BA to Vegas!
May 17, 2009, 4:12 am
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BA to Vegas!
Looks like we will have to wait until Monday for an official announcement but BA are starting Vegas direct
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009...ice-las-vegas/
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...9-1686018.html
Apparently on a 4 class 777 from LHR.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009...ice-las-vegas/
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...9-1686018.html
Apparently on a 4 class 777 from LHR.
May 17, 2009, 4:29 am
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Excellent! Hopefully this will be a successful new route for BA.
I am sure that SRB will be opening a bottle of champagne (care: VS do not have that many IME
) to celebrate, as we know that he is a strong believer in competition and choice for the passenger and hates airlines operating in a monopoly....
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...as-vegas-route
but note the mention of a 3 cabin 777.
I am sure that SRB will be opening a bottle of champagne (care: VS do not have that many IME
) to celebrate, as we know that he is a strong believer in competition and choice for the passenger and hates airlines operating in a monopoly....http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...as-vegas-route
but note the mention of a 3 cabin 777.
Last edited by TravellerFrequently; May 17, 2009 at 4:33 am Reason: To add link to Business Traveller article.
May 17, 2009, 4:30 am
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Exciting stuff indeed..!!
But on here it only mentions 3 class.
http://www.lvrj.com/business/45249642.html
Ah well, we'll see.
But on here it only mentions 3 class.
http://www.lvrj.com/business/45249642.html
Ah well, we'll see.
May 17, 2009, 4:32 am
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last time I was on a VS flight they ran out of Champagne somewhere over Western Ireland and the service director made an executive decision to chill the duty free bottles they were supposed to be selling!
May 17, 2009, 4:39 am
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May 17, 2009, 4:42 am
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Commenting on the new route Richard Tams, BA's head of sales UK and Ireland said: "We know how to fly high rollers in style and we will be the only airline to fly non-stop from Terminal 5. It is the ace in our pack and we are going to play it for all its worth."
1) Great! Glad it's a LHR route too ^
2) "...the only airline to fly to LAS non-stop from T5". Captain Obvious to the resuce?
3) "We know how to fly high rollers in style". Wouldn't the high rollers want "F" on their BP?
May 17, 2009, 4:51 am
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I think BA will be banking on a lot of Europeans using this route because VS out of Gatwick is almost impossibile to use as a connecting service
May 17, 2009, 4:52 am
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I have to say the timing of this new route is weird. Vegas' economy is by far one of the worst hit in the US and tourism is down massively. There must be some sort of subsidy that's behind this route.
May 17, 2009, 4:52 am
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This is good news as I've thought for a long time that this was one of the most impotant missing links in the USA (New Orleans is the other one - loads of conferences there).
I hope that they aren't going to get rid of PHX though as this is very, very close by and I have a meeting there early next year! I also suspect that if they have LAS daily, PHX 5x/wk, SFO 2x/day and LAX 2-3x/day the 3rd daily to LAX may get dropped.
FD
I hope that they aren't going to get rid of PHX though as this is very, very close by and I have a meeting there early next year! I also suspect that if they have LAS daily, PHX 5x/wk, SFO 2x/day and LAX 2-3x/day the 3rd daily to LAX may get dropped.
FD
May 17, 2009, 5:20 am
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Champagne will be flowing in Cardiff celebrating this news methinks from the one FTer who has been going on about this for the longest.
Last edited by KenJohn; May 17, 2009 at 5:38 am
May 17, 2009, 5:20 am
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This is good news as I've thought for a long time that this was one of the most impotant missing links in the USA (New Orleans is the other one - loads of conferences there).
I hope that they aren't going to get rid of PHX though as this is very, very close by and I have a meeting there early next year! I also suspect that if they have LAS daily, PHX 5x/wk, SFO 2x/day and LAX 2-3x/day the 3rd daily to LAX may get dropped.
FD
I hope that they aren't going to get rid of PHX though as this is very, very close by and I have a meeting there early next year! I also suspect that if they have LAS daily, PHX 5x/wk, SFO 2x/day and LAX 2-3x/day the 3rd daily to LAX may get dropped.
FD
AF serve LAX 3x/day from CDG so I'm sure they'll think twice before dropping a flight