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[edit] 747SP

Does Yemenia still have a 747 SP in its fleet? I had the impression that maybe it was just used for VIP transport. Is it worth mentioning this aircraft in the article? -- Gyrofrog (talk) 05:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

It would appear that as of Nov 2006 they still had the SP [1]. A comment here [2] suggests this was only the second time it had been to Heathrow (the first being August 2004) so maybe it is just used for VIP transport etc.. I still don't know for sure though! Iancaddy 15:53, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Just looked a bit further and it would appear that Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, visited the UK in August 2004 at the time of the SP's first visit. Can't find anyone importing having come here in November 2006 but it would definitely seem to suggest that this is just a special occasions aircraft. Iancaddy 15:56, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

The reason I asked in the first place was I had seen it (at least I'm pretty sure) in June 2004. It was definitely an SP, and it was in the landing pattern for Andrews AFB. I'm quite sure (not absolutely positive) the plane said "Yemenia." This was right after Reagan died, so my assumption at the time was that someone was arriving for the funeral. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:32, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] destinations

I've updated the destinations as per the winter schedule because that's what's still up on Yemenia's website although it expired at the end of March. Their route map has the following destinations but I don't know if this is out of date or charter destinations or what:

Domestic: Ataq, Sa'dah International: Milan, Istanbul, Karachi, Bangkok

If anyone has any confirmation then please add them in. Iancaddy 19:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)