Next USA city?
Aug 21, 2018, 1:29 am
#31
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Aug 21, 2018, 4:17 am
#37
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The trouble with a new USA route now is the lack of 788s BA has. Either it means they upgrade a current 788 service to something larger (BNA/MSY etc) or they have to launch the service with a 789 or 772. Me thinks the USA expansion is done for while and BA will be looking further afield. My best guesses for USA:
MCI (Kansas City)
PDX (Portland)
DTW (Detroit)
SLC (Salt Lake City)
Again I can't imagine any being started with anything but a 788.
I think it's time BA takes a look at some of their large holes in African Commonwealth countries:
DAR or ZNZ (Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar, Tanzania)
FNA (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
EBB (Entebbe, Uganda)
WDH (Windhoek, Namibia)
HRE (Harare, Zim)
BJL (Banjul, The Gambia) - An odd one but a coup with them rejoining the group and steal some traffic from Thomas Cook with BA Holidays
TUN (Tunis, Tunisia ;not Commonwealth, but a glaring hole for OW in general)
Not sure of the bilateral restrictions in these relationships, but it does rather surprise me that BA have been so keen to send the 788s on routes to the Americas without a single attempt for a 788 to Africa.
MCI (Kansas City)
PDX (Portland)
DTW (Detroit)
SLC (Salt Lake City)
Again I can't imagine any being started with anything but a 788.
I think it's time BA takes a look at some of their large holes in African Commonwealth countries:
DAR or ZNZ (Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar, Tanzania)
FNA (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
EBB (Entebbe, Uganda)
WDH (Windhoek, Namibia)
HRE (Harare, Zim)
BJL (Banjul, The Gambia) - An odd one but a coup with them rejoining the group and steal some traffic from Thomas Cook with BA Holidays
TUN (Tunis, Tunisia ;not Commonwealth, but a glaring hole for OW in general)
Not sure of the bilateral restrictions in these relationships, but it does rather surprise me that BA have been so keen to send the 788s on routes to the Americas without a single attempt for a 788 to Africa.
Aug 21, 2018, 4:29 am
#38
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Aug 21, 2018, 4:35 am
#39
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Albuquerque (ABQ) in New Mexico.
No other reason than one of my offspring and family live there, and it would save me having to change planes at ORD or DFW whenever I visit them.
BM
No other reason than one of my offspring and family live there, and it would save me having to change planes at ORD or DFW whenever I visit them.
BM
Aug 21, 2018, 4:53 am
#40
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Wouldn't they need an extra set of flight crew to be able to do that because of crew hours restrictions ? Also I thought that they did a lot of maintenance during the long stop
Aug 21, 2018, 5:02 am
#41
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I would, like others, also prefer more non-USA routes. In Asia BA serves 8 out of the top 10 busiest airports, but not Jakarta (but aren't there runway issues there?) and Guangzhou. I still think Havana and Bali (possibly with a stop off in Jakarta) are possible from Gatwick, and I would like to see more routes in China (even though Chengdu didn't work) such as Xi'an, Guangzhou or even Chongqing (not sure if any of these are China Eastern hubs for codeshare and connection opportunities), or even moving into Taipei or Osaka. I could also see Panama City starting. But no doubt the next long-haul route will be another USA destination.
Aug 21, 2018, 5:10 am
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I don't think any significant maintenance is done during time on the ground in JNB. Just transit checks, essential maintenance, and possibly clearing of deferred defects if material and time is available.
Given the relatively quick turnarounds the A380 fleet get at the LHR end, it is unusual that despite the aircraft being on the ground for 10/12 hours the opportunity isn't being used for deep cleans, but just standard long-haul turn-round cleans.
Aug 21, 2018, 5:52 am
#44
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I don't think any significant maintenance is done during time on the ground in JNB. Just transit checks, essential maintenance, and possibly clearing of deferred defects if material and time is available.
Given the relatively quick turnarounds the A380 fleet get at the LHR end, it is unusual that despite the aircraft being on the ground for 10/12 hours the opportunity isn't being used for deep cleans, but just standard long-haul turn-round cleans.
Given the relatively quick turnarounds the A380 fleet get at the LHR end, it is unusual that despite the aircraft being on the ground for 10/12 hours the opportunity isn't being used for deep cleans, but just standard long-haul turn-round cleans.
Aug 21, 2018, 6:15 am
#45
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It seems the minor US cities are much more likely due to subsidies, but agree with many here that Asia could use more routes, Osaka seems obvious (maybe BA could take on one of JAL's Tokyo routes to allow JAL to try a direct regional route to London?) and if I were BA I'd really be trying to get in on the Chinese market, even if those routes are not hugely profitable yet it's where the world's economy is moving towards....
It would also be good to see Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. Maybe Vietnam and Indonesia (with a tag on to Bali) could be Gatters routes for the Monarch slots?
If it has to be the US then how about Boise? Idaho is growing faster than any other state apparently... http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3...-feverish-pace
(I know - very unlikely but my company has an office there so might as well put it out there and you never know who might want to throw a subsidy at BA!)
It would also be good to see Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. Maybe Vietnam and Indonesia (with a tag on to Bali) could be Gatters routes for the Monarch slots?
If it has to be the US then how about Boise? Idaho is growing faster than any other state apparently... http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3...-feverish-pace
(I know - very unlikely but my company has an office there so might as well put it out there and you never know who might want to throw a subsidy at BA!)