BBerg: Qatar Airways Looks at Loaning Wide-Body Jets to British Airways
May 9, 2018, 1:54 pm
#62
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, A3 *Gold
Posts: 887
Doesn’t look great at all. And it would surely cause a huge problem for PE pax.
I wonder if they’d consider putting these on some of the bucket and spade Gatters routes and moving 3 777s to Heahrow?
I wonder if they’d consider putting these on some of the bucket and spade Gatters routes and moving 3 777s to Heahrow?
May 9, 2018, 2:12 pm
#63
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SE1, London
Posts: 23,444
It’s a surprisingly good seat. Proper flat bed with no lumps and bumps, no wobbling, more storage space than CW, and quite private. The step over is a pain but not much worse than a CW hopover. I would happily fly it as a substitute. However the risk of getting one if flying WT+...will stick with AC this summer just in case.
May 9, 2018, 5:58 pm
#65
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,531
May 10, 2018, 12:27 am
#68
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: near Heathrow
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL (OWE), SA LifePlat (*G), BD Gold to the end, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,912
May 10, 2018, 12:39 am
#69
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,076
Further restrictions on the Rolls Royce powered Dreamliner published yesterday quoted here
Seems the dream changed to nightmare
Due to the ongoing diplomatic situation, QR will certainly have more aicraft to wet-lease
Seems the dream changed to nightmare
Due to the ongoing diplomatic situation, QR will certainly have more aicraft to wet-lease
May 10, 2018, 12:59 am
#70
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, A3 *Gold
Posts: 887
Maybe I’m wrong but my impression from flying from both Heathrow and Gatwick is that there are many more empty CW and WT+ seats on a route like MCO than there are on most Heathrow routes. You could also put it on the New York route which I believe is priced below Heathrow usually and then move overflow CW and WT+ pax to Heathrow flights.
it just seems that some Gatters routes, not all, might be a good fit for a plane that has less premium seats...
May 10, 2018, 1:50 am
#72
Join Date: May 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 5,380
Nice to be described as Heathrow Elite
Maybe I’m wrong but my impression from flying from both Heathrow and Gatwick is that there are many more empty CW and WT+ seats on a route like MCO than there are on most Heathrow routes. You could also put it on the New York route which I believe is priced below Heathrow usually and then move overflow CW and WT+ pax to Heathrow flights.
it just seems that some Gatters routes, not all, might be a good fit for a plane that has less premium seats...
May 10, 2018, 2:08 am
#73
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Rhineland-Palatinate
Programs: *A Gold (A3), HHonor Gold
Posts: 5,701
Further restrictions on the Rolls Royce powered Dreamliner published yesterday quoted here
Seems the dream changed to nightmare
Due to the ongoing diplomatic situation, QR will certainly have more aicraft to wet-lease
Seems the dream changed to nightmare
Due to the ongoing diplomatic situation, QR will certainly have more aicraft to wet-lease
May 10, 2018, 2:24 am
#74
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,477
My understanding is that the key component of the RR engine blade is made from the material by a Japanese company (think of the Kobe Steel scandal). Thus we did not hear any complaints from ANA...
May 10, 2018, 2:33 am
#75
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold
Posts: 8,406
Further restrictions on the Rolls Royce powered Dreamliner published yesterday quoted here
BTW The routes to Europe will be affected with the reduced ETOPS rating. Central Russian isn't know for a high airport density. JP-US seems to be unaffected as there are airports all over Eastern Russia and Alaska.