LHR - LCA flights changed from 8.20am to 22.35 !!!!

[Lioneye]

I've just got an email saying all of next year's flights have had a time change.

Does anyone know why?

[BA6501]

Can't see a difference


[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF]

LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
LCA  Larnaca Intl CY [LCLK]
MON  25 Feb 2013 - 04 Mar 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ----------------------------------------------------------------
BA         662     LHR   08:40     LCA   15:10     767  0   1-3456-     04:30       3       -   07 Dec   29 Mar
BA         662     LHR   08:45     LCA   15:10     767  0   -2----7     04:25       3       -   01 Jan   26 Mar

[whkchan]

Seems to be true. Our Cyprus booking for next year in May has the timings changed. If I try to book a new ticket, I can also see the new schedule.

[DS7]

Try searching 1st April 2013......ouch!

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]

LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
LCA  Larnaca Intl CY [LCLK]
MON  01 Apr 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  --------------------------------------------------
BA         662     LHR   22:35     LCA   05:05     767      C9 D0 R9 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K7 M0 L0 V0 Q0 S0 G0 J9 N0 O0

Return is timed as follows:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]

LCA  Larnaca Intl CY [LCLK]
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
TUE  02 Apr 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  --------------------------------------------------
BA         663     LCA   11:00     LHR   14:00     767      C9 D9 R0 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M7 L0 V0 Q0 S0 G0 J9 N0 O0

Does that mean crew have kip in the plane and then take it back to London?

[LTN Phobia]

That's a real ouch for the crew too.

[ACARS]

11.25 hours is the max FDP for that duty, even with a Split, it is less that 6 hours until subsequent report, so it's going to a nightstop ping duty I believe.

That totally buggers up my reward saver plans! Might look at LGW-PFO instead.....or maybe that's the idea behind the change?

[Sam Bee]

Surely 5 hours on board, 6 hours on ground, 5 hours on board - can't be same day turnaround -different crew?

[kryten22uk]

Not great for the holiday crowd who can't check-in to hotel rooms until 2pm.

[Omba]

And overnight even in CE is going to be a shocker

[Mutu]

Originally Posted by Omba

And overnight even in CE is going to be a shocker

Any equipment change? Moving to midhaul ex BD 321 perhaps?

Actually no. not enough frames I guess

[PanGalactic]

I guess I might be trying Aegean out sooner than I thought!

First they move us to T3, now this?

Not happy about this at all!

BOO!

[BA6501]

Isn't A3 quitting the route?

[tom139]

It's back to T5!

[irmster]

got me worried for a sec as I'm off there for xmas.

Short overnights are horrible - and you generally have to book an extra nights hotel to check in that early.

[PanGalactic]

Originally Posted by tom139

It's back to T5!

So it is!, That's one good thing I suppose.

The only other positive aspect I can think of is that you no longer need a hotel for the night if you are doing it as a TP run.

It arrives at 05:00 and departs again at 11:00

Seriously, I'm genuinely in shock now, I would never have imagined this happening.

The people I feel sorry for are the older folks who you normally see taking up most of CE on that route. They won't handle the new flight times well at all! Bad move BA!