G-VAST Ladybird

Dont if anyone else has noticed but there is a flight 812 listed fo the 6th July fom Hkg to LGW. Cost his be the refitted Vast returning

[preiffer]

I'd put £1.37 on it...

Should of gone to spec savers

I must ask. Where do you find these flight numbers???

the-toolbox/status-updates

[honey lamb]

I must ask. Where do you find these flight numbers???

Look at The Toolbox at the top of the page and click on Status Updates. Flight numbers beginning with 8 are positioning flights

so does that mean each refit takes 6 weeks total? they're not going to get it done by October at this rate.

Given they planned to do each in 4 weeks, thats not very impressive performance by the refitters. Maybe they are having un-foreseen problems?

I reckon that they estimated each refit would take around 4 weeks and now they are starting to find out it will be longer than that. Surely they will get a bit quicker with each a/c once they have done a couple. You would think so anyway.

I doubt they will make the deadline at this rate but I could be wrong. Since when does anything like this get finished on time though.

I must ask. Where do you find these flight numbers???

Look at The Toolbox at the top of the page and click on Status Updates. Flight numbers beginning with 8 are positioning flights

As easy as that....I must learn to click other links on this fab forum v( v(

so does that mean each refit takes 6 weeks total? they're not going to get it done by October at this rate.

the website says they should be finished by end of 2012

well if they start the third aircraft on 6 July and assuming 6 weeks per aircraft that is 16 weeks and 5 days until 31 October.

So they will get 2 more aircraft done, possibly 3, giving a total of 4/5 ready by end of October.

It's looking like if I go to Vegas in October BA will get my business or I will fly to LA first.

Dont if anyone else has noticed but there is a flight 812 listed fo the 6th July fom Hkg to LGW. Cost his be the refitted Vast returning

Slipped out to the 7th July now.

looks like hot lips is going straight out there on the 8th. hopefully these will all be done by december for my flight to MCO

Does anybody know what wil be G-VAST's first flight

[Neil]

Does anybody know what will be G-VAST's first flight

That information will not be available until the day of the flight. No airline publicly announces which a/c will operate which route in advance for security reasons.

Since when does anything like this get finished on time though.

I think VS are lining up all their ducks in a row to be completed together. Refitting the LGW 744s, repainting the older a/c in new livery, and completeing the update of the website - all scheduled for December .....
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all scheduled for December .....
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You hope, the web site may make it by 2020, hopefully the refits a little earlier, but fixing the reward availability tool on the web site, well that's slated for the 2031 release ) .

all scheduled for December .....
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You hope, the web site may make it by 2020, hopefully the refits a little earlier, but fixing the reward availability tool on the web site, well that's slated for the 2031 release ) .

20:31? That's only half an hour away. Progress at last.

Oh, hang on........

Dont if anyone else has noticed but there is a flight 812 listed fo the 6th July fom Hkg to LGW. Cost his be the refitted Vast returning

Slipped out to the 7th July now.

and another delay. Slipped back to the 8th July now. Very similar pattern to what happened with VROM.

I predict the refit schedule stands very little chance of being completed on any date in October. More like end of November/start of December at this rate.

I also note that no other LGW plane is scheduled to go to HKG yet.

[Neil]

I also note that no other LGW plane is scheduled to go to HKG yet.

That isn't correct. G-VLIP is scheduled to fly to HKG the day after G-VAST returns.

I stand corrected - I didn't see G-VLIP on the update page earlier.

Maybe we should have a sweepstake to predict when it will come back?

Yep, and now out to the 9th with VLIP going on the 10th.....

I predict the refit schedule stands very little chance of being completed on any date in October. More like end of November/start of December at this rate.

I also note that no other LGW plane is scheduled to go to HKG yet.

According to VS the refurbs are due to be completed by end of 2012