B777FA From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 246 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2062 times:
Does anyone know if there are any plans for LPL-LHR service in the future?
I remember years ago taking BMA to LPL to see my family when I was laying over in LHR.I Flew to LPL on a ATP and returned on a DC-9.I presumed BMA stopped the service because of the growth of MAN but now it seems that LPL has grown a lot over the past couple of years ,both charter and scheduled.
David_itl From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 7144 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2016 times:
BMA (as it was) stopped the LPL-LHR in the early 1990s partly due to alleged "poor loads" but also because they wanted to expand their LHR-Europe operations and the quickest way to do that was to drop some of their domestic services to provide them with slots. Their MAN-LHR service started around 4 years ago.
If LHR gets a 3rd runway, BA suggested that some slots should be reserved to preserve/allow services to the rest of Britain which may mean that LPL-LHR could happen. However, the current best bet for a London service for LPL will be easyJet to LGW.
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