subject of UCS and the A343's....

Does anyone have any news yet as to if the 4 Arcadia A343's are getting UCS or are they to be replaced with new A346's (which I believe 6 are due for delivery in 2006)?

Regards

i think (not deffinate) that vbus has gone to vk now. so that leaves 3 arcadia 343s left and ive been told here on v-flyer that they will be phased out by dec 06 from what i can remember

[honey lamb]

Originally posted by Airbus340
I thought if they used lhr it would cost them less money v plus i didnt realise that the fleet are serviced there all the time i thought it was only done evrery few months
thanks for quick reply

Even before the refits I saw VS planes at DUB. I can still remember my surprise when I saw a 343 taxiing in [:0] while I was waiting my flight to ORK. In fact I was there on Wednesday and was looking out as I felt one was due to return any time now

I believe the 747s were refitted in DUB also

do they use team over in DUB?

[honey lamb]

Originally posted by Airbus340
do they use team over in DUB?

I can't remember what it is currently called. It used to be Team Aer Lingus but has gone through several metamorphoses. I spent the best part of Wednesday sitting in a room which looked directly on to the place where the refits take place (and I was facing the window) but for the life of me I cannot remember the name that was there! [:#]

good memory then honey lamb:)
while still on the ucs re-fits when is the last 343 going to be finished? vs must be be behind on the refits by now?

Originally posted by honey lamb
I can't remember what it is currently called. It used to be Team Aer Lingus but has gone through several metamorphoses.

Was FLS Aerospace for a while. It's now SR Technics Ireland.

(SR Technics is what used to be Swissair's Technical and Engineering arm.)

Cheers,
Mike

[honey lamb]

Originally posted by mike-smashing

Originally posted by honey lamb
I can't remember what it is currently called. It used to be Team Aer Lingus but has gone through several metamorphoses.

Was FLS Aerospace for a while. It's now SR Technics Ireland.

(SR Technics is what used to be Swissair's Technical and Engineering arm.)

Cheers,
Mike

Yup! That's it. [y] I could remember FLS Aerospace but not the latest one even though I spent the day looking at it! [:0]

From memory, VS does lots of maintenance in AMS, and has also used SIN (for A343's) before.

When the "Alitalia" LGW 744's entered the VS fleet brand new from Boeing, they were fitted out in New Zealand.

The A346's, when delivered new, are fitted out with UCS by an independent firm (not airbus) in Toulouse.

So there's been lots going on in lots of places!!

VHOL has been going to and from IAD for the past few days so i guess the refit is complete

yeh just looked at g-ghol's section and the seat map has now been changed to a suite. just leaving g-vsea to have ucs fitted.

YEs I have heard of the shock most spotters had in NZ when a B744 from VS rocked up! Can you imagine- i think they were fitted at CHC though could be wrong.

G-VSEA departed Heathrow for Dublin last night, presumably for its suite refit, which now just leaves 3 Arcadia a/c left without suites.

Originally posted by mavml
G-VSEA departed Heathrow for Dublin last night, presumably for its suite refit, which now just leaves 3 Arcadia a/c left without suites.

Woohoo! That is good news.

David.

( praying for 346 next Thursday to CPT )