Bruce Dickinson - some of you know him better as the front man of Iron Maiden. Those of us who fly might know him better as a 757 captain. Until a point last year, he flew for Astraeus Airlines as a until they went into administration and wound up in November last year. Well now Bruce is back, this time instead of piloting aircraft - he's setting up a company to maintain … [Read more...]
Astraeus Airlines ceases operations
Who you might be asking? Astraeus Airlines was an airline that did a lot of wet-leasing and chartering of it's aircraft to companies that needed extra capacity (BMI Veterans would recognise this when they were flying Boeing 757's for BMI on routes). Additionally, they've flown for British Airways, Iceland Express, Thomson Airways, Thomas Cook and Iron Maiden where they flew … [Read more...]
