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#762764 by mattyp
26 Dec 2010, 22:49
Just noticed that G-VSUN is operating VS057 from LHR to BGI today. In the flight database this flight number is a rarely used LGW-BGI code.

Is this a private charter? I thought VS usually use VS99 prefix for these flights?

Cheers,

Matt
#762766 by honey lamb
26 Dec 2010, 22:58
A rescue flight?
#762767 by mattyp
26 Dec 2010, 23:03
I thought about that, but BGI flights wern't really affected as all the problems were at LHR. None of the VS29/30's were cancelled from LGW last week....
#762769 by honey lamb
26 Dec 2010, 23:10
Perhaps Sir Richard plus family and friends are heading there en route to Necker or else back after Christmas. After all it is G-VSUN we are talking about and that plane was brought into service on my EWR-LHR flight last September when SRB was on board
#762780 by willd
27 Dec 2010, 14:30
honey lamb wrote:Perhaps Sir Richard plus family and friends are heading there en route to Necker or else back after Christmas.


ANU for Necker IIRC.
#762791 by Tinkerbelle
27 Dec 2010, 17:55
willd wrote:
honey lamb wrote:Perhaps Sir Richard plus family and friends are heading there en route to Necker or else back after Christmas.


ANU for Necker IIRC.


Yes in general but they do also fly to BGI as well.
#762812 by vsa380
28 Dec 2010, 02:29
honey lamb wrote:Perhaps Sir Richard plus family and friends are heading there en route to Necker or else back after Christmas. After all it is G-VSUN we are talking about and that plane was brought into service on my EWR-LHR flight last September when SRB was on board


To be honest I doubt SRB is onboard, G-VSUN on the EWR-LHR route is not a rare occurance so it was nothing special for SRB on that flight.

Like people have said its probably just an extra christmas route.
:)
#762818 by honey lamb
28 Dec 2010, 10:33
vsa380 wrote:
honey lamb wrote:Perhaps Sir Richard plus family and friends are heading there en route to Necker or else back after Christmas. After all it is G-VSUN we are talking about and that plane was brought into service on my EWR-LHR flight last September when SRB was on board


To be honest I doubt SRB is onboard, G-VSUN on the EWR-LHR route is not a rare occurance so it was nothing special for SRB on that flight.

Like people have said its probably just an extra christmas route.
:)

When I found I was on G-VSUN at the beginning of September I pulled up details of it from the Aircraft Database in the Toolbox which showed at that stage that the aircraft had been used almost exclusively for the NBO and DEL runs for the previous three months and certainly had not done the EWR-LHR route. I don't think it was a coincidence that it was changed to that route because SRB was on board and the cabin crew were inclined to agree with me.

I have noticed since then it has flown a plethora of routes, including EWR, SFO, DXB, PVG, NRT and even ICN, the latter probably with David Cameron on board
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