Paul J Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 An A320/21 leased from Titan painted up to match the BoJo A330 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-flies-into-another-storm-over-deal-for-second-e2-80-98brexit-jet-e2-80-99/ar-BB1eQQ8E?ocid=uxbndlbing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EwenS Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 And in other news the Defence Review confirmed that the, already planned, withdrawal of the BAe146 fleet including 2x VIP configured CC2, would happen “by 2022”. Given the depressed state of the airliner market at the present time, including depressed leasing rates, there is probably no better time to do a deal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Let's keep the politics out of this though folks. It looks very spiffy in the Union Jack colours. It's a handsome flag afterall 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, Mike said: Let's keep the politics out of this though folks. It looks very spiffy in the Union Jack colours. It's a handsome flag afterall Better remove 'brexit' from the thread title then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Werdna said: Better remove 'brexit' from the thread title then.. I was pondering that, as Paul was only quoting the terminology used by the article. it's a fair point though, as I'm heartily sick of the word and have been for some time 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I wish the Union Flag aircraft had been painted in RAF Transport Command colours. Subtle and understated has, until now, been much more typical of British transports etc. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 😑 waste of money not required jingoism bit pathetic but then ive done my 22 so ive done with all that gin palace stuff....each to their own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 3 hours ago, EwenS said: And in other news the Defence Review confirmed that the, already planned, withdrawal of the BAe146 fleet including 2x VIP configured CC2, would happen “by 2022”. Given the depressed state of the airliner market at the present time, including depressed leasing rates, there is probably no better time to do a deal. Having recently been involved with these ....they are a bit long in the tooth equally though I dont like this worrying in your face stuff ...im with Wellsprop subtly done is the way ahead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ian- Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Mike said: It looks very spiffy in the Union Jack colours. It's a handsome flag afterall Not keen tbh. Although we do benefit from one of the more attractive and interesting flag designs, I don't think it works as fin design, never been a fan of it on the Red Arrows either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 2 hours ago, wellsprop said: I wish the Union Flag aircraft had been painted in RAF Transport Command colours. Subtle and understated has, until now, been much more typical of British transports etc. The A321 will not be operated by the RAF so no chance of a Transport Command scheme (attractive as that would be) so the livery will have been agreed in the contract that HMG has with Titan Air. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 54 minutes ago, junglierating said: 😑 waste of money not required jingoism bit pathetic but then ive done my 22 so ive done with all that gin palace stuff....each to their own Reserving my own thoughts on the colour scheme, I doubt it acutally cost much (relative) as there is often a degree of customisation included in leasing aicraft. The aircraft may have been stripped anyway to remove a previous operators colours. On the other hand, someone may have received a handsome amount of money to design the paint scheme... 4 minutes ago, canberraman said: The A321 will not be operated by the RAF so no chance of a Transport Command scheme (attractive as that would be) so the livery will have been agreed in the contract that HMG has with Titan Air. Mark I totally neglected to consider that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 2 hours ago, wellsprop said: Reserving my own thoughts on the colour scheme, I doubt it acutally cost much (relative) as there is often a degree of customisation included in leasing aicraft. The aircraft may have been stripped anyway to remove a previous operators colours. On the other hand, someone may have received a handsome amount of money to design the paint scheme... I totally neglected to consider that! Still dont like it I'm sure the money can be spent elsewhere let think if they (the govt) want a special aeroplane maybe they could have freed up one of the 5 ? air tanker a/c which are probably not being leased at the moment ....I'll shut up now before I'm told off but really I'm angry ....no accountability 😬🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 41 minutes ago, junglierating said: Still dont like it I'm sure the money can be spent elsewhere let think if they (the govt) want a special aeroplane maybe they could have freed up one of the 5 ? air tanker a/c which are probably not being leased at the moment ....I'll shut up now before I'm told off but really I'm angry ....no accountability 😬🤬 I thought the point of Air Tanker / FSTA was that it could be operated flexibly. Air Tanker is even contracted to provide that service (to the best of my knowledge)... I'm really not a fan of the scheme either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I think it looks quite smart. Shame it’s not RAF 32 Sqn though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 The scheme looks better on the A321 than it does on the Voyager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 The criticism could be much worse if we went the German route, new A350's ? Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EwenS Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Over on PPRuNe the story is that Airbus A321neo G-XATW referred to above will shortly be joined by a second A321neo G-GBNI (interesting registration for a U.K. govt aircraft) currently on the Airbus Finkenwerder, Hamburg production line. Both aircraft were originally to have been leased to TCS World Travel and operated by Titan Airways for them. TCS are a luxury travel company with a number of VIP equipped aircraft including a B757-200 (with only 48 seats - just think of the legroom! 6.5ft of personal space per their website)and a Fokker 70 as well as access to chartered biz-jets of various types. Wonder how their business has been affected by the global downturn in travel? So probably the aircraft were already being built to VIP configuration. Titan may be breathing a sigh of relief at finding a new customer so quickly. Edited March 27, 2021 by EwenS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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