Originally Posted by
Ldnn1
None of the BACF regional routes were based in the regions though, they positioned from London.
BA hasn't had any aircraft based outside London for probably 20 years, or even more?
Yes, we flew BHX to Florence in 2018, its second season of service (IIRC). As far as bums on seats go, it was hugely successful with a load factor of around 96%, this beat other routes with the exception of Edinburgh...and the prices were reassuringly expensive too! Yield though was presumably going to be constrained by the need to position aircraft and crew in to Brum for an 06:15 Saturday departure, and diagrams from Brum to competition heavy PMI and AGP each weekend (puzzling as Nice or Lisbon, for example, weren't served from BHX)
The service, though, was excellent and we booked for the following year, which saw the 170s replaced with 190s and the season extended to the end of October. Sadly it was pulled before it got going, so we had ring to re-book to head back to LHR, opting for FCO instead.