New Routes from LCY (17/07/17)
Jul 19, 2017, 4:48 am
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Jul 19, 2017, 4:53 am
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But in order to get to WAW you would still need to arrange a DIY connection from PRG (e.g. LCY-PRG on BA and PRG-WAW on LO) and, considering the numerous options you have from BHX, you wouldn't really travel to London in order to travel LCY-PRG-WAW on separate tickets 
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TBH, I'd rather fly from Inverness than from Heathrow so I'll clutch at whatever straws come my way!
Jul 19, 2017, 6:31 am
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Really?! Three flights a day from LHR solely to serve a niche TATL service? Unlikely. ORY is the better placed of the Paris airports for the business district of La Defense, which seems to me far more a reason why BA might plausibly have launched it - and why it's switching to LCY. Plus of course serving the south of the city itself.
That's not to say there wasn't a bit of connecting onto EC, but apart from the odd FTer or avgeek this is most likely to have been in disruption when people are rebooked.
Jul 19, 2017, 6:42 am
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Jul 19, 2017, 6:53 am
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(My bold)
Really?! Three flights a day from LHR solely to serve a niche TATL service? Unlikely. ORY is the better placed of the Paris airports for the business district of La Defense, which seems to me far more a reason why BA might plausibly have launched it - and why it's switching to LCY. Plus of course serving the south of the city itself.
That's not to say there wasn't a bit of connecting onto EC, but apart from the odd FTer or avgeek this is most likely to have been in disruption when people are rebooked.
Really?! Three flights a day from LHR solely to serve a niche TATL service? Unlikely. ORY is the better placed of the Paris airports for the business district of La Defense, which seems to me far more a reason why BA might plausibly have launched it - and why it's switching to LCY. Plus of course serving the south of the city itself.
That's not to say there wasn't a bit of connecting onto EC, but apart from the odd FTer or avgeek this is most likely to have been in disruption when people are rebooked.
From the same reductive school of though that thinks BA serves DUB primarily for FTers to get cheap premium class holidays.
Its clearly seizing on WX's retrenchment into a white label/contract carrier leaving ORY now open from LCY.
Jul 19, 2017, 7:56 am
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(My bold)
Really?! Three flights a day from LHR solely to serve a niche TATL service? Unlikely. ORY is the better placed of the Paris airports for the business district of La Defense, which seems to me far more a reason why BA might plausibly have launched it - and why it's switching to LCY. Plus of course serving the south of the city itself.
That's not to say there wasn't a bit of connecting onto EC, but apart from the odd FTer or avgeek this is most likely to have been in disruption when people are rebooked.
Really?! Three flights a day from LHR solely to serve a niche TATL service? Unlikely. ORY is the better placed of the Paris airports for the business district of La Defense, which seems to me far more a reason why BA might plausibly have launched it - and why it's switching to LCY. Plus of course serving the south of the city itself.
That's not to say there wasn't a bit of connecting onto EC, but apart from the odd FTer or avgeek this is most likely to have been in disruption when people are rebooked.
OpenSkies was created in 2008.
LHR-ORY started in 1994, as BA bought the line from TAT when Air France released their shares and BA acquired a 49.9% shares. TAT had domestic flights to France and the BA/TAT link LHR-ORY allowed for connection to TAT/Air Inter flights.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...e-1373185.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT_European_Airlines
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...f-1439693.html
Jul 19, 2017, 1:14 pm
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Since BA have removed my connecting flight from LBA on the day I need it, I have the option to come down the night before, and go out on LCY-PRG in CE.
I've never been to LCY before- is it worth it, apart from the novelty factor???
I've never been to LCY before- is it worth it, apart from the novelty factor???
Jul 19, 2017, 2:14 pm
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I tend to think LCY catering is better (I had a nice hot meal from EDI) but LCY has no lounge (for BA passengers, and even if you paid for a lounge it's landside) and as the plane is 2-2 throughout there's no middle seat to block.
As I live in London with LCY as being my closest airport both to home and office I'd not hesitate to use the LCY flight. I'd not consider it worth crossing over London for though. Your status means you bypass most of the Heathrow hassle and although T3 means you can't use the first wing I find the choices of lounge in T3 (CX in particular) make it good to fly from there.
Jul 19, 2017, 2:34 pm
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On the subject of LHR-ORY being used for transfers, I believe BA has a codeshare agreement in place on the route with Corsair. In which case, I presume it will be transferred to the LCY route. So, for example, DKR-ORY-LHR becomes DKR-ORY-LCY.