New Greek Summer Routes - Kalamata & Chania
Nov 17, 2015, 8:03 am
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New Greek Summer Routes - Kalamata & Chania
From the trade statement:
The summer season only routes to Kalamata (KLX) and Chania (CHQ) will both commence from 30 April 2016 and are available to book from today, 17 November 2015.
Frequencies to Corfu and Santorini will also be increased for summer 2016.
Key Points
Kalamata (KLX)
· BA644/645 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 5
Chania (CHQ)
· BA660/661 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 3
Corfu (CFU)
· 2 additional frequencies per week
Santorini (JTR)
· 1 additional frequency per week
The summer season only routes to Kalamata (KLX) and Chania (CHQ) will both commence from 30 April 2016 and are available to book from today, 17 November 2015.
Frequencies to Corfu and Santorini will also be increased for summer 2016.
Key Points
Kalamata (KLX)
· BA644/645 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 5
Chania (CHQ)
· BA660/661 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 3
Corfu (CFU)
· 2 additional frequencies per week
Santorini (JTR)
· 1 additional frequency per week
Nov 17, 2015, 8:14 am
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Interesting, potentially two more shorthaul+ routes to add to the list.
LHR-KLX is 1484 miles
LH-CHQ is 1641 miles
Obviously neither have been loaded in to the TP & avios calculator atm, but it is fairly likely that they will be 80 TPs in CE one way.
Already listed as shorthaul+ routes earning 80 TPs in CE each way are LHR-CFU and LHR-JTR.
LHR-KLX is 1484 miles
LH-CHQ is 1641 miles
Obviously neither have been loaded in to the TP & avios calculator atm, but it is fairly likely that they will be 80 TPs in CE one way.
Already listed as shorthaul+ routes earning 80 TPs in CE each way are LHR-CFU and LHR-JTR.
Nov 17, 2015, 8:46 am
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Good news and as I said last year with the other Greek routes BA is building up a nice portfolio in Greece. With the boost in tourism numbers this Summer it made sense to increase capacity. With SSH,MIR being off the list of options Spain,Greece, Portugal etc.. will see more demand.
JTR/JMK saw bumper figures this year. Indeed it is expected that 80 TP's will be the amount earned in CE.
With A3 also boosting capacity on many routes it will be an interesting 2016 for Greece. ^
JTR/JMK saw bumper figures this year. Indeed it is expected that 80 TP's will be the amount earned in CE.
With A3 also boosting capacity on many routes it will be an interesting 2016 for Greece. ^
Nov 17, 2015, 8:52 am
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From the trade statement:
The summer season only routes to Kalamata (KLX) and Chania (CHQ) will both commence from 30 April 2016 and are available to book from today, 17 November 2015.
Frequencies to Corfu and Santorini will also be increased for summer 2016.
Key Points
Kalamata (KLX)
· BA644/645 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 5
Chania (CHQ)
· BA660/661 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 3
Corfu (CFU)
· 2 additional frequencies per week
Santorini (JTR)
· 1 additional frequency per week
The summer season only routes to Kalamata (KLX) and Chania (CHQ) will both commence from 30 April 2016 and are available to book from today, 17 November 2015.
Frequencies to Corfu and Santorini will also be increased for summer 2016.
Key Points
Kalamata (KLX)
· BA644/645 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 5
Chania (CHQ)
· BA660/661 summer only service will operate twice weekly
· Operating out of Terminal 3
Corfu (CFU)
· 2 additional frequencies per week
Santorini (JTR)
· 1 additional frequency per week
Nov 17, 2015, 9:32 am
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· Operating out of Terminal 5
· Operating out of Terminal 3
EDIT: for the existing routes of CFU and JTR these are both LHR.
Nov 17, 2015, 9:36 am
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Since they are leisure destinations I thought it was worth checking. I am quite excited about Chania, haven't been there for years.
Nov 17, 2015, 9:40 am
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Chania is certainly the nicer end of the Island. ^
Nov 17, 2015, 10:02 am
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Yes, the 'leisure' routes are definitely spreading northwards. Menorca, Ibiza, Palma, Gran Canaria, Tenerife North, Corfu, Kos, Chania, Santorini, Mykonos, Kalamata, Olbia, Malaga, Faro, Malaga & Split. That's quite a list now...
Nov 17, 2015, 10:34 am
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Perhaps BA are also waiting for the LGW move to occur and bed down before loading in lots of extra leisure flights.
Summer weekend leisure flights make sense from LCY, where the slots have little alternative use; but it harder to make that case for LHR slots. One consequence is a far higher CE fare than would be the case ex-LGW.
Nov 17, 2015, 6:00 pm
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