Classic British Flight Sim

I wonder if any of you in the trade can answer this

Last year Atlantic was taken over by and merged with West Air Sweden to form West Atlantic

A token ATP was quickly painted up (G-BTPH) with West Atlantic titles but remained listed as Atlantic airlines....well perhaps the paper work has not caught up and it is common to get one quickly painted for publicity shots even if no others are to be......like BMA Diamond Viscount.

So it was no surprise to me to see one repainted at the same time as the merger.

There has been no attempt to paint the others or change the titles.....but again, perhaps that is just saving money until the next paint is due and being freight perhaps not quite so image conscious.

The call sign remains Neptune.the web site is still Atlantic Airlines

Recently they have received another ATP (G-BTPC) registered to Atlantic Airlines but in full West Atlantic livery and titles..this one bucks the theories and posed the question as to the status of the airline.

I have seen no inter working....that is no West Air ATPs on Atlantic flights, only Atlantic flavour and the now two, West Atlantic.

So it appears to me that Atlantic is carrying on as normal....but why then the two new paints??

Nothing on the net I've looked at seems to fit this exactly unless I'm missing something

In short.it sort of made sense until 'TPC was registered to Atlantic as a new acquisition but appeared as West Atlantic

As the merger plans said it would operate separately but complimentary to West Air Sweden, West Air Luxembourg and West Air Europe, I could understand it better if they wanted to keep their own identity as Atlantic on the West Air livery, or West Atlantic on the existing Atlantic scheme

Hi Folks

Garry Russell wrote:the web site is still Atlantic Airlines

Gary -
That site only contains a frontpage these days.

The new website is West Atlantic.

HTH
ATB
Paul

Cheers Paul

That shows a general West Air Group thing where as they were supposedly separate withing the group, but the way it appears atm, as described above doesn't fit wholly within either group or independent operation.


In reality it appears to be Atlantic Airlines but West Atlantic when it suits them

All codes and call signs that I know of are unaltered......apart form the two in west Atlantic livery there seems nothing to indicated that Atlantic are not the same as they've always been??...or that West Atlantic exists

Hey Garry,

If it helps - Atlantic Airlines still have a current Air Operators Certificate with the UK CAA. It states their types are ATP & Electra.

Cheers

Rich

Hi Rich

Yes they still use Electras but like the ATP all fly with Atlantic call signs and flight numbers as before.

TBH I can't imagine any of the remaining Electras will be repainted.

I't nearly two years since the merger was started and about 18 months since it really took effect.