PIA has contracted a Malaysia 777-200 to fly for them due to Europe's recent ban on the airlines 747s.
The 777-200 has visited JFK atleast once already so keep your eyes out.
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PIA has contracted a Malaysia 777-200 to fly for them due to Europe's recent ban on the airlines 747s.
The 777-200 has visited JFK atleast once already so keep your eyes out.
Interesting news, Gordon. Do you know why Europe banned PIA 743s?
I remember seeing a video on FL350.com of a Malaysian 777 taking off in MAN with a PIA callsign, it's pretty odd to see, but cool nonetheless.
Brian
I was looking for the answer to your question here:
http://www.historyofpia.com/forums/index.php
But couldn't find an exact answer. As far as I can tell all the 747-200s have been grounded and only one 747-300 is flying due to a refurbishment. I'm guessing the main reasons was a tech issue.
Darn that would have been nice of it was an airline that we don't get here.
Senga
Malaysian still flies its 777 into EWR
Its one of my favorites http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1117944/L/ at my home airport.Quote:
Originally Posted by njgtr82
I guess it will be a miss or hit since there isn't really a way to tell considering she's using a PIA call sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by SengaB
I thought I read the ban was lifted recently (past 3 weeks or so), no?
-Will
This is a gorgeous plane and I find this to be very exciting. I haven't seen a Malaysian aircraft since LA in 2004, and back then I couldn't believe how gorgeous the scheme was.
Incidently the reg on the contracted aircraft is 9M-MRE.
To answer Will's question I'm pretty sure only one 747-300 is flying at the moment with the rest of the -300s and -200s grounded.
Alright guys I have made a bit of a mistake here.
I based my facts on the comment from this photo:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5875689
Which states that the aircraft had just arrived from JFK but a comment from a different photo of the same aircraft on the same date and time states that the aircraft was inbound from ISB.
From doing a search on ACARS it shows that AP-GBZ was the aircraft that actually operated into and out of JFK.
Not quiet sure if the aircraft will only do the ISB-MAN-ISB route or will continue onto JFK at some point soon.
Very sorry for the mix up guys
I'll bite. What is/would have been the significance of 9M-MRE?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iberia A340-600
-Will
No signifigance really... just saying that the contracted 777 is 9M-MRE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winglets747