Flights to Las Palmas
Jun 11, 2017, 12:42 pm
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Flights to Las Palmas
Hi,
I'm interested in going to Gran Canaria next year with BA CE rather than bucket and spade, and notice they fly from LHR to LPA direct on Saturdays, but whilst I can see an outbound flight say on 24th March, there are none later than that or any direct return flights in April.Do they stop the direct flights in April or am I too early in looking? Thanks
I'm interested in going to Gran Canaria next year with BA CE rather than bucket and spade, and notice they fly from LHR to LPA direct on Saturdays, but whilst I can see an outbound flight say on 24th March, there are none later than that or any direct return flights in April.Do they stop the direct flights in April or am I too early in looking? Thanks
Jun 11, 2017, 12:51 pm
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BA run their own metal to LPA during the winter (a great time to go there, incidentally) but the rest of the year the route's operation is shared with IB Express. They are on a 330 year calendar anyway, but for these non core routes they often plug into the schedule later than BA would do.
Jun 11, 2017, 1:40 pm
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Yes, IB Express is an "arm's length" subsidiary of Iberia. I seem to recall this question - about booking window - came up a year ago! I don't know, but I suspect we are probably looking at a 6 month horizon there.
Jun 11, 2017, 7:18 pm
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Hi paulaf, have you considered flying indirect with an outbound stopover in Madrid? IB fly an A340-600 daily from LHR to MAD. This is a great aircraft with lie flat seats in Business class with a 1-2-1 configuration.
LHR-MAD IB 3167 18:35 - 21:55
MAD-LHR IB 3166 15:45 - 17:05
https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Ib...340-600_V1.php
LHR-MAD IB 3167 18:35 - 21:55
MAD-LHR IB 3166 15:45 - 17:05
https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Ib...340-600_V1.php