SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18 Reply 1, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 2059 times:
Ryder-Why SHOULD UA fly to Gatwick? They have all of their flights into Heathrow, which is obviously London's primary airport...Gatwick is considered to be a secondary airport for London (which is why BD, CO, DL, NW, and US would love for Bermuda II to go the way of the dodo bird, so they could start flying transcons into LHR)
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Ezra From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 457 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 2043 times:
All of UA's hubs and gateways are Bermuda II LHR cities, except for DEN. It hardly justifies opening a base at LGW, the less desirable of the major London airports, for a DEN flight only.
SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18 Reply 5, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 2029 times:
Again, American is forced to fly to Gatwick on some of their routes (RDU, DFW, others I can't think of)...if they could fly those routes into Heathrow, Gatwick would be dumped as an AA outstation in about the time it takes to fire the Gatwick-specific employees...
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Ezra From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 457 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 2027 times:
AA operate LGW to RDU and DFW (I believe the STL flight has gone away). RDU is something of a rare bird, but DFW is AA's major hub and they couldn't get away with not serving London from it.
SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18 Reply 7, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 2000 times:
Ezra-RDU-LGW is HEAVILY subsidized by GlaxoSmithKline...among the biggest moneymakers in the AA network...
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BHMNONREV From Australia, joined Aug 2003, 1286 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 1997 times:
AA flies their DFW and RDU routes into LGW because they have to, per the terms of Bermuda II, not because they want to. All US carriers want access to LHR, but the current agreement looks like it will be around for a while....
Iflyatldl From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1936 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1833 times:
I once flew Laker many years ago to LGW from the NYC area, But I'll be darned if I can remember which airport I flew from: EWR or JFK
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SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18 Reply 17, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1826 times:
People forget, if LHR was opened up to US/UK transatlantics, Gatwick would be turned into Queen Elizabeth II's replacement for Buckingham Palace in about as long as it took for the renovations to be completed...no airline flies to Gatwick because they want to...airlines only fly to Gatwick because they are required to by the negotiated bilaterals...
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Bmi330 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 1449 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1803 times:
Why would ual fly to edi all they would have is tourests on day trips. Much better from GLA yeah i no they use to fly from hear. Gatwick and edi are the same no one reallyw anst to fly there exept the edinbrugh exective make airlines fly there jut like bermuda 2
Ifly2eat From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 8 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1800 times:
I don't think United would do well anywhere. They are in bankruptcy after all. Gatwick is also more a leisure and tourist airport than Heathrow. I would guess United thinks there is no business in the leisure market and they are going after the higher yield business traveler. Flawed thinking is rampant at United. Just look at "Ted" and you can see what the brain surgeons over there come up with.
ScottishLaddie From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 9 Reply 20, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1772 times:
Otherway round Bmi330. Why do you think GLA has more charters and EDI more scheduled. EDI has a large percentage of business travellers complementing the leisure market.
Ifly2eat From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 8 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1659 times:
Does anyone out there use the spell checker before they post? Just a thought
ScottishLaddie From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 2383 posts, RR: 9 Reply 23, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1638 times:
Iflyatldl From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1936 posts, RR: 4 Reply 24, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1582 times:
Ifly2eat:
I wonder WHO were the brain surgeons at UA who came up TED anyway? lol!
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