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Old June 13th, 2008, 11:53 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.asia
Markku Grönroos
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Default Plane abandoned at Hanoi airport


"Nisse PowerMan" kirjoitti
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spanka wrote:

The plane has a Cambodian flag on its fuselage and is emblazoned with
the name Air Dream, but the authorities say they have no information
about the airline.

A descriptive name for an airline of this sort. Once the head of state from
Biranda arrived in London by an Air Biranda flight. Minister of Department
of Administrative Affairs, mr. Jim Hacker saw this happening on telly. He
turned to his permanent secretary sir Humphrey Appleby and asked how many
planes the Air Biranda has. It puzzled the minister when the answer was:
"none". "What do you mean by none" he said and pointed to the TV set.
Permanent secretary knew to tell that during the last six months nine (9)
African countries had arranged a state visit by leasing the same plane which
was naturally repainted accordingly. The British civil service knew the
company by name Mumbo Jumbo.