a few pics from EBOS

Post by **Bottie** » 14 May 2004, 17:41

Today I've been @ EBOS to deliver Andries' scanner, before our meeting I've made some pics (2 arrivals :jumpy: ), 2 examples here, a few others on: http://home2.scarlet.be/bramb3/14mei.htm

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 14 May 2004, 17:51

Nice shots Bottie

Seems it as worth going to EBOS today for spotting !!!

Chris

Post by **sn26567** » 14 May 2004, 18:21

To see just two planes?

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 14 May 2004, 18:24

Nice pics !

And yes Andre, sometimes it is worth comming to EBOS, if only for 2 planes ... all depends on what kind of planes it are ...

Greetz,

Andries

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 14 May 2004, 19:50

Nice shots Bottie.

You must be lucky to see some moving birds at EBOS but woth monitoring the VRT tekst you must be able to see some nice birds.

Best Regards,
Yvo

Captain · Post by **Captain** » 14 May 2004, 20:17

What was the Evergreen 747 doing in Oostend?

Captain

Post by **Bottie** » 14 May 2004, 20:36

Captain wrote:What was the Evergreen 747 doing in Oostend?

Captain

He arrived from New York JFK, that's all I know

SilverJET · Post by **SilverJET** » 14 May 2004, 21:29

Evergreen and Kalitta are operating cargo flights on behalf of US Army. The reason they come at Ostend is for refuelling on their way to Kuwait or Doha. Flights from and to the States are with flightnumber EIA or CKS. The flights to and from the Middle East are with flightnumber RCH.

Regards
Raymond

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 14 May 2004, 22:36

those are nice shots indeed

2 planes is not mutch indeed, but it's the quality that counts, not the quantity

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 15 May 2004, 00:17

SilverJET wrote:Evergreen and Kalitta are operating cargo flights on behalf of US Army. The reason they come at Ostend is for refuelling on their way to Kuwait or Doha. Flights from and to the States are with flightnumber EIA or CKS. The flights to and from the Middle East are with flightnumber RCH.

Regards
Raymond

Not 100% correct. Lately, only Evergreen is flying EBOS and is constantly using EIA-code ...

Greetz,

Andries

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 15 May 2004, 01:57

cc: Evergreen

nice to see a cargo-747 at EBOS without its windows covered,
looks just like as if we have a passenger service
from Ostend International to the States.

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 15 May 2004, 10:00

If only we HAD a regular passenger service ...

Well, at least Ryanair still has to pay it's daily taxes untill 2018

Doesn't matter if they fly or not ...

Greetz,

Andries

Established02 · Post by **Established02** » 15 May 2004, 14:34

> at least Ryanair still has to pay it's daily taxes untill 2018
> Doesn't matter if they fly or not ...

Hello Andries,

What kind of "daily taxes" are these?

Did FR really make some kind of commitment with Ostend Airport until 2018??? 8O It's a bit hard to believe that a company (and certainly FR) would ever make such a long commitment of 15 years!

Thanks for the info.

Established02

PS: Off topic: When and why did the TAAG Angola Airlines operations stop at OST?

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 15 May 2004, 16:30

When Ryanair wanted to come to EBOS, they made some demands, including a name-change for the airport to OStend-Bruges Airport.
But also the airport made some demands ! The agreement was made for 15 years of a minimum of 1 daily flight to and from EBOS. Eventually it comes down to this : It doesn't matter if they fly 0 flights or 1 flight per day, they will allways pay for 1 flight per day (except if they would fly more than once per day)

Greetz,

Andries