I could lease you couple of planes for 10% for 3 months, on Idlewild, if you manage to find a location not covered by Diamond Star ?
Both Canada and South Africa are two large markets which Diamond Star has missed and which are pretty open ;). Even if I would look forward to being a Diamond Star member but starting in a another outdated world where I am unknown does not tempt me. I have already scrambled 50 new A320/A321s from three lessors so I am happy and I always got Unity Skies behind me.
Thanks for the offer anyways.
South Africa yes, but Canada indeed does have a DS member. ?
A new branding has just been released as operation has started with 3 A320Es to 13 destinations around Europe from our hub of London Heathrow. CBE Airways already has 31 A321s and 6 A320NEOs waiting to be leased. Long haul USA flights will commence next week Using two newly acquired 757s. Most operations will switch to London Gatwick.
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CBE Airways has now more than doubled it´s equity. We also are delighted to announce the launch of Rubbish Aircraft Inc (RUB) which is an airline operating on behalf of CBE but instead of with the state of the art aircraft it operates old, rusty aircraft that probably will crash during your next flight. Though as CBE is in no way affiliated CBE wont hurt it´s own image. Negative advertising is being done against RUB in an attempt to attract the passengers to CBE instead with catchlines like "Stand up for safe flying", "we are your last hope to stop the crashes", "This is Brithish matter", "Battle of Britain for safety of Britain". These advertisements are targeted at attracting passagers from the other German carriers which have invaded the UK, that is why RUB has "GERMANY" clearly written on it´s aircraft. Advertisements have even gone so far claiming that Beobird owns RUB!
Britain´s leading airline CBE Airways has decided to go Intercontinental! The British Trans Atlantic Air Company has been formed specifically for this purpose, with an aim to connect every British colony and territory in an modern and civilized manner. Currently serving four continents with over 14 destinations with daily departures and 3 with partial service. The British Trans Atlantic Air Company has a fleet of 14 757-200s (3 operated by CBE Airways), one A310-300 as well as some capacity lease on CBE Airways for the Lagos flight which is currently flown using an A319.
The 757s are all configured with 84 luxurious premium seats and 24 lie flat Business class seats. The A310s are configured with 88 luxurious premium seats and 25 extra wide fully flat beds. A transatlantic partnership has been developed in which The British Trans Atlantic Air Company is collaborating with the leading carriers around the atlantic to truly offer and interconnected atlantic to all passagers. Furthermore The British Trans Atlantic Air Company also collaborates with some of the leading hotels and cruise lines to offer the most pleasant of experiences to all travellers. Charter flights are also regularly arranged.
Currently theese intercontinental daily flights are scheduled from London Gatwick:
- Toronto
- New York
- New Jersey
- Boston
- Detroit
- Chicago
- Dubai
- Doha
- Philadelphia
- Washington
- Charlotte
- Abu Dhabi (operated by CBE Airways)
- Jeddah (operated by CBE Airways)
- Riyadh (operated by CBE Airways)
Other destinations like Johannesburg, Fort lauderdale and Lagos are also offered but with either 3 or 4 times weekly frequency. The British Trans Atlantic Air Company will see strong future growth! With future flights already planned to Cape Town, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil, Caribbean, US . The CEO said that the expansion of the A310 fleet in order to serve long range destinations will be a priority. Though atleast nine more 757s will join in the coming month. He also quietly mentioned that CBE will in the future pump a lot of funds into TAA because according to him TAA has monopoly as the only airline with British traffic rights baking it uncontested on many of the routes. Which unlike CBE Airways who has to fight for every route.
The British Trans Atlantic Air Company Fleet:
Our fleet currently consists 11 757-200 with three more which are operated by CBE Airways for Trans Atlantic. All 757s except for the ones operated by CBE Airways are leased from Orient Jet. These aircraft are the work horse of Trans Atlantic and fly daily to: Toronto, New York, New Jersey, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Dubai, Doha, Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah and Riyadh. The daily routine consists of one departure flight from London at around 12pm, followed by 4-6 hours of waiting followed by a flight back to London to connect with the 12pm wave. A further 20 will guaranteed be added to the fleet as the 757s offer fantastic economics to the level pf utilisation which they daily endure. None of them are fully utilised and all spend many hours daily on the ground which makes them better than modern more expensive aircraft to fulfil this mission.Â
The Trans Atlantic fleet consists fir the moment being of one Airbus A310-300ET. This aircraft flies 4x weekly to Fort lauderdale and 3x weekly to Johannesburg. A further 9 are in the process of being acquired together with 10 A300s, in order to well serve the long haul routes of Trans Atlantic reaching beyond what is possible with the 757s.
Other Aircraft:
The three times weekly Lagos flight is operated for the moment being using an CBE Airways Airbus A319, this will be changed in the future.
From all staff of Trans Atlantic we would like to congratulate President Donald J. Trump for becoming the 45th president of the United States of America. Just as the first ever flights of The British Trans Atlantic Air Company took place this new President was inaugurated. The entire ceremony was of course showed live on all flights and a complimentary drink was given to all passagers as the 12 queens of The British Trans Atlantic Air Company mutually took off towards the skies in a time of 20 minutes one after another.Â
The British Trans Atlantic Air Company is currently breaking even but it is not that easy with 55% load factor. By the next week the load factor will improve to 70%. Another 4 757s have been acquired and 1 A310. Daily flights will be launched to FLL (currently 4 weekly flights), 4 weekly flights will be launched to Punta Cana replacing the current Fort Lauderdale flights, Daily flights to Lagos using 757, Karachi daily using 757, Ottawa daily using 757 and Tehran daily using A319 all theese will start flying in the coming 3 days. Currently negotiations are being made to acquire an A340-300 which will fly the daily Fort Lauderdale route thereby adding 90% capacity, this aircraft will join the fleet this week.Â
The British Trans Atlantic Air Company has finally received a worthy flagship, the Airbus A340-500! This aircraft is configured with 160 luxurious premium seats and 48 fully flat beds. This is a 100% increase over the 757 in all classes. This aircraft will be flying to Miami 6 days every week where there is a perfect connection opportunity with our partner Oceanic Wings. In Miami we collaborate with Marriot and especially the JW Marriot Marquis Miami which is Florida´s most luxurious hotel. The CEO stayed at this hotel between Christmas and New Years. We also of course collaborate with Melia, Corinitia and the Intercontinental hotels group thereby including Kimpton hotels. For a hotel chain to become a partner it has to be especially liked by the CEO. We also offer cruises together with MSC and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The A340s are also planned to be used as charters especially for cruises due to their increased capacity.
This week has been of great expansion. We have received a further 10 757-200, one 1 A310, 2 A340s, 1 A330. We are pretty big of being just two week old. We have turned out a profit of 3,000,000 AS$ and increased our equity to 20 million which means that it is doubled from the initial investment. We have also increased our seat load factor to 74% but most important of all we have Negotiated a contract for 200 757s of all variants which will join us during this year. We will also expand using A330s.Â
CBE Airways has finally made the decision to become a Unity Skies Alliance member thereby ending our time of neutrality. With the parent company CBE joining, Trans Atlantic was left without a choice. Even with this prestigious Unity logo next to our name we are still neutral and will collaborate with anyone. Joining Unity has opened up our doors allowing our passengers to connect to over one thousand destinations around the world. A Trans Atlantic Airbus A330-300X and two CBE Airways A320NEOs have been painted in Unity liveries. All Unity liveries wear CBE markings even if they are operated by Trans Atlantic. Through Unity one can connect to 1500 destinations around the world and profit from reward programs like CBE´s Sky Club. Where every dollar that you pay on bookings becomes one Sky Point and there are 5 stages of membership:
- Aviator
- Silver
- Gold
- Diamond
- Diamond PlusÂ
To reach these ranks you need to:
- Aviator -default when joiningÂ
- Silver -spending 1,000 AS$ in a year
- Gold -spending 5,000 AS$ in a year
- Diamond -Spending 10,000 AS$ in a year
- Diamond Plus -paying a one time charge of 1,000,000 AS$ and receive free flights on any Unity Member for a lifetime in any class
Each of these rank are ones achieved available in 2 years and if you have spent the same amount in these 2 years they will be renewed paying with Sky points also counts towards your total. When you look in to our website you have the option "Book with Sky Points" where prices will depend on your tier:
- Aviator Members have a discount of 10% when paying for a flight
- Silver Members have a discount of 20% when paying for a flight
- Gold Members have a discount of 33% when paying for a flight
- Diamond Members have a discount of 75% when paying for a flight
- All flights for Diamond Plus members are 100% free in any class
The higher the rank is the, higher is the chance for a class upgrade if any higher class seats are available. If you are a member we will always guarantee that you will get any seat if you book 3 days before the flight. Lounge access, fast track and a free bag are complimentary for all member tiers except for Aviator. Joining Unity Skies also has meant a slight logo modification:
Europa the holding company for CBE and Trans Atlantic, today announced it has over 5000 employees and a 50,000,000 AS$ equity. This is a great success for us as a company. CBE Airways has decided to open a second hub in Zurich, Switzerland as it has been deemed the ideal location in Europe. Zurich was also the biggest hub for Air Geneva and as we are the successor of Air Geneva it was a must as a hub. Zurich will mainly have 737 aircraft which have temporarily been introduced into the fleet due their low price. CBE has also negotiated a contract for a further five A320NEOs which will be used strictly at the London Gatwick hub replacing a couple 737s which will be sent out to Zurich. Trans Atlantic will expand with more 757s and A310s and within a week all CBE Airways 757s will have been transferred. Trans Atlantic will also see great expansion into China. It has now been determined that Trans Atlantic will not be supplied with funds from CBE as CBE is in equal need of funding. The decision has also been taken that CBE will acquire all the 737s form it´s sister airline IndoSky where they have done 9 months of great service. In order to promote CBE for the Indonesians Indo has already painted a couple of 737-900ERs with CBE livery in order to be ready for the next week.
CBE Airways has acquired a further 6 A320NEOs today and has postponed it´s staff payments by a week due to fast expansion. Three of these aircraft will replace 737-700s currently flying from Gatwick. The 737s will in turn be sent to Zurich to further expand the Zurich hub and doubling capacity. In an attempt to modernise the CBE Airways fleet the three 757s flying the Turkey and Lagos routes will be moved to Trans Atlantic.
Unlike previous speculations CBE Airways will not keep Turkey as a focus country from British destinations and those routes will instead be handed over to Trans Atlantic who will put about 10 757s to the task working together with the Turkish carriers. Routes from London Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and East Midlands to Istanbul as well as the Heathrow to Izmir, Antalya and Ankara will all be operated by trans Atlantic on behalf of CBE Airways. This is because Trans Atlantic needs more variable to it´s schedule which at the moment only consist of one series of flights. Another reason is that CBE Airways really need those aircraft for inter European expansion which a market in which Trans Atlantic will not go due to the long turnaround times for the 757s which makes the aircraft far from ideal on short flights.Â
CBE Airways will also end the all economy flight from Heathrow to Amsterdam on board the A319 due to inefficiency. The A319 will instead replace yet another 737 at Gatwick which will be sent to Zurich to total the Zurich fleet to 8 planes. CBE Airways has been appointed to a manager position in the Unity Skies Alliance. This is a position which is taken with much honour to be part of the leadership of such a prestigious alliance.Â
In a new attempt for a marketing campaign we want to to stabilise our position as an English carrier in order to appeal to the super nationalist Englishmen. This campaign will only be advertised in England and Trans Atlantic´s transcontinental destinations. A modified version for Scotland, Wales and Ireland has also been released changing the "English" to the respective nation. We are the only carrier in the world to have logo inspired by the Union Jack. The CEO made a remark when interviewed "We need to define yourself as properly English and nationalistic in order to be apart of the other German carriers like Berways and Beobird and wannabe English carriers like Transeurope Airlines. We are what Britain needs, a flag carrier which every Brit around the world can define himself with, a carrier which British companies can show of with our extraordinary service and product to foreign companies always flying the with flag of Britain which exists in every one of our aircraft".
We have now finished delegating our Turkish operations to Trans Atlantic in order to only keep a British operation using A320 and A319 aircraft from London Gatwick and Heathrow. LHR will for the time being only be kept as a focus city attempting to mostly attract direct passagers on a couple of key routes with the sole purpose of getting a piece of the Heathrow cake. We expect to have at least 100 daily departures at Heathrow in the coming month. trans Atlantic will also add a couple of services from Heathrow, Belfast, Manchester, Edinburgh and Stansted to some key destinations across the pond. Furthermore there are currently 8 737-700 machines at Zurich with plans to add more 737s shortly. Trans Atlantic will not have any presence at Zurich.
Today two of CBE Airways 737-700s have been rolled out in Europa livery which is the identity of the holding company to CBE and Trans  Atlantic. One of these aircraft are based at Zurich and one at Gatwick. The CEO has expressed that he would like to see closer collaboration in the future between the entities and common livery, logo and identity might be around the corner. He also said that the CBE brand will not be dropped and the group will probably not standardise under the Europa branding. One of the main problems is staffing. The non customer working staff are shared but staff which work directly with the customers need to wear the respective companies uniform. This works well as long as Trans Atlantic has concentrated activity around one base. That is not the case anymore. In order to make the companies more effective the fleet has been standardised. Thereby all 757s have been transferred to Trans Atlantic. Trans Atlantic has thereby taken over operations to Turkey, Russia and Nigeria from CBE Airways. Twelve 757-200s are now wet leased to CBE Airways from Trans Atlantic to cover these routes with an aim to connect every major place in the Uk with every major place in Turkey by focusing on direct demand and the connections from our Turkish partners. The flights are flown with CBE crew as it is a lot easier to accommodate these crew at destinations without major Trans Atlantic presence. From the point of view of the passenger there should be no difference seen from flying with the actual CBE Airways. Seats, livery, uniforms, catering, terminals etc are 100% the same as CBE Airways in order to allow Trans Atlantic to focus on it´s core long haul operations. The wet leased fleet is planned to grow to over 20 aircraft in a short period. Here is a 757 painted in CBE livery flying medium haul routes:
And here is a 757 painted in Trans Atlantic livery flying on long haul routes:
The British Trans Atlantic Air Company´s fleet (updated):
Our fleet currently consists 40 Boeing 757-200 which all are operated by Trans Atlantic. Most 757s are leased from Orient Jet who has offered us first lease rights on over 400 757s. These aircraft are the work horse of Trans Atlantic and fly daily to most of our destinations. Twenty nine of these 757s are operated for Trans Atlantic´s own operations of which most are configured with 84 luxurious premium seats and 24 lie flat Business class seats, some are configured in a higher economy layout which has 114 luxurious premium seats and 12 lie flat Business class seats. Eleven 757s are operated on behalf of CBE Airways configured in a layout consisting of 114 luxurious premium seats and 20 140 degree lie flat Business class seats. The daily routine consists of one departure flight from London at around 12pm, followed by 4-6 hours of waiting followed by a flight back to London to connect with the 12pm wave. A further 20 will guaranteed be added to the fleet as the 757s offer fantastic economics to the level pf utilisation which they daily endure. None of them are fully utilised and all spend many hours daily on the ground which makes them better than modern more expensive aircraft to fulfil this mission. All Trans Atlantic aircraft have personal names which sometimes are based on where they fly, the names for the 757-200s are:
- Misschief
- Girlie
- Lovely
- Latina
- High Flyer
- African Heart
- Americana
- Oh Mylanta
- Hot Babe
- Beauty Babe
- Day Dreamer
- Sugar Baby
- Mustang Sally
- Girl in Burka
- Scotland Girl
- Sweet Dreamer
- Hot Lips
- Miss Britain
- Pretty Woman
- Bloody Mary
- Miss England
- Shady Lady
- Dream Girl
- Miss Beauty
- First Lady
- Blondie
- Brittney
- Lady Love
- HighUpFlyer
Eleven Boeing 757-200s are operated by Trans Atlantic on behalf of CBE Airways and are configured in a layout consisting of 114 luxurious premium seats and 20 140 degree lie flat Business class seats. These aircraft fly routes to Turkey and Russia from various British airports. They are completely CBE Airways branded. Unlike the aircraft operated by CBE Airways which are generic these have kept part of the Tran Atlantic spirit and all aircraft have individual names which are:
- Byzantine
- Harem
- High Flyer
- Lady World
- Lady Love
- Red Angel
- Wonder Girl
- Hot Wings
- Love Angel
- Svietlana
- Mother Russia
We currently operate 8 Airbus A310-300ETs. These are used as an extension of the 757s and fly the routes which 757s cant reach. They do neither fly the high demand routes which are covered by the bigger and more efficient A330s and A340s. They might in the future be replaced completely by A330-200s as they are more efficient but that is left to be seen. The A310s are configured with 88 luxurious premium seats and 25 extra wide fully flat beds. These are a very unusual aircraft and they are rarely seen in the skies. Trans Atlantic is the biggest operator of passenger A310s. These aircraft fly most of our 7000km - 9000km routes and currently daily see six continents around the world. We are planning to acquire some of it´s bigger sister as well the A300-600. Generally our passengers appreciate these short and wide planes and do not see any difference over our modern A330s. All Trans Atlantic aircraft have personal names which sometimes are based on where they fly the names for the A310-300s are:
- Asian Hottie
- Mexicana Legacy
- Black Goldie
- High Life Baby
- Eastern Jewel
- Affection
- Uptown Girl
- Miss Moneypenny
We currently operate three Airbus A330-300Xs with seven more on the way. Most of them are leased from our loyal partner the Gorbi Group. These aircraft fly our longer range high demand routes where their fuel efficiency can be taken advantage of. The A330-300s are configured with 154 luxurious premium seats and either 42 fully flat beds or 35 extra wide fully flat beds. We are currently the biggest operator of this model of A330s. These aircraft are very loved by our passengers and offer quiet, soft and fast journeys. One of them has the name Flying in Unity and it is painted with a full Unity Skies livery symbolising Trans Atlantic´s role as a manager of the alliance. All our A330s use the Rolls Royce Trend 700 engines. The names of our current A330-300s are:
- Biggie
- La Floridita
- Flying in Unity
We currently operate just one Airbus A340-300X aircraft which flies daily to Punta Cana in collaboration with our partner Gorbi Caribbean Airlines. She is configured with 128 Luxurious Premium Seats and 54 Fully Flay Beds. Our A340s fly the shorter high density routes and leave the longer high density routes to the A330s who offer better fuel efficiency. Plans are to shortly acquire at least an other A340-300X. The names of our A340-300s are:
- Atlantic Girl
We currently operate just one Airbus A340-500 aircraft which flies daily to Miami in collaboration with our partners Oceanic Arrows and Star America international Airlines. The only aircraft is called Queen of the Skies and is the flag ship of the Europa Holdings. She is configured with 160 Luxurious Premium Seats and 48 Fully Flay Beds. Plans are to shortly acquire at least an other A340-500. The names of our A340-500 are:
- Queen of the Skies
Trans Atlantic also operates A320s and A319s on behalf of CBE Airways from our European hub in Madrid.Â
The Third CBE is a brand of airlines by the Global Group of Indonesia. These airlines operate operations in 10 countries in six continents with plans to expand to over 12 countries in the close future. All CBE Airways are operated as one making up the third part of the trinity of operating companies which Global Group operates around the world. With the other two being Indo (Indonesia) and American (USA). The airlines of the CBE Group are:
- CBE Argentina based in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CBE Caribbean (previously Panamericana Caribbean) based in Bridgetown, Barbados
- CBE Dominican Republic based in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- CBE Georgia based in Tbilisi, Georgia
- CBE Guatemala based in Guatemala City, Guatemala
- CBE Lebanon based in Beirut, Lebanon
- CBE Pacifica based in Honiara, Solomon Islands
- CBE Pakistan (previously Panamericana Pakistan) based in Karachi, Pakistan
- CBE Ukaraine (previously Panamericana Ukraine) based in Kiev, Ukraine
- CBE Zambia based in Lusaka, Zambia
These CBE airlines where previously operated under the Panamericana brand but only CBE Carribeean was ever in the original Panamericana Group but was purchased by Global Group in May 2017. The only remaining Panamericana airline is Panamericana de Cosat Rica which is 32% owned by Global Group. Global Group is the successor of Panamericana still continuing the world renown Panamericana service. The decision to re brand from Panamericana to CBE came ultimately with the expansion into more continents than American where the Panamericana brand which is very linked to the American continent did not work. The Panamericana brand is also somewhat competing with the American brand on the American continent thereby ti was decided that it would terminated and replaced by the CBE branding which at the time was not in use. All CBE Airlines are interconnected within the CBE World Wide alliance which is an alliance allied with Unity Skies solely for CBE Airlines. Some CBE Airlines work very closely with other Global Group entities such as American, American Hiawatha Airlines and IndoSky. All CBE Airliens are very interconnected and are operated as one carrier although some regional adaptations are made to better suit the host nation. Crew can change between CBE Airliens with only one week training different from the one month of training to change between other Global Group entities such as from American to Indo. Â Â