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Aug 15, 2014 | 11:07 am

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Originally Posted by Tim1975

In the example you give the BA aircraft could fit in a Jo-berg-Nairobi return trip rather than sit on the tarmac. It is prevented from doing so by the The ZA and KY governments who would prefer to protect South Affrican and Kenyan airlines from competition.

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Originally Posted by Often1

Crew rest requirements also come into play. BA would have to either base a crew at JNB for local runs, rotate an extra crew through JNB or fly a second crew to handle a local run.

But in this example, could Comair, as a South African airline, damp lease the aircraft and do a BA op by Comair flight somewhere using their own cabin crews? Flight crew might need to be BA but that would be a little easier than arranging to rotate a set of flight and cabin crew from LON.

If MN were to use the aircraft to another BA gateway, i.e. NBO or LOS, the BA flight crew could slip at either end.

Increased aircraft utilisation and increased network reach. Whether it would be profitable is another matter...

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