MAN - LGW
Aug 26, 2018, 4:01 am
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The only point of MAN-LGW were a mix of the connections to other planes, and connections to Southern trains to Brighton and much of the channel coast. There is very little O/D traffic and indeed there is very little MAN-LHR O/D traffic too.
Aug 26, 2018, 4:41 am
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Until recently, it used to be cheaper and the same amount of time (but with less connections) to change at Watford/Milton Keynes then Clapham Junction, completely avoiding London altogether.
Aug 26, 2018, 7:53 am
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Aug 26, 2018, 8:37 am
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Indeed, those are merely positioning flights. During the summer season, BA fly from MAN, STN, BHX, etc during the weekends using aircraft that would otherwise be stuck at LCY earning no money. See BA forum for details. The flights you see are merely to position the plane to MAN to start that weekend sequence, then bring it back to LCY for the start of the new week. It's bookable but those two flights are merely an accidental consequence of the weekend schedule proper.
Aug 26, 2018, 12:42 pm
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The end result for me is that BA isn’t a viable option for so many of the destinations I would otherwise choose them to get me to.
Aug 26, 2018, 1:09 pm
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Jersey is an island - you fly or you take a long ferry. If you need to fly from LHR, you will make it there.
Why would an an airline waste valuable LHR slots to generate no extra business?
i think this answers itself.
Aug 26, 2018, 1:11 pm
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EDI, GLA and NQY are the only domestic BA routes at LGW with NQY being served by flybe with a BA codeshare.
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Aug 26, 2018, 1:39 pm
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For sure the train fron NW England to the capital is very convenient and often good value but that can’t be said of the connection from Euston to either LGW or LHR especially for leisure flyers with holiday luggage. I can go back to the time when it was possible to get to Gatwick by direct train from many parts if the country but those days are long gone sadly.
The end result for me is that BA isn’t a viable option for so many of the destinations I would otherwise choose them to get me to.
Aug 26, 2018, 2:14 pm
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I miss the LGW-MAN route, which closed about 5 years ago. The NCL flight went before. The 10 a.m. (or so) flight from Gatwick to Manchester was often pretty full of folk coming off Caribbean flights. It must be less convenient for them now. At one time, there was a late flight from MAN at about 8.30 pm, which was useful to me quite often.
Aug 27, 2018, 12:25 pm
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That's exactly my opinion. Why on earth would I want to go through the LHR connection when I can fly better airlines east and west? Oh, and if I fly BA I have to pay for my seat selection. Oh, and then I get a 30inch seat pitch on the flight to LHR. Oh, and a clapped out 747 or 777.
same here