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johnny5a Nov 10, 2011 5:36 am
OT: Hong Kong Airlines to/from LON
 
Discussed on here before but looks like some firm details have been released.

- Details to be released in December
- Launch in March
- All Business Class - Club Premier/Club Classic

Still not confirmed which LON airport...

http://www.hongkongairlines.com/home...t_locale=en_GB

ComputerCommuter Nov 10, 2011 6:11 am
Originally Posted by johnny5a;17424795

Still not confirmed which LON airport...

[url
http://www.hongkongairlines.com/home!ukclub.action?country_code=HK&request_locale= en_GB[/url]
Gatwick

dunk Nov 10, 2011 6:13 am
I assume you also just received the Business Traveller weekly email :)

iDo Nov 10, 2011 6:15 am
They are flying to LGW
 
Hx875 hkg 2350 - 0555+1 lgw 330 d
hx876 lgw 2130 - 1805+1 hkg 330 d

ComputerCommuter Nov 10, 2011 6:21 am
Originally Posted by dunk (Post 17424919)
I assume you also just received the Business Traveller weekly email :)
First thing this morning ;)

johnny5a Nov 10, 2011 7:21 am
Originally Posted by dunk (Post 17424919)
I assume you also just received the Business Traveller weekly email :)
yeap ;)

i'd be interested in pricing though LGW is rather far for me

cornishsimon Nov 10, 2011 7:24 am
Originally Posted by johnny5a (Post 17424795)
Discussed on here before but looks like some firm details have been released.

- Details to be released in December
- Launch in March
- All Business Class - Club Premier/Club Classic

Still not confirmed which LON airport...

http://www.hongkongairlines.com/home...t_locale=en_GB


Some information on the link you supplied:

From 08 March 2012, Hong Kong Airlines will launch an all Club Class service, daily non-stop between London Gatwick and Hong Kong International Airport.
From the times you quoted it looks like the aircraft is going to sit at Gatters for the best part of the day !

cs

alex1948 Nov 10, 2011 7:32 am
Originally Posted by cornishsimon (Post 17425260)
From the times you quoted it looks like the aircraft is going to sit at Gatters for the best part of the day !
The fact that 3 A330s are being rostered for the route plus the long time spent at LGW ought to be good for reliability.

Icarusian Nov 10, 2011 9:51 am
That's a long time for the plane to be sitting in LGW, which is a shame. If it were allowed, and if there were demand, by my reckoning it could probably manage a trip as far as DME/SVO/CAI/TLV, for example:
LGW-DME 07:00 - 15:00
DME-LGW 16:30 - 16:50
and still have plenty of slack.

Bringing it slightly back on topic, what are the BA flights that spend a long time on the ground at outstations and what could those planes do in the meantime if laws and passenger demand allowed?

Globaliser Nov 10, 2011 9:58 am
Originally Posted by Icarusian (Post 17426082)
Bringing it slightly back on topic, what are the BA flights that spend a long time on the ground at outstations ...
Off the top of my head, at least CPT, JNB and SYD.

SKRan Nov 10, 2011 10:09 am
olympic filghts, I'd call it.

Air China will start a LGW service with 332 as well...

1/4MM@20 Nov 10, 2011 10:19 am
Originally Posted by ComputerCommuter (Post 17424913)
Gatwick
For an all business service, Gatwick sounds like a disaster (unless pricing is much lower than BA/CX/VS)

BahrainLad Nov 10, 2011 1:14 pm
Is the runway at LGW long enough for an A330-200 to get all the way to HKG?

(I suppose it's not going to be fully loaded as it'll have an all-J config...but LGW-HKG must be right on the limit of an A332s range).

DWFI Nov 10, 2011 1:41 pm
Originally Posted by BahrainLad (Post 17427361)
Is the runway at LGW long enough for an A330-200 to get all the way to HKG?

(I suppose it's not going to be fully loaded as it'll have an all-J config...but LGW-HKG must be right on the limit of an A332s range).
I don't think there will be an issue - the 332 is a very versatile aircraft. Just off the top of my head, US flies it PHL-TLV and DL flies it SLC-NRT.

imt24 Nov 10, 2011 3:00 pm
Originally Posted by BahrainLad (Post 17427361)
Is the runway at LGW long enough for an A330-200 to get all the way to HKG?

(I suppose it's not going to be fully loaded as it'll have an all-J config...but LGW-HKG must be right on the limit of an A332s range).
It's long enough for a fully laden hi-Y VS747....I think it'll be fine!!!

it's the worlds busiest single use runway after all.....


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