bennett123 wrote:Surely some of those areas are in the BOH catchment area.
So does that mean BoB on flights to CAI and DME? Buy On Board Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thank you all. Quite a surprising move for a route like Cairo - I’d understand if this happened on a hypothetical route to SSH or HRG but not CAI. I’m however interested to know whether they secured app...
Jump to postKeesje is right - it needs to be able to take containers - they won't reuse the 737 Fuselage. What are the ten largest operators of the A320 family and which of them use containers exclusively? Only airline that comes into mind is British Airways, not sure if their newer NEOs have them though Yes, ...
Jump to postALPA continues to be concerned at the ongoing contract violations at Delta after having won multiple arbitrations against the company. Latest communication of subject dated today. https://i.ibb.co/KDT3bK8/2020-08-19-160527.png https://i.ibb.co/KDT3bK8/2020-08-19-160527.png Can't disagree with them ...
Jump to postIf a child cannot keep a mask on they cannot be on an airplane. It is not a safe time for you to feel you are exempt from rules that try and prevent the spread of a virus on a path to kill 200,000 Americans only from the beginning of the YEAR all by the end of this month If a child cannot keep a ma...
Jump to postI suppose you could add that in order for routes to be commercially successful, BA would also require the UK government to lift their requirement that all passengers arriving from the US isolate themselves for 14 days. This rule isn't applied to people connecting at LHR, but for them the final desti...
Jump to postPlease Help someone! I have tried to clarify a couple of things but am not sure I have done so. There's a lot of talk on this thread about cities being on the DHS "List" of 13 approved U.S airports. But that doesn't apply to Great Britain, right? It's been mentioned that SAN can't or won'...
Jump to postIs there any chance we might see the A220 become the main aircraft for the city flyer operation in general? Not unless the BA operation at LCY is substantially reduced. At the moment there are only 4 parking positions at LCY that can hold something as big as an A220. Even after current airport expa...
Jump to postSince the US government does not currently permit transatlantic passenger arrivals at these airports, with no end date for the policy, what does anyone expect BA to do? Advertise flights anyway, allow the poorly informed to book and then tell them the flights are cancelled? I admit some other airlin...
Jump to postSo sad it ended this way, a distinguished fleet with a great airline. This fleet deserved better, too bad BA didn't reconfigure some by ripping out Club World seats and adding Y seats. IF BA had the will they would have found a way. I think the problem was they’d just nearly finished refitting the ...
Jump to postIt will be interesting to see if BA actually scrap them all. If they keep a number of high-J 747’s in store they might be hedging their bets. If there’s a quicker than expected recovery in the market, and fuel prices remain relatively low, what’s the minimum number of 747’s that make a sub-fleet wo...
Jump to postAnd a more recent and larger scale precedent. During strikes by British Airways cabin crew belonging to branches of the Unite union, staff from other parts of the business acted as cabin crew, that included pilots, ground staff, and office staff.. All were volunteers. They were all trained to curren...
Jump to postAny chance of saving these B747-400s? Most if not all? I mean if demand picks up maybe they will fly for BA again? Well, BA had already intended, and told its investors, that several would be withdrawn every year, and the very last one would be withdrawn in Feb 2024 which isn't all that far away no...
Jump to postUse both front and rear doors, pax past halfway go through the back, pax prior to halfway go through the front. Even better is door L2 and rear. Fred I wondered when this was going to be suggested. It does work of course, Ryanair (preCovid) would turn a 189 seat 738 in 25 minutes, that's disembarki...
Jump to postMost of the routes Ryanair will open to/from Vienna aren't entirely new by the way, they were previously operated by Lauda. Now that Lauda has pulled out of Vienna, Ryanair is taking over with their own brand. That's true, although agreement was reached between Ryanair and the Lauda pilots and cabi...
Jump to postWhat’s causing these repeated delays? No official answer. This is however the first Charleston-built 787 that has been produced for BA. Although they have plenty of 788s and 789s, and seem happy with them apart from the usual RR engine issues, all of them were made in Renton. EDITED to say I should...
Jump to postSo, I am confused, is this the entire LEVEL brand? The long haul and short haul or just the short haul segment? Wikipedia says the whole brand is gone, but I am not sure. All articles only mention LEVEL Europe. The company Level Europe/Anisec is exclusively a short haul operation with bases at Amst...
Jump to postDarkSnowyNight wrote:Andy33 wrote:, and seem happy with them apart from the usual RR engine issues, all of them were made in Renton.
Not be 'that guy', but it is Everett. The Renton lines produce only narrow bodies.
What’s causing these repeated delays? No official answer. This is however the first Charleston-built 787 that has been produced for BA. Although they have plenty of 788s and 789s, and seem happy with them apart from the usual RR engine issues, all of them were made in Renton. EDITED to say I should...
Jump to postAny word on if/when they might resume to Denver? I assume we likely see it downsized with the 787 or will they keep the 777/747 on that route? At the moment Denver is not on the list of airports open to international travel as decided by the US government. Unless and until the US government changes...
Jump to posthttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/02/eerily-quiet-just-21-passengers-at-gatwick-in-one-day-as-air-traffic-plummets-coronavirus I'm not too sure what the short term future will be for gatwick, with virgin and delta pulling out and news that wizz want to gain more slots ...
Jump to postBring meals and drinks back. The current onboard offering is abysmal while many other airlines still offer proper food and drinks. Fair, though the followup would be: what evidence do you have that that's high priority among their clientele at this particular point in time, other than your own (hig...
Jump to postThere's a huge amount of information available on The BA Source as already mentioned. To summarise, only two BA 744s have flown in the past month. BA has been using 744s for some repatriation flights intermittently since March. No 744s are used on regular scheduled flights at the moment, and only G-...
Jump to postAnd a lot, though not all, of the flights to US coastal cities require cruise passengers to make them viable. By no means all cruises will be operating, and a proportion of the passengers on those that are operating will/have already cancelled as they see cruise ships as mobile virus incubators righ...
Jump to postAs much as many including the UK regulatory authorities may not like it, If VS does fail, then BA & IAG would make the mot sense to swoop in and take over it's assets, routes and slots. There are no assets, routes or slots for BA and IAG to swoop in on. That's the whole problem. All VS's planes...
Jump to postLuxuryTravelled wrote:So what happens between July and October?
As mentioned in another thread, OS is not a German airline. It's an airline registered and headquartered in Austria which is owned by LHG. Also Wizz and Level are not bases in Austria. They are only operating from/to Austria. Both Wizz Air and Level have bases in Austria, more specifically at Vienn...
Jump to postIt's hard to assess what the VS LHR slots are actually worth these days. Certainly far less than they used to be. I suspect that DL feels it's existing LHR slots will be more than sufficient for some time to come. As they stand the VS slots are worthless in this context because they were used some ...
Jump to postb) why would that matter to Delta buying Virgin's assets out of administration? If DL has money to buy VS assets then they shouldn't be asking for or receiving taxpayer money. What assets are these? Planes that aren't leased have been used as collateral for eartlier commercial loans, LHR, LGW and M...
Jump to postI doubt that the BA B747 that have gone to St Athan, Tereul and Kemble will fly again. First, many thanks to Virginflyer for your excellent posts. Regarding BA’s 747s, elsewhere is another thread (Updated: BA fleet parking, at 40+ including 747s, A380s) detailing the BA aircraft (all types) that ha...
Jump to postI think VS should be able to survive by accessing the Government loan scheme. Sounds to me like the current process is about how much they need to borrow and what the risk is that they won’t repay. If their owners , their bankers and the UK Government’s advisers conclude that they would not be able...
Jump to postWhat do they mean with this? I thought Germanwings operations had already been 100% taken on by Eurowings. Germanwings GmbH still exists (existed) as a separate legal entitity. Their only purpose is to wetlease aircraft to Eurowings. Germanwings gave up their callsign (4U) and marketing a while ago...
Jump to postWhat about virgin sells slots relocates all LHR. Op to Gatwick then teams up with easy to do a big hub and spoke operation there Gatwick is slot controlled too. Where are the slots to come from? Then, Easyjet does not have the infrastructure for true connecting flights, particularly between differe...
Jump to postG-CIVD - May 2020 G-CIVH - Jun 2020 G-CIVJ - Jun 2020 G-CIVI - Oct 2020 G-CIVL - Nov 2020 G-CIVK - Jan 2021 G-CIVN - Feb 2021 My guess is that if the 747 fleet is to be reduced, it will be some or all of those will be retired earlier than planned. Have those on the list been ferried to jumbo gravey...
Jump to postThey have no immediate obligations to buy fleet as the Max isn't back in service and the Max200 is further back in the queue of deliveries with Boeing need to bet their backlog of built planes delivered first. Except that Boeing have indeed built some of Ryanair's Max200s, and photos of them are on...
Jump to postBA ferried G-BNLY and G-CIVC to BOH today. As these 2 belong to the oldest 744 in BA's fleet, does anyone know if they are entering temporary storage there or if they are retired? I guess normally BOH means the end of the line for WB aircraft? No, St Athan (DGX) is where BA planes go to die. But no...
Jump to postTurning the 744 into a combi is not a bad idea. I agree this summer will be horrible for passengers but cargo is there. It’s not a bad idea, it’s a terrible idea. I'd go further, it is an absolutely pointless idea! When was the last time a 744 was converted from all-pax to combi configuration? Inde...
Jump to postCould BA start a LHR - LPL service ? Not one current LPL flight from down south. Could they? Yes. Will they? Well, they have flown to MAN for very many years and the two airports are just 30 miles apart by road. Manchester has a much larger catchment area, of course, and BA would risk cannibalising...
Jump to postCould BA start a LHR - LPL service ? Not one current LPL flight from down south. Could they? Yes. Will they? Well, they have flown to MAN for very many years and the two airports are just 30 miles apart by road. Manchester has a much larger catchment area, of course, and BA would risk cannibalising...
Jump to postThey were in trouble as soon as they started calling themselves "Stobart AIr". And why would that be??? It is a dumb, clumsy sounding name that says absolutely nothing. But so far at least they do not sell tickets to the general public, they only operate services on behalf of other airlin...
Jump to postThey would operate under the Stobart Air license, plus, I this this is a bit of a red herring, that would mean Ryanair UK flights and the existing EI flights would be canned eg, BHD - LHR. Ryanair has a UK registered airline subsidiary specifically for this purpose to ensure it can continue to oper...
Jump to postI would imagine the slack can come from reduction of other routes which will easily produce enough capacity to fill these slots. BA mainline (as opposed to BA Cityflyer) only operate to and from either LHR or LGW. If they cancel other services in order to free up planes to operate the 12 returned s...
Jump to postThe Flybe slots have been returned to BA: https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/1236979466599096321?s=20 So much for the legend that those slots were the jewels in Flybe's crown and the bearded one was only interested in Flybe/Connect in order to get them into his greedy hands. I believe if Flybe ha...
Jump to postAh, those will go to BA? Can those slots be used for intercontinental flights or those are restricted to props? It would be a gold mine for BA if they can be used for intercontinental routes. As far as I know those slots are reserved for certain routes. The type of aircraft is irrelevant, but it's ...
Jump to post136 British Airways 14.2 4 Airbus A350-1000 0.3 12 Airbus A380-800 5.8 32 Boeing 747-400 22.7 46 Boeing 777-200 20.2 12 Boeing 777-300 7.3 12 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner 4.6 18 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 3.6 Wikipedia speaks of 43 B777-200ER, 2 B777-200 and 12 B777-300ER. Even though it's interesting that...
Jump to postand the competition is easyJet, Ryanair and Norwegian, all LCCs who not only do buy-on-board but charge for boarding passes and hand luggage. . Now who is mis-characterising? On these airlines you're supposed to check-in before you get to the airport, and the process generates a boarding pass which...
Jump to postI do not know where you get your facts about AMS being a failure due to high crew costs. Level currently pays the lowest wages in The Netherlands for crew that are based in The Netherlands. They can't find enough staff to operate the flights, due to the turnover of the staff. Is Level a failure in ...
Jump to postLEVEL is a low-risk strategy for IAG. Remember, it isn't a real airline - it is a virtual airline operated by other carriers within the IAG fold - Iberia (BCN base), Open Skies (ORL base) and Veuling (VIE and AMS). It is low-risk because if the venture fails, or, serves its purpose and is no longer...
Jump to postI thought that action by HMG was about connectivity. Exactly…..and major population centres like Liverpool and Teeside need a London connection to spare people from old, expensive and overcrowded trains. And Flybe will have no direct competition, unlike a DUS flight. What old trains are these offer...
Jump to postJet2 an airline that keeps growing do you think we see them at LGW in the near future give Easyjet a run for the money No, because LGW is slot controlled. Unless another airline goes under or voluntarily gives up slots, finding enough slots at the right times to make viable days of flying for sever...
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