Thenoflyzone From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 1704 posts, RR: 11 Posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2524 times:
Dont know if this has already been discussed, but according to BAA website, British Airways will add a second flight out of Heathrow for Montreal starting June 1st, 2006.
BA45 will operate non-stop from LHR to YUL every mondays, thursdays and saturdays with a B763. The flight will depart LHR at 1600 and arrive in YUL at 1830. The return flight, BA44 departs at 2205 and arrives in LHR at 0950 the next day.
This is all in addition to the daily non-stop service with a B777.
The timetable seems to be set until 30th of September 2006.
Good news for YUL!
AK
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Aussiestu From Australia, joined Mar 2001, 778 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2327 times:
Do you know what aircraft type will operate this service??? Bet any money its a 3 class 767, no First cabin. Seems the YUL operation is gaining passenger numbers?
Feroze From India, joined Dec 2004, 794 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2322 times:
Quoting Aussiestu (Reply 1): Do you know what aircraft type will operate this service??? Bet any money its a 3 class 767, no First cabin. Seems the YUL operation is gaining passenger numbers?
Quoting Thenoflyzone (Thread starter): BA45 will operate non-stop from LHR to YUL every mondays, thursdays and saturdays with a B763.
Aussiestu From Australia, joined Mar 2001, 778 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2282 times:
AAAAHHHH thanks mate, pays to read the whole script rather than the bits you want!!! Well best i stay away from that next drink and read everything twice
Marco From United Arab Emirates, joined Jul 2000, 4158 posts, RR: 20 Reply 10, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1618 times:
But the schedule of the second flight is so similar to regular daily flight. Could they not have changed the schedule?
Thenoflyzone From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 1704 posts, RR: 11 Reply 11, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1551 times:
Quoting Marco (Reply 10): But the schedule of the second flight is so similar to regular daily flight. Could they not have changed the schedule?
I'm pretty sure BA relies heavily on connections for its LHR-YUL runs, therefore it would not be yielding for them if they departed LHR anytime sooner than 16h00, 17h00 hours!
I know AF has a 3 hour gap between it's 2 arrivals into Montreal, but let's not forget CDG-YUL is also an origin-destination market, and is not as heavily dependant on connections as LHR-YUL, methinks!
Maybe FLYYUL can shed some light on this matter!
AK
[Edited 2005-12-13 20:02:14]
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FLYYUL From Italy, joined Jun 2000, 4817 posts, RR: 55 Reply 12, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1526 times:
I have nothing shocking to add .
Perhaps BA is constrained due to equipment availability, and slot availability.
BA is essentially using one 767-300, to furnish 3 additional weekly flights to YUL and 4 additional weekly flights to YYZ. I assume it's the same plane so the schedule remains far from ideal (especially for YUL given the current BA 94 at 21:35)
BA may not have the flexibility to provide a "better" schedule if you will, due to these items.
Marco From United Arab Emirates, joined Jul 2000, 4158 posts, RR: 20 Reply 16, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1432 times:
Just out of curiousity how does BA do on their premium cabins to YUL (throughout the year)? I know that they have removed their F class, as have most airlines serving YUL except for AF.
LH423 From Canada, joined Jul 1999, 6501 posts, RR: 58 Reply 17, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1325 times:
BA has healthy loads on their daily flight. Not bursting at the seems full, but enough that they don't need to overbook the WT cabin to make up for the lack of WTP and Club bookings. It's a decent route.
As of yet, these flights have not been loaded into the system yet, and nothing's been released by BA so this isn't set in stone yet. As of right this second it's still just the daily flight to YUL, 17 weekly flights to YYZ (same as last year), and 13 weekly flights to YVR (up from 10 last year). So we'll see if this is a late entry.
I won't be surprised if this comes to fruition but I'll remain reserved until I get an internal bulletin.
LH423
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