BA announces biggest Gatwick summer schedule in 10 years
Mar 11, 2018, 7:33 am
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Thanks for that, it will also be on interest to those in the Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh and related points since it spares us a shuffle over to St Pancras. Unfortunately looking at the provisional timetable it doesn't appear to save any time since this new service makes frequent stops (e.g. Horley). However the provisional timetable is currently work in progress rather than the confirmed outcome, but at the moment it suggests the fastest route remains going to Kings Cross and then the Gatwick Express from Victoria.
From May there will be fast Thameslink trains that do London Bridge to Gatwick in 29 minutes, therefore it'll be best to get on one of these at St Pancras rather than take the tube to Victoria and get the Gatwick Express.
* comfortable for now, let's see what the Azuma (class 800) brings.
Mar 11, 2018, 8:39 am
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I wouldn't even describe King's Cross to St Pancras as a walk - it's literally crossing a road. I reckon it's actually a shorter walk to the Thameslink platforms in STP from platforms 9-11 of KGX - and poss even from platforms 0-8 using the overbridge - than it is from the main entrance to St Pancras itself.
Mar 11, 2018, 10:35 am
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Apr 15, 2018, 5:30 pm
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Page 5 of this link suggesting a few more new destinations for BA over the summer season at Gatwick, I suppose these could be charters though rather than new scheduled routes?: https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...REPORT-S18.pdf
Some I haven’t seen mentioned before are Antalya, Aktion, Burgas, Lisbon, Zagreb.
Some I haven’t seen mentioned before are Antalya, Aktion, Burgas, Lisbon, Zagreb.
Apr 16, 2018, 12:52 am
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Page 5 of this link suggesting a few more new destinations for BA over the summer season at Gatwick, I suppose these could be charters though rather than new scheduled routes?: https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...REPORT-S18.pdf
Some I haven’t seen mentioned before are Antalya, Aktion, Burgas, Lisbon, Zagreb.
Some I haven’t seen mentioned before are Antalya, Aktion, Burgas, Lisbon, Zagreb.
Apr 16, 2018, 3:02 am
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interesting that it also mentions increased services to many destinations such as Malta. When you look at the sechedule, Malta has the same frequency as last year. When is BA going to finally announce the allocation of the remaining slots to the new destinations or inrcreased services?
Apr 16, 2018, 3:27 am
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May 15, 2018, 4:17 pm
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I have never had more than 2-3 other people in the Premium security time in my experiences in the past year or so. Maybe mid-summer it's busier though
May 21, 2018, 2:22 pm
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An article in the FT at the weekend said BA has had to lease 20% of the new Gatwick slots to Thomas Cook (mostly) and Qatar (2 rotations a day) to avoid a problem with 'use it or lose it' rules.
According to the article there was no income involved for the leases.
According to the article there was no income involved for the leases.