I thought the story was that their deliveries of 787s were much delayed and they received compensation from Boeing and with A330s being available faster they filled the gap with that order - commonality with existing fleet probably helped too. Hence no top up order of 787s as none needed
Jump to postHow do LHR fees compare to other European hubs? BA has a point, Heathrow has substantially increased fees and threatens to increase them more if runway 3 is ever built, plus the airport is now charging passengers for drop offs and no doubt looking to cream wherever it can because it can't manage it'...
Jump to postLHR is a busy outstation for EK. If the schedule dictates it, not all airline crew are going to be on minimum rest assignments so this can open up outstation crew availability. If EK had a crew on a longer layover that was legal to fly it, it is possible that they might swap the two crews at LHR. A...
Jump to postVery very few people in the UK would think of using DTW as a means of getting to central Canada. It would surely have to be a lot cheaper to justify the hassle of having to face CBP/TSA in both directions between MAN and Canada... (even with pre-clearance leaving Canada in the way back, you’d still...
Jump to postBA has what 6m+ passengers per annum from Gatwick, without knowing the split LH / SH that's a lot to give up ... however based on current forecasts the reality is the number for the foreseeable future is a lot less and can be easily absorbed by Heathrow? I actually wonder why BA is restarting some L...
Jump to postI have to wonder how many of those pax will just move to a private jet. Charter biz is up as are private jet flights. A number of models now can not only fly non-stop to NYC, they can fly to CHI, LAX non-stop. I should think that the logic is that BA or IAG does not forecast air travel to return to...
Jump to postWhen oil spikes, I believe it will spike over $100/bbl. This will hurt the less official question of when. My opinion on oil is based on the fracking companies being in bad financial shape and thus unable to ramp. So just as EK needs new equipment, they will have old equipment at old efficiency sta...
Jump to postThe 777-300ER became the new 744, some of my best flights have been on this airplane. JAL and Cathay Pacific have excellent First Class cabins on them. The herringbone Business Class cabins many airlines have on their 777 are luxurious. This airplane is the pinnacle of today's airplanes, the A380 i...
Jump to postskipness1E wrote:Forward bookings were poor before the virus hysteria, it’s already been pushed back!
Is Boeing in control of its plan for 2020 - that's what I would ask? Currently there's a lot stacked up against it, the FAA and recertifying the Max, suppliers and particularly engine makers for the 777X, customers who may or may not want a NMA ... it's own mismanagement, it's workforce ... etc. If ...
Jump to postconaly wrote:8herveg wrote:Thanks. Anyone know what the quickest time is for a commercial aircraft to fly from NYC to LON and/or MAN?
Remember the Concorde?
VSMUT wrote:Because it is a stupid gimmick that doesn't work as well as a traditional blind. Also, the push buttons disintegrate in less than a year and many passengers don't know how to use them.
It's not surprising after the disaster of a summer that BA has had, just Google the current state of misinformation and crap customer service around the planned pilots strike in September, and this on top of a record fine for their data breach, and more mismanagement throughout this year. If they ar...
Jump to postWeaker pound also means inbound tourism should be stronger mind, every cloud has a silver lining You assume people want to visit the UK? Was just there this weekend and now elsewhere, the topic game up today with the folks I had dinner with on visiting the UK and most felt it would be a "stay ...
Jump to postWhat about the roof that collapsed on the hanger in Washington from heavy snow - was it that?
Jump to postVS cut routes to focus on yield with DL, Tokyo was a popular and busy route, HKG could go twice daily again for example. BA will fight but why should BA get 60% of the additional capacity and all other airlines suffer?
Jump to postPerhaps what it shows is that Jet had a captive market and blew it!
Jump to postI think it can be summed up easily: fly to limited routes with large O&D and good yields, but only when the aircraft utilization fits the roster supporting transatlantic.
Jump to postI am interested in what people think, but one thought process is that airlines with smaller planes and predominantly short haul say ave 2 hr sectors or less may rank low because for every two hours they'll spend 30-60 mins on the ground. Whereas a predominantly long haul carrier may have their aircr...
Jump to postI tend to believe that BA and LH sell most of their seats to corporates who get good discounts for volume business - it's not necessarily the individual who chooses them but their corporate travel team who make the choice for them. I don't know anyone who would prefer to fly BA over competition from...
Jump to postWhen Crossrail opens will the flight be dropped though?
Jump to postCue the jokes ...wizzing for those not familiar is slang for peeing!
Jump to postThe 346 was the Airbus attempt to polish a turd (i.e. the 340 was not a good design...so you make a derivative that is even worse). For LH the decision makes perfect sense. Why fly a 346 when you can fly a 359 with 30% or more lower operating costs? For a passenger the A346 is beautiful and comfort...
Jump to postThat's not to say the 777-9 is far superior to A35K - as I said above it will not have overwhelming advantages against smaller competition and will not come close to the 77W by widebody market share. But given the smaller capacity/risk delta over A35K, cargo parity (at least), and better MCC, the 7...
Jump to postThere are many clouds on the horizon that could shatter Norwegian quickly, a debt / financial crisis could easily trigger a fallback in demand that would poleaxe their growth and lead to a cashflow crisis for example. On the other hand they may not. Norwegian is clearly taking risks in a business pl...
Jump to postFor EI, it will be interesting to see whether the A350 will reappear on the production list. I think it will be a very handsome aircraft in EI colors (but so will the 787 be :) ) EI doesn't have a route network that needs the A350, the 330 will do very nicely and then probably the 321LR for seconda...
Jump to postThe real journey time saving doesn't seem worth the extra inflight discomfort to me - particularly if you are a premium passenger and get access to lounges and showers on any stopover. The economics must be pushing the envelope too and any variation in demand could mean these routes becoming low to ...
Jump to postJetty wrote:slinky09 wrote:perhaps it's a way for DL to invest in VS and let it acquire some more Heathrow slots to grow?
This isn't an option as VS doesn't get any cash from the deal; DL's cash flows to AF/KL and Branson.
I am struggling to make sense of this strategically other than that having all four airlines in the JV means there's a way for DL to get a better return on revenues and its investments. It can't be about AF / KLM connectivity to VS at Heathrow given the terminal layout and really most of VS's custom...
Jump to postOh boy how miserable you all are ... has it's moments of humour and I'm certain the actual version on board will be snappier than this cut. As said, best to try to understand the context (Comic Relief, BA charity, some famous UK comedy faces) and if you don't culturally get it, stick to what you do!
Jump to postI've always believed that if you have to trash your opposition as a marketing ploy, you have no belief in the value of your own offering. On just how many routes do DL and the ME3 compete again?
Jump to postTrust me its over 1 miilion, even Mugabe does not want them to vote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabweans_in_the_United_Kingdom That's just silly and not even backed up by your link. As to Zimbabwe running a 777 anywhere profitably that's a joke, if it even exists it'll just be a toy for the co...
Jump to postYes, having worked in India I can affirm that people travelling to the US choose between LH, BA and EK with connections, and lastly AI direct - no one I ever met (Indian or other) preferred Air India over the other options due to its dire service onboard and on the ground. How LH, BA and EK rank is ...
Jump to postI too loved them, I thought it demonstrated an outward looking, global, design conscious airline - I doubt that would ever happen with today's regime though.
Jump to postThis reports the root cause as a (British) contractor accidentally switching off the power, and the problem being a human fault. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/british-airways-it-outage-caused-by-contractor-who-switched-off-8906438 In which case I still call baloney, the whole story is n...
Jump to postIf you fly VS into ATL and connect on DL to EYW you are restricted to one hold bag as part of the ticket t&cs, even if you're eligible on the VS segment to two or more ...
Jump to postHe kinda took the one remaining high-fare O/D (almost)-monopoly and made it an AS hub. Where else could he start an airline of any decent size in the US? He won't start anything, he'll hope somebody else does and pays him for using the Virgin brand. He doesn't run anything, his main role is self pr...
Jump to postA friend who works at LHR used to tell me how much fun it was observing the check in for flights to Lagos or Port Harcourt, an amazing set of items including furniture and kitchen goods with wads of cash handed over as 'excess baggage'. The C word is rampant with anything to do with Nigeria and trav...
Jump to postDefine first class? For me one definition of FC is speed and service, Concorde had that in spades so who needs a suite and a bar when you can travel 3x faster than anyone else!
Jump to postReally? The analysis presented shows that EK are using their A380 frames for more time each day than the industry average for international operations. If anything, it proves that EK have slightly less capacity than the majority of other airlines require for similar operations. And, lets not forget...
Jump to postThe article claims air travel will become more like Uber and AirBnB because neither of those entities actually own cars or apartments, they just analyze data and let others shoulder the cost of owning the asset. Airlines in the future will be those who shoulder the cost of assets, and Facebook, App...
Jump to postAll restrictions for ownership is just protectionism for the companies instead of citizens. There is no justified reason for artificial restrictions of ownership or cabotage, neither related to safety, security, military, environment, health or economy. It is enough to require that foreign companie...
Jump to postLooking at Unuted ceo's ambiguous non-apologetic response, it is clear as day that a man of his calibre should not be managing one of the world's largest airlines. He is out of touch and out of depth. Agreed, an utter failure to a) recognize the gravity of the situation and the reputational damage ...
Jump to postStarting these routes as the winter season kicks in sounds risky to me, either that or Norwegian has a cash pile to burn through (but with another 20 787s coming I just wonder where it all comes from!).
Jump to postI know slots at LHR are expensive and hard to come by and I wonder why British Airways has added so many holiday destinations to their LHR plan rather than those destinations being served by LGW and use the LHR ones for things that will generate more money than Kalamta and places like that? (Info I...
Jump to postThat's an incredible amount to pay for just 2 slots, but I guess its the price to play. On a different note, doesn't United have slots that AC and Virgin are using to LHR? Not VS any longer - I think they went back to UA when the second HKG flight was dropped. VS does have one or more slot pairs fr...
Jump to postI'm really amused by "sorry you were only offered a candy bar as snack option". It's not that the crew failed - that's all BA now provides! I personally find the "majority of snack boxes were being wasted" a tough line to swallow. I have never witnessed people turning them down ...
Jump to postArticle seems somewhat researched. Except they categorize Ryanair as a UK airline. Ireland, where they based, is not planning to exit the EU. So it would mainly effect UK domestic routes. However, in the end we might end up with a open skies solution anyway, or some other agreement. For instance No...
Jump to postJust a couple of points: this relates to an agreement in place between the US and Europe that the US has failed to enact in full, hence the requirement for the EU to consider lifting visa free travel for US citizens was built into the legislation for this when it was agreed - i.e. the US has not del...
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