Did BA ever fly to Kabul or other obscure places that no one flies to now???
Jun 10, 2012, 4:22 am
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You mean you dont fly with the wonderful Pakistan International Airlines????
Jun 10, 2012, 4:22 am
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Never - unless you count Imperial Airways - and that was before the war. They did not as they were flying in and out of Northolt as BEA. BOAC flew to Rangoon - certainly on the Comet 4. They also flew to Karachi.
BOAC had a flight that left LHR and went to FRA - it went on to Beruit (some of the flights to India in the old days routed via Ciampino before Fiumicino was built for the Olympics) and then flew to Tehran - but I never heard of them flying to Kabul.
BOAC had a flight that left LHR and went to FRA - it went on to Beruit (some of the flights to India in the old days routed via Ciampino before Fiumicino was built for the Olympics) and then flew to Tehran - but I never heard of them flying to Kabul.
BEA was founded post-war - on 1 January 1946, to be precise.
Jun 10, 2012, 4:33 am
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Hopefully they'll keep Beirut with the bmi takeover!
Jun 10, 2012, 5:00 am
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Plane loads of nuclear plant inspectors?
Jun 10, 2012, 7:30 am
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[/QUOTE]Oh how I wish BA would fly to NZ again.....[/QUOTE]
I would like that too
If I was in charge of BA in a dream world I would set up a base in Kaula Lumpur (OneWorld Hub when Malaysian joins) and operate flights to all the large Australian cities and New Zealand from it. Then everyone could fly from LHR to Australia/New Zealand easily via KUL.
Not SIN as thats a Star Hub
and not BKK as thats also a Star Hub
not HKG because I do not think Cathay Pacific would allow it (they seem a very fussy airline)
I would like that too
If I was in charge of BA in a dream world I would set up a base in Kaula Lumpur (OneWorld Hub when Malaysian joins) and operate flights to all the large Australian cities and New Zealand from it. Then everyone could fly from LHR to Australia/New Zealand easily via KUL.
Not SIN as thats a Star Hub
and not BKK as thats also a Star Hub
not HKG because I do not think Cathay Pacific would allow it (they seem a very fussy airline)
Jun 10, 2012, 4:26 pm
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Oh how I wish BA would fly to NZ again.....[/QUOTE]
I would like that too
If I was in charge of BA in a dream world I would set up a base in Kaula Lumpur (OneWorld Hub when Malaysian joins) and operate flights to all the large Australian cities and New Zealand from it. Then everyone could fly from LHR to Australia/New Zealand easily via KUL.
Not SIN as thats a Star Hub
and not BKK as thats also a Star Hub
not HKG because I do not think Cathay Pacific would allow it (they seem a very fussy airline)[/QUOTE]
A fine idea
cs
I would like that too
If I was in charge of BA in a dream world I would set up a base in Kaula Lumpur (OneWorld Hub when Malaysian joins) and operate flights to all the large Australian cities and New Zealand from it. Then everyone could fly from LHR to Australia/New Zealand easily via KUL.
Not SIN as thats a Star Hub
and not BKK as thats also a Star Hub
not HKG because I do not think Cathay Pacific would allow it (they seem a very fussy airline)[/QUOTE]
A fine idea
cs
Jun 10, 2012, 4:45 pm
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Anyway I am sure that I am related to royalty and unlike BEA I did fly from Croydon airport - I was in arms but I flew from there none the less.
Jun 10, 2012, 5:34 pm
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One rather obscure destination, greyed out in the Wikipedia table, will be whitened later this year. The present BD flight to KRT will be in BA livery when take-over is completed.
Jun 10, 2012, 5:42 pm
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And, independently of what governments do, some may continue to use regular names for place that have changed their official name. Many people still refer to the Netherlands as "Holland", nearly 200 years after its name officially changed, and despite governments recognizing the renaming. I expect people to stick longer to names of places they don't use often...
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Jun 10, 2012, 5:49 pm
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This is a youtube video of what really happened at LPL overnight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjl0rLKoqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjl0rLKoqw
Jun 11, 2012, 1:25 am
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Jun 11, 2012, 3:42 am
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And, independently of what governments do, some may continue to use regular names for place that have changed their official name. Many people still refer to the Netherlands as "Holland", nearly 200 years after its name officially changed, and despite governments recognizing the renaming. I expect people to stick longer to names of places they don't use often...
Jun 11, 2012, 3:48 am
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And, independently of what governments do, some may continue to use regular names for place that have changed their official name. Many people still refer to the Netherlands as "Holland", nearly 200 years after its name officially changed, and despite governments recognizing the renaming. I expect people to stick longer to names of places they don't use often...