Originally Posted by
skipness1E
And yet there's no sign of a modern fleet renewal. I wonder how front and centre LGW short haul is post the recent BA Club changes? To be honest none of us can say what BA will do, the whole LGW hangar may well be useful for consolidated LHR maintenance as well.
Is a £13M profit with 25 aircraft that are long since paid for in the main, a business case for a fleet renewal? Are they really just going to stagger on flying LHR hand me down A320s against the competition flying NEOs?
Surely IAG have other options to make more money out of LGW short haul than BA can? I think long haul will be more than fine with new B78Xs but how many more years do we think it'll be before short haul sees a single NEO? EVERYONE else has moved on at LGW in some way to the MAX or NEO in some way.
The profit I was from 2023 when the fleet was smaller than 25 just to be factually accurate,which, in my humble opinion, isn't too bad for a subsidiary that at that time was just over a year old.
Again in my humble opinion to start with 3 aircraft in March 2022 and to be operating 23 plus in 2025 isn't too bad an achievement.
For the record Easyjet still operate a considerable number of A320ceo and A319s from Gatwick.