The 777-200ER could make this journey without issue…Would BA start this route? I think that’s less likely but never say never! BA will be able to see how many people travel with them from the UK to HNL via the various US OW hubs so perhaps they see something there. As someone who works for BA I can...
Jump to postIt's shocking how many people never took it seriously. If you read the article you would see it's not just COVID that poses a threat to humans. Those threats are just hours away by an airline flight. Statistically speaking, covid doesn't actually pose a serious threat to the vast majority of humans...
Jump to postThe UK Government states on its website that 'British nationals cannot enter the USA if they have been in the UK, Ireland, Schengen zone, Iran, Brazil or China within the previous 14 days'. So if this is the case, why are airlines (BA, VS etc.) flying from LHR to the USA? Are they simply filling th...
Jump to postNot a good sign for their still unconfirmed MAX orders which were supposed to be based from LGW. They can’t go to LHR because MAX don’t do containerised freight. We’re the MAX ever meant to be allocated to BA? The letter of intent was for IAG, not BA. The MAX also doesn’t make sense for BA at the m...
Jump to postGiven that there would be no payment until check in, presumably the price would be set at that point. More importantly, you could get to check in, and be told there are no tickets available. Not a terribly good outcome for the corporates. That’s not what that means at all. It would be just like a h...
Jump to postEvacuation is one of the most dangerous things you can do with an aircraft and passengers. You are going to cause mass panic, injury (both guaranteed), and likely death. Likely death from people sliding into some grass and maybe getting their shoes muddy? From the panic and people trampling each ot...
Jump to postLots of (deliberate) mischaracterising of BA short haul on here. No mischaracterization - deliberate or otherwise - when even you admit BA is scraping the bottom-of-the-barrell in its intra-Europe flights: They do buy-on-board in economy, and have (like all European carriers) economy style seating ...
Jump to postNot bad for the passengers though - best to be cancelled out of the UK than in since you get €600 for your troubles (assuming a 4hr+ delay getting to destination)
Jump to postBritish Airways has loaded back it’s third daily Miami-Heathrow flight, recently suspended due to fleet engine issues with the Trent 1000 that caused decreased long haul capacity. Interestingly, it’s a post midnight departure from Miami. I’ve never seen that. Service resumes October 25th 2020. BA 2...
Jump to postLike others have said, it doesn't really make sense from a slot use or traveler use of time point of view. That said, there is at least one exception: in the summer, United 901 has a 12:15pm departure from SFO, arriving at LHR at 6:55am. It's a good arrival time into London, but since one can't real...
Jump to postHasn't Lufthansa been operating to PHL and SAN longer than the alleged issue? If so, why has it suddenly come up?
Jump to postSo shutting down one of the world's major airports because someone fat-fingers 7500 is appropriate? Why not, say, walk to the plane and see what's up before alerting the whole country?
Jump to postHow could the plane possibly be hijacked on the ground? It's not like the plane can move or go anywhere without assistance from ground staff. Ridiculous response when this could have been verified by anyone quickly without any faff.
Jump to postMy impression of connecting at the big European airports, LHR, CDG, AMS and FRA is that I avoid all of them. I find LHR the worst, than FRA, than CDG and AMS the best of the four. Connecting between terminals in LHR is nearly undoable, it taking hours for the transport between them. Moving from T2 ...
Jump to postI'd say FRA (T2D at least) is much worse than CDG. Security at FRA is always slow and they don't seem to want to work (one employee one time threw a fit and the other employees started arguing with her instead of doing their job). I've been going through FRA T2D every week for the past 3 months and ...
Jump to posthttps://portal.iata.org/faq/articles/en_US/FAQ/How-do-I-obtain-a-new-airport-code/ Are you serious? :scratchchin: It does not work :banghead: no recognize at all KJFK, KORD, EGGL etc NOTHING!! Dumb programmers! Use this: https://www.flightmanager.com/content/AirportLocatorForm.aspx Q Not only does ...
Jump to postThe title of this thread is misleading. The cancellation was not weather related, but operational - easyJet did not have a plane to operate the flight due to it being stuck somewhere for weather reasons. The flight itself wasn't cancelled for weather. So yes, easyJet should pay.
Jump to postI wonder something: if such a ruling became the norm, would it allow a traveller to board at the connecting point? An example: I am in Frankfurt and want to go to Oslo but find the ticket for TXL-FRA-OSL to be cheaper. Could I buy this but chose to start at FRA? I know this was not the ruled case a...
Jump to postLuton is a ludicrous idea. It's far from Central London and nowhere near the City or Canary Wharf in particular. I agree that they should land on LGW or LHR, but I'm not sure why you think LTN is ludicrous - it's a 20 minute train ride to Kings Cross, and then another 15 mins into the City. I'd say...
Jump to postI'm sorry, £167k is not much living in the London area? Do you think everyone living in London makes more than that? I'm sorry, do you think every BA pilot makes £167k? A cadet pilot starts on £26,300. Remember they have training debt of ~£120,000. A short haul captain starts on £78,000. At Gatwick...
Jump to postAlthough I agree that employees should be gratified when a Company is doing well if they made sacrifices during hard times, the quote from CNN/BA made me think otherwise: "The average salary for a BA Captain is £167,000 [$206,000] plus flying allowances. The offer of 11.5% would take the avera...
Jump to postSorry if I'm being insensitive, but why do people keep looking for where she ditched? It doesn't provide us with anything other than satisfying some people's curiosity.
Jump to postRVSM levels in China, while remaining metric, have already been modified a few years back to closely match standard RVSM levels (FL 291, 301, 311,...411). It wouldn't be a massive change to go from there to full imperial. Russia went cold turkey in 2011 from the old metric system to standard imperi...
Jump to postAny route with a high demand for business seats - LAX, SFO, LAS, MIA, DFW, ORD. Replacing the 747 with anything else would result in a loss of available business seats to sell.
Jump to postNot this again. I hardly think two pilots (male and female) or two flight attendants in the same role, with the same seniority, and same hours worked, get paid differently. Comparing pilots and flight attendants is like saying "women (executives) get paid more than men (pilots)", it's an a...
Jump to postDocLightning wrote:One big problem: maintaining the engines up there is going to be a real pain. Especially when it's time to swap them.
chonetsao wrote:A programme based on money will ultimately be looked by tax authorities in near future. As it will be a cash back scheme.
Planes4you wrote:Also what routing would you suggest?
I recently flew PHL-JFK, a short 94 mile hop. Took off the 22s, made a left downwind and the NY skyline was visible in the distance.
The plane itself had come in from ABE (Allentown), which is only 55 miles from PHL.
The 777s at Gatwick in both tourist (3-4-3) and premium configurations (4 cabin) are sufficient. Plus, since a lot of the Gatwick routes are less business oriented to begin with, there's no reason to provide the newest and shiniest aircraft. Possibly the main reason, however, is that there are no 78...
Jump to postWhen the plane crashes, I expect crew to be able to move fast and save people. They don't need to be bikini models, but they should be fit. Someone who can't stop eating should not be a flight attendant.
Jump to postWhile I'm not a VS fan, I do hope this is true. BA prices from London are far too high, which makes TLV almost unaffordable, as for literally only a few more pounds I can go elsewhere. There's an orange airline that flies the route from LTN & LGW for half the price. They also offer an arguably ...
Jump to posteastafspot wrote:SeanM1997 wrote:11th July - British Airways - Montpellier - 4x weekly (Seasonal)
So they will switch from LGW to LHR?
If true, it's going to be a great news
I'm not sure where the 70% reported load is coming from. I fly this route once every few weeks and it's always been full. SJC is quicker and easier to get out of than SFO and right down where most tech companies are, so avoids a 30-40 mile drive down. Sure, there might be days when loads are less th...
Jump to postNot quite distance related, but fun fact about latitudes:
SFO is 37ºN, AKL is 37ºS
LAX is 33ºN, SYD is 33ºS - not only that, but they are both 33º56'
It's been a while since I went to CDG, but I think you have to clear security and then walk back to your gate. Why not take the train or fly another carrier to a different London airport and then hop over to LHR? Sounds like a complicated travel day otherwise. 2h flight time to CDG, 2h connection, 9...
Jump to postI think BA needs senior management that truly believes that pleasing the customer is the key to loyal passengers and success. Currently they have inconsistent policies which flip flop between full service and LCC type policies. You can get great fares on BA with a decent service and connections tha...
Jump to postThe ability to use LAHSO is also airline-dependent. I know for sure British Airways procedure doesn't allow accepting LAHSO. At my flight school in the Bay Area, we were also advised not to accept a LAHSO clearance to avoid the risk of an incursion.
Jump to postWhy do you need to know your gate more than 60 minutes in advance? Gates are always subject to change, so being told far ahead your flight's at C-gates, only to then have it change to B-gates wouldn't be very convenient. Plus, it takes no more than 15 mins to get to C gates, so I don't see the issu...
Jump to postWhat do people have against LHR? If the arriving and departing flight is at the same terminal, it should be pretty smooth - you go through security and then you're back airside for your outbound connection. Terminal to terminal connections are a bit more complicated but it's still pretty easy consid...
Jump to postYou're right about them being in the same country. Most people won't care if it says NW or DL on the side of the plane. In Europe, however, what do you call a merged BA+EI+IB? British Airways doesn't go well in Spain, or Iberia in the UK. Aer Lingus is probably the most neutral, but then people in t...
Jump to postHad a flight on Futura many years ago between Lisbon and Gran Canaria. None of the flight attendants spoke English, no announcements were made in English. What was funny was that my parents and I were sat in different rows, so they had to order stuff for themselves in Spanish without my help.
Jump to postAccording to the FR24 flight path - which is most likely correct - he flew over 1R at 2100ft and then did a normal go around. No touch down. At 29:56 or so the ATC asks for the reason for the missed, but I can't understand the pilot's response. Sounds like a routine flight to me. OP, are you sure th...
Jump to postAgree with what others have said regarding both weather and safety. There's a further point, however: The Cessna 150, in my experience, is a very slow plane. You'll probably average 100kts, which doesn't bring your commute time down that much when factoring in pre-flight etc. From what I can tell, t...
Jump to postLack of coffee Monday morning, I meant for let's say ANA or JAL to participate in Trusted Traveler. As of right now, if I book a code shared flight for example a JAL/AA or an ANA/UA flight, my KTN can be entered if I booked through AA or UA, and hence my pre-check logo will appear on my boarding pa...
Jump to postBKK IST DOH ZRH VIE Guangzhou (forgot the code...) ATL, DFW, HAM, PHL, SVO Hmmm, I don't consider HAM as a hub. The interesting question though is what connection was routed via HAM? Since I have that rule for myself that I go to the city and whenever I fly to the airport for the first time and onl...
Jump to postAlex Cruz has said there would be no further expansion into the US this year. I don't see why people keep insisting and wanting Nashville to be a route, there can't be that many people wanting to go to Nashville on a regular basis - or from Nashville to London.
Jump to postYou might get a refurbished 744 with a better screen, ports, power, etc. I've flown the BA 744 many times in all cabins and it's overall a comfortable ride. Plus the flight to BOS is not that long so it shouldn't be too much of a pain. I had to fly the Virgin 789 to SFO earlier this year in Y and it...
Jump to postOn flights within Schengen space is becoming normal to get on board without any ID check. Security and gate agents only care about getting a green light on the boarding pass readers. I have boarded w/o ID check on UX, EW, LH, IB, VY, AF and in different airports such as VLC, DUS, FRA, BCN, CDG, MAD...
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