ABBA - anyone but BA
Jul 26, 2017, 8:53 am
#272
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Munich, Algarve, Sussex or S.F Bay Area
Programs: Mucci, BA Gold, A3*Gold, AA Plat, HH Gold, IHG Plat Amb, Marriott Plat
Posts: 4,158
BA has a cost base far greater than any LCC.
However, the airlines direction suggests they want to target the LCC market and have decided to grow by being bigger rather than being better.
Unfortunately, with the cost base, they will never be bigger. While they used to be better, most Y pax cannot see any difference anymore.
However, the airlines direction suggests they want to target the LCC market and have decided to grow by being bigger rather than being better.
Unfortunately, with the cost base, they will never be bigger. While they used to be better, most Y pax cannot see any difference anymore.
Jul 26, 2017, 8:58 am
#273
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
Jul 26, 2017, 9:52 am
#275
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,502
All airline have an ex-Something. AF//LH group can put some low fares in Biz ex-UK or ex-Spain. The whole point of those is to attract customers with a lower price in exchange for the inconvenience to connect at another hub, compared to a direct. Linking ex-EU with the financial performance of BA compared to their competitors is a red herring.
Jul 26, 2017, 12:17 pm
#277
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,600
Jul 26, 2017, 12:33 pm
#278
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,129
Jul 26, 2017, 1:20 pm
#283
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: London
Posts: 3,459
The coverage in the broadsheets (FT and Sunday Times) and the Economist reflects this. It is difficult to see how AC can stay in his job much longer.
Jul 26, 2017, 2:18 pm
#284
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 17,008
sticking to the ABBA theme, I've just done Dubai on Air Berlin in business-class.
1-2-1 lie-flat seating, three friendly; nicely relaxed cabin crew looking after fifteen passengers (in a 19 seat cabin); good food, well-presented. All nineteen seats have, of course direct access, 4 are nicely secluded window ones; 9 are exposed to the aisle and the remaining 6 are love-bird seats in three pairs.
What's not to like, as they say .
So that's yet another OW airline showing British Airways up as ever so slightly dowdy and behind the times.
Admittedly a pretty awful airport experience at Tegel's C terminal, but with priority this and that it was OK.
A very salient point for avios redeemers deserves underlining: AB flights (and they do get around) are available for tons less cash co-payments than BA ones.
1-2-1 lie-flat seating, three friendly; nicely relaxed cabin crew looking after fifteen passengers (in a 19 seat cabin); good food, well-presented. All nineteen seats have, of course direct access, 4 are nicely secluded window ones; 9 are exposed to the aisle and the remaining 6 are love-bird seats in three pairs.
What's not to like, as they say .
So that's yet another OW airline showing British Airways up as ever so slightly dowdy and behind the times.
Admittedly a pretty awful airport experience at Tegel's C terminal, but with priority this and that it was OK.
A very salient point for avios redeemers deserves underlining: AB flights (and they do get around) are available for tons less cash co-payments than BA ones.
Jul 26, 2017, 4:37 pm
#285
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Argentina
Posts: 40,200
sticking to the ABBA theme, I've just done Dubai on Air Berlin in business-class.
1-2-1 lie-flat seating, three friendly; nicely relaxed cabin crew looking after fifteen passengers (in a 19 seat cabin); good food, well-presented. All nineteen seats have, of course direct access, 4 are nicely secluded window ones; 9 are exposed to the aisle and the remaining 6 are love-bird seats in three pairs.
What's not to like, as they say .
1-2-1 lie-flat seating, three friendly; nicely relaxed cabin crew looking after fifteen passengers (in a 19 seat cabin); good food, well-presented. All nineteen seats have, of course direct access, 4 are nicely secluded window ones; 9 are exposed to the aisle and the remaining 6 are love-bird seats in three pairs.
What's not to like, as they say .
