Extra flights to Johannesburg for World Cup final

[sdbelgium]

Until now:

• 3 extra flights by KLM to JNB from AMS
• 1 extra flight by KLM to CPT from AMS
• 2 extra flights by Hellenic Imperial B742 from AMS (for Corendon)
• 1 extra flight by Pullmantur Air B744 to JNB from AMS
• 1 extra flight by Air Atlanta Icelandic B743 to JNB from AMS (for Kras)
• 1 extra flight by Air Berlin A330 to JNB from DUS (for Kras)

[andorra-airport]

Thank you for that information sdbelgium !!!!!!!

[Bralo20]

The other 2 742's from Helenic Imperial are also chartered by Corendon...

450 pax per flight at 2.250 EUR gives about 4 million EUR of income, quite a decent amount

Miscommunication, "only" 2 747's are chartered by Corendon...

[sn26567]

AIR FRANCE, Lufthansa and Iberia Johannesburg 12JUL10 operations

AIRFRANCE on 12JUL10 is operating 2nd extra flight from Johannesburg to Paris CDG, by Boeing 777-200ER. On 12JUL10, AIRFRANCE is operating 4 flights on this route. Schedule as follows:

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AF4169 JNB0500 – 1535  CDG 772
AF985  JNB0640 – 1715  CDG 388
AF995  JNB1930 – 0605+1CDG 388
AF99 7 JNB2120 – 0755+1CDG 77W

On the same day 12JUL10 Iberia is operating 7 flights from Johannesburg to Madrid.

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IB2815 JNB0130 – 1140  MAD 340
IB2801 JNB0130 – 1140  MAD 346
IB2813 JNB0135 – 1145  MAD 340
IB2899 JNB0140 – 1150  MAD 346
IB6052 JNB0230 – 1240  MAD 340
IB6050 JNB2025 – 0635+1MAD 340
IB6054 JNB2110 – 0720+1MAD 340 

Lufthansa A380 Johannesburg operation 11JUL10

Lufthansa on Sunday 11JUL10 operated A380 charter flight from Johannesburg to Frankfurt. Schedule below:

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LH2010 JNB2000 – 0635+1FRA 388 

Source: airlineroute.net

[sn26567]

World football champions arrive in Madrid

Spain's triumphant national football team landed in Madrid at 14:37 h. today in an Iberia Airbus A-340/600 especially adorned for the occasion - inscribed on the fuselage was the word "CAMPEONES" ("Champions") and the phrase "Orgullosos de nuestra selección" ("Proud of our national side").

• Iberia plane carrying victorious Spanish national side landed at 1500 h. at Barajas airport
• Another four aircraft with fans, players' families and officials had landed minutes earlier
• Iberia carried more than 17,000 people to South Africa during the World Cup tournament.

The players celebrated with a cake served on board, and they and their families and supporters drank toasts from the extra 48 bottles of sparkling cava that Iberia had laid in for the festive journey.

The victory celebrations in South Africa forced the delay from 0030 h. to 0500 h. of the five flights to Madrid, all of them in A-340/600s, Iberia's largest and most modern aircraft. Later today the Spanish airline will operate two more flights from Johannesburg, making a total of seven. Since the World Cup began Iberia has carried more than 17,000 passengers on the Madrid-Johannesburg route.

An experienced crew

Iberia assigned exceptional crews to these flights. Cockpit and cabin staff all had at least 20 years of experience. Some of them, such as the purser on the flight carrying the team, Pedro Fernández Ortega, had also worked aboard the special flights Iberia operated during the 2008 European Cup tourney, which Spain also won. The captain of the flight bringing the team home from Johannesburg was José Antonio Revuelta, with 17,560 flying hours to his credit.

[regi]

Conclusions already?
didn't we fear that it would be one big mess?
But I didn't hear any bad news from overcrowded airports, people been dumped in the kooroo or in Namibia, wrong connections to Durban instead of Cape Town etcetera.

Maybe we should congratulate the airport authority of South Africa for the good job?