BTW before FR and GOE grew at STN, there were many European flights operated by KL, LH, SAS none of these were using LGW.
Jump to postAre there enough gates for Monarch at LGW's North Terminal if taken over by easyJet?
Jump to postWe don't know yet, 3-4-3 is not unlikely on an XWB aircraft in Economy. It is for any operator other than a charter. BA already has stacks of Dreamliners in a narrow seat, narrow aisle economy configuration and with more to be delivered. It's converting B772s to narrow seat, narrow aisle economy, w...
Jump to postmig17 wrote:richardw wrote:.... BA and they will not go 3-4-3 on A350, only 3-3-3.
It'll be interesting to see how the B787-10 is configured for BA, my guess is it'll be premium heavy with no Economy rows in the sections in front of the rear doors. If this is a success we may see more orders for the B787-10 instead of other aircraft. BA may want to avoid A350 configured 3-4-3 in E...
Jump to postIf the A380 is such an uneconomic aircraft, why do BA park it all day long at JNB and QF all day long at LHR?
Jump to postalbertocsc wrote:richardw wrote:Interlining at MAD between Ryanair and Air Europa flights has NOT been announced.
They actually announced it as a second phase of the agreement, to be implemented later this same year....
Interlining at MAD between Ryanair and Air Europa flights has NOT been announced.
This is just a sales agreement, nothing more yet.
by738 wrote:interesting that they dumped the inherited A321 previously. Obviously things have changed since then
How fat can short haul routes get? Will we eventually see A330neo operated short haul routes from LGW?
Jump to post... a small scale start up with a fleet of about 8 2nd hand aircraft operating from one base, was never likely to be a success in the long term. BA simply did not have the money, and the management effort required would have been a distraction from the things that really did need to be sorted. But ...
Jump to postairbazar wrote:..the aircraft sits in LCY all day on Sunday for a 19:55 return departure back to LIS. This Sunday rotation should probably be marketed as the "London shopping shuttle"
Experience worse than war http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39586391
Jump to postparapente wrote:...For those wishing to put Premium economy on the lower floor I can see X9 working well ....
3-3-3 is not really premium economy seating, could be PE minus though. Upper deck herringbone angled business class extra space is a good idea. May be tempting for some airlines to go herringbone who don't yet have this seat. 3-5-3 economy could be a winner for those airlines who liked having 5 seat...
Jump to postI'm a little surprised that only 18 A350-1000 have been ordered, perhaps there's a possible A380/350/330 order likely, some frames for EI, IB and Level maybe.
Jump to post.....why does BA use the A380 to BOS? Such a relatively short long-haul route. I thought BA preferred to have East Coast USA flights have as much frequency as possible, like JFK. I know there are already 4 flights to/from BOS but as one of them is an A380..... It appears just to be on day 5671 and ...
Jump to postLHRFlyer wrote:.....flexibility to adjust capacity in a downturn will be high on the agenda for BA and IAG.
Yes LHR-ORD could be a good route for a BA A380 service, 2 sectors per 24 hour period, giving efficiencies. In the long term I just don't see the larger A350s/ B777s having enough capacity for when the B744s are all retired. Willie Walsh has already said he doesn't want his passengers to pay for a t...
Jump to postIt'll be interesting to see if we ever get a BA super hi J A380, with say no Economy on the upper deck, WT+ moves back leaving space for more J seating.
Jump to postrunway23 wrote:..Makes me wonder if IAG are really serious about this airline.....
... I don't understand why they didn't just use the Vueling brand. ... The Vueling brand has suffered self inflicted damage due to a raft of summer cancellations and ignoraance of Articles 8 and 9 amongst others of EU reg EC 261:2004 prompting the UK CAA "Vueling also faces CAA action for its ...
Jump to postEK has already announced the introduction of Premium Economy seating, so all Airbus has to do is design the perfect mix of 4 classes for a winner.
Jump to postChannex757 wrote:....I can see the more monied types who would use LCY from their Docklands residences not exactly being the type to want a weekend in Benidorm!!
User001 wrote:Malaga to Birmingham departing 0825 but arriving 2220? Is it going via New York or something?
This has benn discussed, please search for a relevant thread to read.
Jump to postGenerally it's letting easyJet grow and not marrying KLM and currently eliminating some of their USPs.
Jump to postDepends how many high density business minus coffin/banana flat bed seats you can get in an A350 and good crew rest areas.
Jump to postI'd fly Norwegian long haul if they had economy extra seating with 2-4-2 and a 32.5" or more pitch.
Jump to postSouth Terminal is also nearer to the railway station which means arriving passengers can hopefully catch an earlier train, am looking forward to this move for BA. Won't be surprised to see an EZY A321 230Y arriving at LGW fairly soon.
Jump to postB787-10 - isn't this the perfect aircraft for more choice in economy seating? Passengers would chooses seats according to their needs and the airline would get additional revenues from seat choice payment streams. From the back you'd have standard 3-3-3, then some 3-3-3 rows with extra legroom. Next...
Jump to postM&S sandwich prices aren't uniform, the Simply Food outlets at London railway stations are much higher than other M&S stores.
Jump to postIf you push the window seat closer to the window wall, shoulders and knees will rub against the wall, if you narrow the aisle, shoulders get hit by the carts and people moving in the aisles, 3-3-3 is just hell on this aircraft, and total hell on LHR-SCL, just like IB express and VY A321 hell on long...
Jump to postN717TW wrote:airzona11 wrote:.....the LGW traffic is very different from the rest of the TATL network in that not only is it 99.9% O&D, its also heavily package tour based traffic.
In summer they fly LCY-JTR, so range yes, over water don't know.
Jump to postMy guess is a winter Saturday afternoon rotation to a Canary Islands airport is highly likely.
Jump to postNew Chambery flights, TXL becomes year round, AGP and FAO extended http://www.headforpoints.com/2016/08/20 ... codeshare/
Jump to postIsn't that wonderful? You can get Iberia's bad service for the price of BA. Here's a tip: always avoid Iberia flights when you go between LHR and MAD and choose the BA ones. Iberia give no food or drink and the flight attendants are surly and miserable. These flights WILL have the normal compliment...
Jump to postBA confirms that these flights will have complimentary catering https://lfn.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5508
Jump to post.... there's never been anything at any time in the last 14 years to stop easyJet from taking the saving in flight attendants (they'd call them cabin crew, of course) by simply removing one row of seats from their A319s and making them into 150 seaters. The fact that they never have ... But they ha...
Jump to postdowntown273 wrote:...I don't see EasyJet having issues filling up their A319/A320s.
If we say airport terminal, it makes things slightly more interesting.
Jump to postThey have in the past operated to STN as well as LHR & LGW. LHR flights have had codeshares with QF, but currently seems to be EY.
Jump to postCS300 is good for 2-2 business class, but will they bother?
Jump to postI did say 'may see' and 'rumoured', there is no statement of fact.
With shorter routes up to 10hrs, a B787 with these seats and no first is a bigger enough fuselage diameter, why bother with something bigger?
Here's the banana seat story <a href="http://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-british-airways-airbus-a350-club-world-business-class-prototype" target="_blank">http://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-briti...lub-world-business-class-prototype</a> and the coffin seat story <a href="http://www.ausbt.com.au/boeing-patent...
Jump to postWe may see less space business class seating in the shape of <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>'s rumoured 'coffin' seat and <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>'s 'banana' seat, a business class minus, would the A350 and B777 fuselage be on the too big side if this was t...
Jump to postIf <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> pax are on a multi stop trip in the region <acronym title="Buenos Aires - Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP / SABE), Argentina">AEP</acronym> is much more convenient than <acronym title="Buenos Aires - Ezeiza / Ministro Pistarini (EZE / SAEZ), Argentina">EZE</...
Jump to postYes Andy33 what should happen in theory and in practice are different things. More passengers are becoming aware of EC261:2004 and we are seeing better responses from airlines, recently <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> sent a B777 to <acronym title="Nice - Cote d'Azur (NCE / LFMN), Fran...
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