Do the British Royal Family still use BA?
Sep 16, 2020, 3:17 am
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The BA Royal Suite comprises 2 full size single beds, one fitted each side of the F Class cabin, a polished oak table in the centre of the cabin with two chairs forward and two chairs aft of the table. In addition there's a curtained changing area at the rear of the cabin.
Sep 16, 2020, 6:58 am
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This is presumably the table and chair setup (or a previous version of it), as seen fitted to Concorde in the 1970s: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/01/e0...aa9ef16536.jpg
Sep 16, 2020, 5:19 pm
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Sep 19, 2020, 6:31 am
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... and clearly HM Government (or should that be government) doesn't always use BA (re. Raab using UA IAD-LHR a day or so ago when there's a perfectly good BA flight)
(oh and where is Boris-Farce-One at the moment...)
(oh and where is Boris-Farce-One at the moment...)
Sep 19, 2020, 10:34 am
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Given the public purse nature of MP's traveling expenses, I imagine the only reasons UA was chosen and justified over BA/VS was either on cost and/or favourable timings.
Sep 19, 2020, 6:56 pm
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Sep 20, 2020, 3:40 am
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I’d put (minimal) money on it being the earlier departure from DC, and then arrival into London, of the United flight. I think this market is normally served by the BA216, but that is the flight that has got the chop at the moment. Not justifying it though, I’m sure a bit of diary juggling could have made the later BA flight work if he had really wanted to.