I am far from certain as to why 'GE carried British Caledonian titles at this time. However my recollection, correct or otherwise, is that it was all to do with apartheid in South Africa. At the time that BA bought KT on 14 April 1988, they were serving South Africa from LHR while KT was operating t...
Jump to postGiven some of the maintenance related incidents that have occurred in the last few years, you would think there would be a greater emphasis on safety rather than chasing MRO consolidation and productivity targets. Unfortunately, the impression I get from the presentation is the opposite. The suits ...
Jump to postBA today outlined new cabin configurations for its long- and short haul fleets: - B777 fleets will be upgraded to 10-abreast economy seating (332 seats, up from 280 today) - B787-9 will arrive with smaller F cabins https://imagr.eu/up/ded57_CwaJiP9WQAA4CmU.jpg https://twitter.com/jbbahamas/status/7...
Jump to postI m sure that I saw an announcement that Cambridge Taversham would cease to operate commercial passenger flights on 31 January 2016. I understood this would have affected the BA8235/36 CMB-GOT-CMB four-times-weekly rotation. This service was launched on 2 March 15 at the instigation of pharma giant ...
Jump to postI don't dispute that this is true but if BA are short of LH aircraft why don't they have that many on order? BA have 18 A 350s on order plus ten options. BA have four 787-8s, eight 767-9s and 12 787-10s on order. BA have options on a further seven A 380s. That's a not insignificant 42 long-haul ord...
Jump to postThe latest statement I can find with regard to the 'remedy' slots for the purchase of BD is dated July 2015. It is on the Airport Coordination Ltd web site. It reads: 'In order to resolve the competition concerns raised by the EC, IAG were obliged to make available at LHR a maximum of seven (7) dail...
Jump to postBA currently have plenty of LHR slots. But a large number are potential 'remedy' slots. The first batch of these 'remedy' slots are those originally awarded to VS's Little Red. They are still available to IAG competitors. However they are restricted for use on those routes where a monopoly was creat...
Jump to postIf you have a well established quality brand you would be stupid to kill it. So very true. According to the Superbrands web site the five most widely recognised brands amongst UK consumers are: 1. British Airways 2. Rolex 3. Lego 4. Dyson 5. Gillette The brands most widely recognised by commercial ...
Jump to postIn addition to flying Team GB home from the Olympic Games on 22 August BA 744 G-CIVA also flew Team GB home from the Paralympic Games on 19 September. The livery, titling and aircraft name were the same for both flights except for the second flight the following changes to the titling were made: '#B...
Jump to postThe BA web site offers ten alternatives to fly LHR-MNL. Most (seven) are via HKG (connecting with either CX (five) or PR (two)) but also via BKK (one option connecting with PR), SIN (one option connecting with PR) and KUL (one option connecting with MH). I am guessing none of the eight different con...
Jump to postIf it isn't, then it's likely to be an EU country with a large Ryanair/EasyJet presence-- I'd guess France. Getting statistics covering all foreign airlines for all airports in a single country is difficult. So what data is available? The Airport Coordination Ltd web site says that as at the start ...
Jump to postA while back (Sunday 27 March 1994 just weeks before the election of Nelson Mandela) I flew LHR-JNB (BA057) arriving on the Monday morning . I flew home departing late the following Tuesday (JNB-LHR, BA056 29 March). But a member of the cabin crew I talked to on my outward flight said she would be r...
Jump to postHeathrow Airport Holdings Ltd (HAHL) is not owned by the British government so clearly they could not sell LHR slots. HAHL is owned by a consortium, FGP Topco Ltd. It has seven investors comprising: Ferrovial SA (25%) Qatar Holding LLC (20%) Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (12.62%) Government...
Jump to postHeathrow Airport Holdings Ltd (HAHL) is not owned by the British government so clearly they could not sell LHR slots. HAHL is owned by a consortium, FGP Topco Ltd. It has seven investors comprising: Ferrovial SA (25%) Qatar Holding LLC (20%) Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (12.62%) Government...
Jump to postThe real cost of the rights to use an LHR slot pair is hugely variable. Examples of top prices for high demand prime time slots have already been given in earlier posts. The other end of the payment scale is $0. $0 is the cost of newly created slots and slots redistributed by the slot coordinator, A...
Jump to postThere is a nine year old thread here on a-net, 'UK/Singapore Sign "Open Skies" ' that may be of interest. First it correctly details that the agreement would allow airlines from each country to set up a hub in the other country. This would not only allow SQ to operate between, for example,...
Jump to postGeography and where the name of an airline is registered is a factor. Comair started charter operations in South Africa on 15 June 1946. It flew its first scheduled flight in 1948. It continued to operate as Comair until 1996 when it became a BA franchise partner operating as British Airways through...
Jump to postI only fear that someone will not be happy about their bold move in their home turf though.... I suspect that this 'someone' is FR. But they have just revealed that their focus in future will be on the EU. In a BBC interview broadcast on 8 September MOL said tht FR 'will pivot all our growth into t...
Jump to postBTW. what happened to all the British holidaymakers luggages? AFAIK, the UK banned the transport of luggage from SSH. So in the end, all hold luggage was left behind... It was reported, that the stranded luggage will be further tested and send by cargo plane to the UK - any updates?! That is what h...
Jump to postIt will be very interesting to see what BA do with the extra aircraft. Whilst it might be nice to have a spare - that's a very expensive luxury. If the lease isn't up anytime soon - I suspect that we might see one of them with a slightly more normal config and integrated into either LHR or LGW and ...
Jump to postBA003/04 has never been operated in the peak holiday month of August. This is when both 318s undergo scheduled heavy maintenance piece meal - that is every year. The last time BA004 operated this year before its August break was on 28 July. G-EUNA was then ferried to Glasgow on 30 July returning to ...
Jump to postComair appears to be a highly successful airline. In the 'Investor Relations' section of its web site it claims to be the 'only known airline operator to have achieved operating profits for 68 consecutive years'. Comair has been a BA franchise operator for only 20 of the 68 years since it was, in th...
Jump to postAs has been suggested the contract will usually specify any cancellation charges. As an example VS ordered six A380s in 2000, has not yet taken delivery of any and has not paid any cancellation fee. It has been suggested that their contract and that of other airlines placing an early order specified...
Jump to postFlightradar24 confirms that BA 320 G-GATK operating LGW-HER as BA2552 on 22 July returned to LGW after reaching Toyes southeast of Paris.
Jump to postAmazing. When BA took delivery of their first 380 and before it entered service it visited BA's Maintenance Base at CWL for a planned five hours of ground handling trials and training. It was then flown CWL-STN for similar trials and training at a possible LHR diversionary airport. Similar programme...
Jump to postUsing the data supplied by Captaindoony and TCX69K and the 'thebasource' data base, here is a list of when the short-haul services were upgraded to a two-class 321 and the aircraft operating that initial flight: BA342/43. (Nice.) 1 May. G-MEDJ BA350/51. (Nice.) 25 May. G-MEDJ BA556/57. (Rome.) 1 May...
Jump to postJust noted on both 'thebasource' and the 'Flight 24' web sites that since the latter part of May BA has been operating an LHR-NCE BA350 service. Primarily they have used 'Mid Haul' configured (former British Mediterranean / bmi) 321s on this (new?) flight. The first BA350 flight appears to have been...
Jump to postI would have to dig into my logs, but I think that LH tried that at least wtice. i flew LGW FRA on BCal Bac 1-11s many years ago ad i think even on BA. The best Chance for that route to open again could be easy once they get a deal cut with Fraport. LH serves LHR hourly plus City and that does it f...
Jump to postBA operate an early morning (BA678), a mid morning (BA676) and a late afternoon (BA680) flight from LHR to IST. Today (Sunday 17 July) they operated both morning flights but cancelled BA680. It seems possible that this was a security precaution avoiding leaving an aircraft and its crew in Turkey ove...
Jump to postToday's (15 July) first BA wet lease flight was operated by IB 320 EC-IZR (msn 2242). It arrived at LHR from MAD last night as IB2998. This morning it operated BA469. It is currently (12:55 BST) operating MAD-LHR (BA459).
Jump to postBetween 1 October and 31 December 2004 BA wet leased IB 320s to operate all of their BA455/64 and BA465/62 LHR-MAD-LHR rotations. No specific aircraft were used. A total of 27 different IB 320s operated one or more of a total of 174 rotations. EC-FDB operated as many as 19 rotations. Two aircraft op...
Jump to postI believe that two BA 772s with a strengthened F Class floor so they can be fitted with the Royal Suite are G-YMMG and 'MH. However (with just one exception) the suite has only been used by Queen Elizabeth and Price Philip and as she is now 90 and he is 95 I do not see them making any more long haul...
Jump to postBA's four-class 772s are configured for 226 passengers (F14 / J48 / W40 / Y124. Their 787-9s are configured for only 216 (F8 / J42 / W39 / Y127).
Jump to postAny new or improved 'F Class Only' BA facility at BWI would be closed on five out of every seven days. And I doubt that BA is going to spend much money on providing such a facility at any significant expense for a maximum of only 16 BWI-LHR passengers per week. So unless there is an existing suitabl...
Jump to postI believe that pressurised aircraft used in commercial aviation have time limited lives. Hence no civilian operated 707s and no flying Viscounts. I think that this rule does not apply to unpressurised aircraft like the Shorts 360 or, indeed, the DC-3!
Jump to postJust noted that rather than reducing its services to VCE BA has moved from a twice daily LGW-VCE to a three-times daily LGW-VCE flight as recently as on 3 May last.
Jump to postI remember reading here months back that someone was suggesting "BA could hand some of their LGW bucket&spade routes to their partner Vueling"... Let's keep these frightful suggestions to ourselves guys, ok, lest good old Willy thinks it's a cheap solution for Gatwick short-haul ops.....
Jump to postAny chance that G-CIVP makes the cut and soldiers on in the 18 strong fleet? Most unlikely. The current refurbishment programme started with the refurbishment of the six BA 'Hi J' 744s that were then configured for 291 passengers (F14 / J70 / W30 / Y177). They were all refurbished to the BA 744 'Mi...
Jump to postI see that a four-class BA 787-9 will operate their Baltimore flight on the first and last working days of the week. Day 1 and 5. Except on these days the flight will be operated by a three-class 787-8. The total seating capacity of both BA's 8s (214) and 9s (216) is virtually identical. This strong...
Jump to postIt does the heart good upon entrance to JFK to see BA's terminal and the telling upper decks of 747-400s preparing for another long haul journey. Do we have a list of the (18) 747s BA is going to reconfigure? Recently flew BA's 744 product JFK-LHR. Checked every box and then some. In order of recon...
Jump to postNot to hijack the thread, but wasn't BA considering a move over to AA Terminal 8 in JFK at one point, or is that completely off the table? I know the lease on T7 was coming due or came due at JFK for BA This was publicly stated back at a BA Investors Day meeting five or more years ago by Craig Keeg...
Jump to postAs others have said frequency on this most important business route is a prime consideration. Currently they are: BA0117. d. LHR 08:30 BA0175. d. LHR 09:40 BA1156. d. LHR 10:15 (op. by AA) BA0185. d. LHR 10:35 BA0173. d. LHR 11:20 BA0177. d. LHR 13:10 BA0115. d. LHR 14:30 BA1506. d. LHR 15.15 (op. b...
Jump to postaxio wrote:Just playing around on flightradar and noticed BA284, SFO-LHR, appears to have diverted to Goose Bay.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW284
From the location I'm guessing a medical diversion, but does anyone have any info?
The selection of the aircraft selected to be transferred to EC is not likely to be based on its age, total airframe hours or total rotations. It is more likely to be the aircraft with the longest period between the transfer date and the date of its next major scheduled maintenance, that is a 'B' or ...
Jump to postYes. Thanks. What I can be sure of is that the first six of BA's 380s have all undergone a B Check at SIN. The first was 'EA between 31 May and 21 June 2015 and the most recent 'LF between 26 March and 16 April this year. I think I might have (incorrectly) guessed the maintenance was by HAECO.
Jump to postEarly rumours are Boris as PM. Which is scary. If it makes economic sense (to Airbus) to continue to design & manufacture wings in Filton, then I expect they will. Airbus wing design and engineering support is based at Filton. However wing manufacture is carried out at Broughton in North Wales.
Jump to postWhile most BA wide body air craft maintenance is carried out at CWL, all A 380 heavy maintenance has so far been carried out by HAECO at SIN. Most of their 319/320/321 planned heavy maintenance is carried out by BA at GLA. Nevertheless occasional planned heavy 320/321 maintenance has been carried ou...
Jump to postBut in the what proportion ? They need to be encouraged to increase plane size and reduce frequency on some European city routes. This is the business model of BA. They feed traffic through it's megahub but it also serves as a preferred airline for business traveler, who by the nature of their work...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N1120A" class="quote" target="_blank">N1120A</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>I'm pretty sure that is irrelevant in an emerg...
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