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Monarch A300 At Heathrow Departing 1045?

Speedmarque From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 678 posts, RR: 1
Posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3148 times:

Does anyone know why this was here? I saw it take off at 1045.

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Theginge From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2006, 1110 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3067 times:

There was a Monarch A330 at Terminal 3 a few weeks ago. Must have been doing a sub charter for someone I guess, as per the above.

Joelatbsl From Switzerland, joined Jan 2005, 157 posts, RR: 10
Reply 2, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3043 times:

Was operating BD8768 Jeddah-LHR and then back to Jeddah as BD9221. Maybe a hadj return flight?

The aircraft was G-MONS.

Cheers

JOEL

BmiBaby737 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 1636 posts, RR: 10
Reply 3, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3035 times:

G-MONR was also in, operating BD flights.

Orion737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2839 times:

Oh my GOD!!!!!!!!!!! BD using a 9 abreast A300 now as a substitute in one of the tightest configurations of any A300. Well done once again BD!

UK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2550 posts, RR: 33
Reply 5, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2740 times:

Quoting Orion737 (Reply 4):
Oh my GOD!!!!!!!!!!! BD using a 9 abreast A300 now as a substitute in one of the tightest configurations of any A300. Well done once again BD!

Not unlike many of the Hajj flights on other operators, don't forget. I'm sure this would have been a rather lucrative charter for BD - hence the decision to go with it without pulling aircraft from their existing schedule. Maybe they are a little more shrewd than most people give them credit for sometimes....

Orion737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2723 times:

Shrewd but I doubt their poor passengers wouldnt agree, subjected to cancellations at short notice, aircraft substiutes, route and frequency axings, service alterations etc.

UK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2550 posts, RR: 33
Reply 7, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2688 times:

Quoting Orion737 (Reply 6):
Shrewd but I doubt their poor passengers wouldnt agree, subjected to cancellations at short notice, aircraft substiutes, route and frequency axings, service alterations etc.

I thought we were talking about a Hajj flight. To be honest this was probably a Hajj charter flight arranged by a specialist Hajj agency and I doubt if many Hajjis chose it based on the carrier. I can't imagine it did bmi too much damage in all honesty.

David_itl From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 7144 posts, RR: 14
Reply 8, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2542 times:

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Going off the flight number quoted, it was a specific charter. BD will get a bit of money, ZB gets a bit of money, the passengers get where they are going and I doubt if BD canned any services schedule to operate today so that they cpuld slot it in as I imagine that LHR is not operating to capacity, so all their "ordinary" passengers get where they are going (but not too sure if those going to LBA will have done today, given the weather conditions there!)

Speedmarque From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 678 posts, RR: 1
Reply 9, posted (5 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2224 times:

Thanks all, great to get such a quick answer!

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