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Old Aug 29, 2018, 4:31 am
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Would Helsinki and Kiev be doable range wise?
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 4:35 am
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What are they going to call the new E190s? From memory, they've already used up to G-LCYY - has there been a LCYZ yet? What's next? G-CFEx?
G-LCYZ is already in the fleet. G-CFEx couldn't be used because there is only one unused registration in that sequence: G-CFEP. But the G-LCZx sequence is completely clear.

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Old Aug 29, 2018, 4:40 am
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G-LCYA is registered to a private jet.
B and C were registered to BA RJ aircraft, so they may be transferable.
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 4:52 am
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would be interesting to see maybe OTP-LCY, they have many p2p pax on this route and the flights from here to LHR (both BA and ROT) are fully booked all the time, extra capacity and serving LCY will be great for p2p pax.
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 4:57 am
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Originally Posted by GBobon
would be interesting to see maybe OTP-LCY, they have many p2p pax on this route and the flights from here to LHR (both BA and ROT) are fully booked all the time, extra capacity and serving LCY will be great for p2p pax.
Do you think that could be anything to do with the surprising surge in visitors to PHX? How do you know they have so many point-to-point pax?
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 4:57 am
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G-LCYA is registered to a private jet.
B and C were registered to BA RJ aircraft, so they may be transferable.
IIRC, UK registrations are not re-used. And AIUI, a registration can't be re-used once it has been reserved, even if it is not taken up. This can be seen in the G-GATx sequence, in which G-GATO was reserved by BA for the aircraft that was later rejected.
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 5:08 am
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Originally Posted by Jonathan2712
When will City Airport get in the way of its own expansion? It’s pretty common already to land and then have to wait to disembark, whilst a gate / parking space is found. Adding more aircraft will make this situation worse. I’m all for more route from LCY as it’s a great little airport but they do need to expand the site not just the routes.
Completely agree.

Are all stands now E190 compatible or are there still some that can only handle shorter aircraft?

I’m sure they’ve worked it out, but both the tarmac & the terminal are already creaking at the seams and not just in the business peak times.
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 5:12 am
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Just as City Jet have thrown in the towel...
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 5:26 am
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Just as City Jet have thrown in the towel...
Cityjet threw the towel in a year or more ago in terms of substantive LCY ops. Yesterday’s announcement was effectively rebranding the last remaining service in EI colours, so almost no impact on slots (-1 daily service?).
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 5:42 am
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Originally Posted by citiflyerUK
I suspect we'll see either Budapest or Warsaw as BA tries to stop LOT succeeding on the new routes. I'd desperately love to see ARN return or even Bromma but it's highly unlikely.
ARN might not be a bad shout considering the 767s are being retired and the impact this will have on the number of seats on LON-STO (although the 767s were rumoured to be strong on cargo).

Adding some more domestic capacity into LCY could free up some LHR slots, NCL or MAN?
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 5:54 am
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Originally Posted by tigertanaka




Adding some more domestic capacity into LCY could free up some LHR slots, NCL or MAN?
Except that MAN has a very high %age of people connecting on to other services. NCL slightly less so, but still high - I suspect that the lack of connecting options at LCY would put off some from those airports? NCL has been tried some time ago - by Eastern if I remember correctly, but they couldn't make it work.
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 5:56 am
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Originally Posted by Jonathan2712
When will City Airport get in the way of its own expansion? It’s pretty common already to land and then have to wait to disembark, whilst a gate / parking space is found. Adding more aircraft will make this situation worse. I’m all for more route from LCY as it’s a great little airport but they do need to expand the site not just the routes.
You are correct to an extent, but it's extremely quiet there during off-peak hours (to the extent that the aircraft go off on little jollys at the weekends!) so there's definitely room to add more flights without it becoming unworkable.
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 5:57 am
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Originally Posted by Foltan
... it's extremely quiet there during off-peak hours (to the extent that the aircraft go off on little jollys at the weekends!) ...
That's the curfew, though, surely? You should see LCY just before it starts and just after it ends.
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 6:28 am
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Again the £4.5 billion reference...
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Old Aug 29, 2018, 6:41 am
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“..Adding some more domestic capacity into LCY could free up some LHR slots, NCL or MAN?”

LHR needs LH aircraft, not slots.
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