Talk:Velvet Sky (airline)

Photo needed
The article needs a photo of the aircraft operated by the airline. Preferably one showing the livery clearly. Roger (talk) 21:04, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

==Will provide a photo-- Hi. I have a photograph I have taken of the aircraft showing full livery from a front 3/4 angle. Will uypload to Wiki Commons in a day or so and then place the reference here. Southernplanespotter (talk) 19:11, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Excellent!!! Roger (talk) 19:35, 11 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Have you managed to get a photo yet? Roger (talk) 09:13, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi, have uploaded two full res and thumbnails to Wikicommons. One shows a/c on pushback front 3/4 with tug and is at AND  URls are as follows: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZS-SPUVelvetSky.jpg AND http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZS-SPUVelvetSkythumbnail.jpg

Also one of a/c starting to taxy at

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Velvetsky737.jpg for full-res and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Velvetsky737thumbnail.jpg for thumbnail.

Have a look and use whichever you feel most suitable.Southernplanespotter (talk) 18:00, 21 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Thats brilliant! Thanks, I'll add one to the article. Roger (talk) 06:24, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Update needed
On 30 June 2011 Cecil Reddy, Chairman and owner of McDonald Holdings, announced that the majority shares held by his company were being sold to Excalibur Aerospace making Excalibur the holding company and therefore Cecil Reddy is no longer the Chairman - the list of key people needs to be up-dated. Source: www.engineeringnews.co.za 197.171.0.199 (talk) 17:25, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a link to the specific article? Roger (talk) 17:52, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I found the article but it doesn't name the new chair. Roger (talk) 18:26, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Route additions and fleet expansion
I've added information about the new Durban-Port Elizabeth-Cape Town route and also the two "new" 737s joining the fleet. I have found several non-reliable sources that state that the DC-9 is being kept in the fleet to serve the Johannesburg-Polokwane route which has lower passenger numbers than the other routes.

Unfortunately in South Africa the so called non-reliable sources such as the AVCOM forum are in fact much faster and more accurate as far as specific detail is concerned than the mainstream press. The aviation fans that use the forums are much more knowlgeable about "esoteric" detail such as specific models of aircraft and the exact dates that such aircraft are put into service. The mainstream media are nototrious for not always being sure about the difference between a Boeing and a Cessna. Meanwhile Velvet Sky itself has not updated the news page on their website in many months - they actually have a Facebook page that they use for releasing more up to date information. Yes an actual evil unreliable facebook page forms part of the company's official communication. Roger (talk) 11:26, 5 November 2011 (UTC)