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Quoting seansasLCY (Thread starter): This will also be BA's longest route. |
Quoting LGAviation (Reply 4): LA has built SCL into a sizable OW hub |
Quoting qf789 (Reply 9): LHR2200-940+1SCL Tues, Thur, Fri & Sun duration 14hrs40mins SCL1845-1205+1LHR Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat duration 14hrs20mins |
Quoting downtown273 (Reply 12): I can't understand how BA is willing to keep a new B789 parked in SCL for over 9 hours. Of course I get the point that having the right flight times will make the flight more attractive to passengers and be able to price it differently. However, yields must be expected to be great, to allow for 14.5+9+14.5 = 38 hours for the return trip of the aircraft. The same aircraft could do two full returns from LHR to the US East Coast on the same timeframe. |
Quoting downtown273 (Reply 12): I can't understand how BA is willing to keep a new B789 parked in SCL for over 9 hours. |
Quoting downtown273 (Reply 12): LHR2200-940+1SCL Tues, Thur, Fri & Sun duration 14hrs40mins SCL1845-1205+1LHR Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat duration 14hrs20mins I can't understand how BA is willing to keep a new B789 parked in SCL for over 9 hours. |
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 17): Does BA have spare slots at LHR for a new flight ? Hell NO. |
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 17): its a place few Brits go to in. |
Quoting TC957 (Reply 18): Quoting jfk777 (Reply 17): its a place few Brits go to in. There's a significant cruise business out of nearby Valparaiso to start with. |
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 17): Does BA have spare slots at LHR for a new flight ? Hell NO. Its surprising that such a flight exists at all given how far Chile is and its a place few Brits go to in. |
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 17): Does BA have spare slots at LHR for a new flight ? Hell NO |
Quoting RCS763AV (Reply 20): Santiago, for being such a remote destination, has a quite diversified european offer with IB, AF, KL, AZ, LA and now BA on offer. This is sure proof of the success of the chilean economic model. |
Quoting SCQ83 (Reply 5): I wonder if they will sell LHR-SCL-AKL flights? Another way to reach London to New Zealand with one stop |
Quoting DolphinAir747 (Reply 16): Does BA have spare slots at LHR for a new flight ? Hell NO. Its surprising that such a flight exists at all given how far Chile is and its a place few Brits go to in. |
Quoting TC957 (Reply 18): And Chile's banking sector certainly has connections to the City of London as one of Latin America's leading marketplaces. Besides, this route certainly is also targeted at increasingly wealthy Chileans. If they can make connections work at SCL, it's all the better. |
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 17): Does BA have spare slots at LHR for a new flight ? Hell NO |
Quoting cedarjet (Reply 6): Quoting LGAviation (Reply 4): LA has built SCL into a sizable OW hub True but from London, where on Earth (literally) are you going to fly on to? Easter Island is the only one I can think of. After that it's just penguins. |
Quoting LGAviation (Reply 26): Have you ever heard of the concept of backtracking. Various Chilean and Argentine cities as well as MVD, LIM (I know there's non-stop service to LGW), UIO, GYE and VVI come to mind (or maybe that's just my personal view having recently connected at SCL from Europe to CJC, AEP and FTE) |
Quoting downtown273 (Reply 11): I can't understand how BA is willing to keep a new B789 parked in SCL for over 9 hours |
Quoting downtown273 (Reply 11): I can't understand how BA is willing to keep a new B789 parked in SCL for over 9 hours. |
Quoting downtown273 (Reply 11): The same aircraft could do two full returns from LHR to the US East Coast on the same timeframe. |
Quoting IrishAyes (Reply 29): this has been facilitated by the LATAM JV with IAG, which started to materialize earlier this year. Very good news for SCL. That means that in the past five years, SCL has brought in KL, AZ, UX and now BA. |
Quoting qf002 (Reply 30): Quoting IrishAyes (Reply 29):That means that in the past five years, SCL has brought in KL, AZ, UX and now BA. And QF. |
Quoting SCQ83 (Reply 34): UX does not fly to SCL anymore. They used to serve it in a very low basis (no joking, I think 1 weekly) and at some point even via SSA (or somewhere in Brazil). |
Quoting qf789 (Reply 9): flight schedule is as follows, according to article in start of thread LHR2200-940+1SCL Tues, Thur, Fri & Sun duration 14hrs40mins SCL1845-1205+1LHR Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat duration 14hrs20mins |
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Quoting ogre727 (Reply 35): However, I am not going to fly on a 787. 3x3x3 sounds absolutely unbearable for such a long flight. |
Quoting eastern023 (Reply 20): It will be an uphill for LH to look at a FRA-SCL flight for now... |
Quoting LH506 (Reply 45): LH is busy downsizing their network (CCU, HYD, AUH, KUL, SGN, CGK, ACC just to name some) and fleet size (parking of 346) while destroying the trust in LH (conflicts with pilots, flight attendants, ground staff), so no way they will start SCL or LIM in the next 10 years to come. If they are still around in 10 years. Rumour is, next to be cut are BKK, CCS, NKG and HYD. Really frustrating to see this. |
Quoting jfk777 (Reply 15): |