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Virgin Atlantic To Serve Nairobi From Jun07

Sevenheavy From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 1126 posts, RR: 10
Posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 4102 times:

Virgin Atlantic have announced they will operate daily LHR-NBO services from 1 June 2007.

They will be operated by an A343 in a J34W35Y171 configuration.

Flights leave LHR at 19:15, arriving in NBO at 06:05 the next morning. The return flight leaves NBO at 08:20 and arrives at LHR at 14:55.

Regards

So long 701, it was nice knowing you.

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1stfl94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 1454 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 4075 times:

Good news for Virgin, though has there been any official confirmation from Beardy??

TinkerBelle From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 4005 times:

Good news for sure. This rumor has been running for a while now.

Alibo5NGN From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 772 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3925 times:

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Quoting Sevenheavy (Thread starter):
Virgin Atlantic have announced they will operate daily LHR-NBO services from 1 June 2

Good!!! Hopefully the increase in competition between Virgin, BA and Kenya Airways will lead to stable or lower prices just like at LOS where the competition between BA, Virgin, Virgin Nigeria, Afriquiyah and Bellview ensure reasonable prices to London. BA has a slight edge in terms of quality of service and the four class configuration..

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Flybhx764 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 247 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3847 times:

with chicago and Nairobi starting, where are these spare A343's coming from?

8herveg From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 1106 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3830 times:

Quoting Flybhx764 (Reply 4):
with chicago and Nairobi starting, where are these spare A343's coming from?

Well VS are receiving a brand new Airbus 346 every month, so I reckon they just swop the aircraft round on the routes where either the A343 or A346 is most needed.

Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4089 posts, RR: 13
Reply 6, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3802 times:

Good news indeed. Washington is also going double daily next summer, with an extra evening flight, using A340-300's.

Dkny From Ethiopia, joined Mar 2004, 692 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 3565 times:

What is the frequency of the flights daily?

Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4089 posts, RR: 13
Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 3546 times:

Quoting 8herveg (Reply 5):
Well VS are receiving a brand new Airbus 346 every month

Nope, they're receiving one this month, and one in February, but then none until July.

HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4414 posts, RR: 76
Reply 9, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 3514 times:

Where do the extra Heathrow slots used to operate these new services to ORD and NBO from? Is VS still leasing slots from other airlines or have they actually acquired new slots?

FCAFLYBOY From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 472 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 3478 times:

Quoting Sevenheavy (Thread starter):
Virgin Atlantic have announced they will operate daily LHR-NBO services from 1 June 2007

Excellent, I think VS will really give BA/KQ a run for their money, particularly on the IFE front, something not yet seen in Kenya (AVOD)

Richard28 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2003, 1570 posts, RR: 6
Reply 11, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 3447 times:

Quoting FCAFLYBOY (Reply 10):

Excellent, I think VS will really give BA/KQ a run for their money, particularly on the IFE front, something not yet seen in Kenya (AVOD)

Except that currently the A343 scheduled for this route does not have AVOD.

It's only the A346's and the LHR based 744's that currently have AVOD.

AwysBSB From Brazil, joined Sep 2005, 513 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3269 times:

Could VS launch services to ADD too?
I think ET would be the region's best air partner for VS.

Kq787 From Canada, joined Sep 2005, 59 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3164 times:

I am thrilled that VS is coming to NBO, although I am surpised that it is an evening flight.
Would it be much more convenient to offer a morning flight to enable early morning connections and then fly out of NBO in the evening to enable morning connections at LHR?

CXA330300 From South Africa, joined May 2004, 1500 posts, RR: 1
Reply 14, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3161 times:

Just as a note for comparison, how many flights a day does KQ have on the route?

The sky is the limit as long as you can stay there

B742 From UK - England, joined Mar 2005, 3760 posts, RR: 21
Reply 15, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3148 times:

Quoting CXA330300 (Reply 14):
Just as a note for comparison, how many flights a day does KQ have on the route?

These are the LHR-NBO flights in April 07:

British Airways - Daily B744, 3x Weekly B763
Kenya Airways - 9x Weekly B772*

*1x weekly flight is operated via MBA on the return (Sa)

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HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4414 posts, RR: 76
Reply 16, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 3040 times:

Quoting Kq787 (Reply 13):
I am thrilled that VS is coming to NBO, although I am surpised that it is an evening flight.
Would it be much more convenient to offer a morning flight to enable early morning connections and then fly out of NBO in the evening to enable morning connections at LHR?

Slot availability at LHR as well as scheduling issues might very well preclude VS from setting up such a schedule. While scheduling new flights at Heathrow, one can by no means be picky...

1stfl94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 1454 posts, RR: 0
Reply 17, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2926 times:

Quoting FCAFLYBOY (Reply 10):
Excellent, I think VS will really give BA/KQ a run for their money, particularly on the IFE front, something not yet seen in Kenya (AVOD)

I thought KQ's 777s had AVOD???

ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5540 posts, RR: 40
Reply 18, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2914 times:

An NBO question: which other European airlines fly to NBO besides LX and VS?

BCA2005 From India, joined Sep 2005, 246 posts, RR: 0
Reply 19, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 2889 times:

Quoting ZRH (Reply 18):
An NBO question: which other European airlines fly to NBO besides LX and VS?

KL, BA and SN

TinkerBelle From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 20, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 2755 times:

Quoting AwysBSB (Reply 12):
I think ET would be the region's best air partner for VS

I disagree with you on that one. KQ has come a long way and their service (not to mention the 772's) is awesome.

AF022 From France, joined Dec 2003, 2081 posts, RR: 1
Reply 21, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 2680 times:

Agree. ET has a way to go in service levels. Their 757s from LHR are pretty bad.

AwysBSB From Brazil, joined Sep 2005, 513 posts, RR: 0
Reply 22, posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2520 times:

Quoting TinkerBelle (Reply 20):
KQ has come a long way and their service (not to mention the 772's) is awesome.

However, KQ has a strong partnership with KL... VS would have no chance with them.

Quoting AF022 (Reply 21):
Their 757s from LHR are pretty bad.

Their operations to/from Europe might be focused on O/D services, so they do not have to operate bigger and better aircrafts as yet.
An interesting point is that VS is also focused on O/D services.

BHXDTW From Eritrea, joined Feb 2005, 1086 posts, RR: 6
Reply 23, posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 2469 times:

Quoting BCA2005 (Reply 19):
Quoting ZRH (Reply 18):
An NBO question: which other European airlines fly to NBO besides LX and VS?

KL, BA and SN

....
Your right !!!!

I just did a quick check on the Gal system and LH nor AF dont run the route !!!
I can see that AF may not as KL already do it.. but I would have thought LH would have instead of LX ...

ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5540 posts, RR: 40
Reply 24, posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2437 times:

Quoting BHXDTW (Reply 23):
but I would have thought LH would have instead of LX

LX (and former SR) have a long tradition to serve NBO (since many decades). Why should LH then?

BHXDTW: to be truthfully honest there was no basis for my comment... I just figured that LH being the daddy of them both, they would have NBO in their portfo

26 ZRH: Why? LX is also running the flight to SCL istead of LH.

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