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Old Sep 7, 2012 | 6:44 pm
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Originally Posted by skipness1E
It was only dropped back in, early 2008? I was on one of the last rotations, problems arose when the longstanding Houston connections went to LHR when the flights were allowed to move. Couldn't fill the B734 on O&D traffic at a high enough yield. Now a B735 or equivalent who knows, even better let BA Cityflyer do it, but their focus appears to be remaining at LCY.


Sufficient connecting traffic has always been the problem with shorthaul/domestics at LGW hasnt it !

For the record i agree with you about Cityflyer and especially the E190, They could bring in some extra aircraft to the bases at EDI and GLA and have those aircraft operate the first flights out each morning

Is it still the reason that it hasnt happened due to the scope agreement or whatever its called, meaning only mainline pilots can operate scheduled flights into LHR and LGW ? They got away with it recently when they used Cityflyer to cover for a tech aircraft on a Saturday by calling it a charter


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