Grrrr Larnaca
Oct 17, 2014, 8:15 am
#106
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Around 5 hours sounds more like it.
Oct 21, 2014, 1:57 pm
#107
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: United Kingdom
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Does anyone know if the BA665 will be operating in October 2015? (winter schedule) it would be ideal for a same day regional connection.
Oct 21, 2014, 3:11 pm
#108
Join Date: Dec 2012
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From the Winter schedule, I doubt the timetable will retain the x13 weekly to LHR and x5 weekly to LCA. But who knows.
Oct 22, 2014, 1:52 am
#110
Join Date: Dec 2012
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However.... the 664/5 doesn't operate on Saturdays, so the last day you can be sure of booking the 665 (with the connection to NCL) will be Friday 23 October (until they release the W15/6 timetable).
Oct 23, 2014, 7:48 am
#111
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Great timing for BA to add capacity, I can't see CY lasting the winter...
http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/10/22/cy...n-as-critical/
http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/10/22/cy...n-as-critical/
Nov 13, 2014, 7:41 am
#112
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,663
CY sounds like it won't be around for long if reports are true. Add to this the EU decision which is imminent.
http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/11/12/we...any-more-time/
http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/11/12/we...any-more-time/
Nov 19, 2014, 4:00 am
#113
Join Date: Dec 2012
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So as mentioned in the S15 thread, LCA is increasing to 13x weekly flights which is great news. Except that the new schedules have just been released and both flights are now departing LHR in the morning and return in the evening. I find that odd as this does very little to improve connections save for the regions (MAN, EDI, etc) and for late evening departures to places like GRU, HKG etc. But not to the US. Bizarre.
Schedules are:
[KVS Availability Tool 7.4.4/Diamond - Timetable/NL]
[KVS Availability Tool 7.4.4/Diamond - Timetable/NL]
Schedules are:
[KVS Availability Tool 7.4.4/Diamond - Timetable/NL]
Code:
LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] LCA Larnaca Intl CY [LCLK] TUE 12 May 2015 - 19 May 2015 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- BA 664 LHR 07:50 LCA 14:45 319 0 1-345-7 04:55 5 - 29 Mar 23 Oct BA 664 LHR 08:20 LCA 15:15 319 0 -2----- 04:55 5 - 31 Mar 20 Oct BA 662 LHR 11:45 LCA 18:15 767 0 1234567 04:30 5 - 29 Mar 24 Oct
Code:
LCA Larnaca Intl CY [LCLK] LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] TUE 12 May 2015 - 19 May 2015 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- BA 665 LCA 15:45 LHR 18:20 319 0 1-345-7 04:35 - 5 29 Mar 23 Oct BA 665 LCA 16:20 LHR 18:55 319 0 -2----- 04:35 - 5 31 Mar 20 Oct BA 663 LCA 19:25 LHR 22:25 767 0 1234567 05:00 - 5 29 Mar 24 Oct
Looks like it is going out an hour earlier. The new 1445 departure out of LCA is useful for onward connections from LHR.
The new 0700 departure out of LHR is mighty early.
Nov 19, 2014, 5:08 am
#114
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA BLUE BADGE
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On the subject of Larnaca can I just mention the food "enhancements" in the Larnaca Lounge.
The Cypriots seem to have misunderstood the BA definition and have actually widened the choice and improved the quality.
The Cypriots seem to have misunderstood the BA definition and have actually widened the choice and improved the quality.
Nov 19, 2014, 5:11 am
#115
Join Date: Dec 2012
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The salads are quite decent too - greek salad, coleslaw, potato salad, olives, pickled vegetables.
Nov 19, 2014, 5:19 am
#116
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Location: London
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I'd just had lunch in Larnaca marina so wasn't hungry but it all looked good and in the current BA environment of anti-passenger pro-shareholder mania it was a pleasant surprise.
Nov 19, 2014, 5:28 am
#117
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The desserts also featured some new items - some mini puddings of some kind in pots, carrot cake, as well as profiteroles.
Lovely place.
Great crew on the 663 (as usual).
Nov 19, 2014, 2:50 pm
#118
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As an aside, I along with a colleague once bumped into Theo Paphitis in said lounge, who without going into details was an important target for our business at the time and who we had met previously briefly. We were dressed in what I can only describe as "travelling tracksuits", which led to a rather embarrassing and understandably curtailed (by him) encounter.
Nov 26, 2014, 2:52 am
#120
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I'm flying to LGW - LCA this Friday in economy.
Has anyone had recent experience of the food on this trip? It's an 8am start so I'm wondering if it's worth having a full breakfast at Gatwick before take off?
The galleries no doubt has the usual carb fest with fruit.
Has anyone had recent experience of the food on this trip? It's an 8am start so I'm wondering if it's worth having a full breakfast at Gatwick before take off?
The galleries no doubt has the usual carb fest with fruit.