Oct 20, 2016, 1:08 pm
Last edit by: Ldnn1
After much speculation BA has confirmed the launch of non-stop flights from Heathrow to New Orleans (MSY) from 27 March 2017.
Service will initially run 4x weekly on 3-class 787-8 aircraft:
BA225 LHR 1540 – 1940 MSY 788 Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
BA224 MSY 2120 – 1200+1 LHR 788 Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
Lounge arrangements (if any) at MSY are yet to be confirmed.
Service will initially run 4x weekly on 3-class 787-8 aircraft:
BA225 LHR 1540 – 1940 MSY 788 Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
BA224 MSY 2120 – 1200+1 LHR 788 Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
Lounge arrangements (if any) at MSY are yet to be confirmed.
BA to New Orleans [service starts Summer 2017]
Oct 17, 2016, 11:22 am
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Oct 17, 2016, 12:44 pm
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Just to remind people getting excited, there was a similar degree of certainty about the new Jakarta flight that never happened..
Just saying... (long and thin route?!)
Just saying... (long and thin route?!)
Oct 17, 2016, 1:02 pm
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Oct 17, 2016, 1:27 pm
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Oct 17, 2016, 1:51 pm
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Oct 18, 2016, 2:50 am
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Anyway, despite knowing about it for years, can you guess what airplane the national carrier bought to fly to Europe non-stop
(thus LHR-CGK-SIN-LHR routing). I'm not sure if this would impact the 787 - I don't think so.
Oct 18, 2016, 2:59 am
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If the only attraction of a "hub" is its ability to get you to the other places that people actually want to go, then why not fly to those places directly?
New Orleans is such a place. It's a place people actually want to go to.
Oct 18, 2016, 3:16 am
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Indeed. The partner hubs are all covered anyway. It's new spokes that are needed.