''Hooters Air'' set to take flight

[BillLumbergh]

[A href=http://www.cnn.com/money/2002/12/26/news/hooters/index.htm?cnn=yes][FONT color=#333366]''Hooters Air'' set to take flight[/FONT][/A]

 

[JI Guy]

OMG! I thought it wouldnt happen!

 

[ITRADE]

We'll see about this one.[BR][BR]I do have to say, however, that operationally, this is a great time to be a cheap-o airline. You can get first rate aircraft for next to nothing. Gone are the days when you had to scrounge for old, decrepit DC-9-30s, 737-200s and 727-100s. You can have a nice MD-80 for less than $150K a month.

 

[ITRADE]

Found an article from CNN on this stuff:[BR][BR][A href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/12/26/hooters.airline.ap/index.html"][FONT color=#333366]Hooters adds airline wings to business menu[/FONT][/A]

 

[Irish Con]

Arnt they going to be using 737s?

 

[flyhigh]

Can anybody confirm if this is pure charter or will be scheduled? Their press release ended with them saying they will release schedules/fares etc. in a month or so. Is it scheduled charter??? Thx!

 

[ONTHESTREET]

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On 1/20/2003 11:15:53 PM Irish Con wrote:

Arnt they going to be using 737s?
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Hooters bought Pace Airlines from Piedmont-Hawthorne. Pace operates several 757's. I do not know what other types, if any, they have.

 

[mga707]

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On 1/24/2003 10:15:06 PM ONTHESTREET wrote:

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On 1/20/2003 11:15:53 PM Irish Con wrote:

Arnt they going to be using 737s?
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Hooters bought Pace Airlines from Piedmont-Hawthorne. Pace operates several 757's. I do not know what other types, if any, they have.
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According to the 3rd edition of the "North American Airlines Handbook", which came out last fall, Pace has 5 737-200 (2 operated for Patriot Air), 4 737-300 (all operated for Vacation Express), 1 737-400, and 1 757-200.

 

[coolflyingfool]

So if I understand this correctly, there will be 3 trained flight attendants plus 2 waitresses on board each flight. I can't even get 5 flight attendants on a UA or AWA 757. WOW, this ought to be interesting.

 

[capeman]

It will be interesting to see who is paid more. The waitresses or the Flight attendants???

 

[flyhigh]

http://www.flypiedmont.com/pace/

That's Pace's website. It shows not only all their a/c, but also the config for each.

 

[capeman]

http://www.hooters-air.com/news_and_sports