Stobart Air to operate for BA Cityflyer
Nov 21, 2018, 12:48 am
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I have had an email notification saying my flight to Ibiza next summer from LCY will be operated by Stobart Air and that they are allowing me to change onto any other London service to Ibiza within 3 days. My MMB still indicates the flight is operated by BA Cityflyer on an Embraer E190SR. I guess I will wait and see what happens, either way - I don't want to be rebooked as the current flight time is perfect for me. Just checked a new booking and there is no indication that Stobart Air will operate the flight, so the email could have been sent in error.
Nov 21, 2018, 2:14 am
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We have to assume that these E90s will be configured the same as the BA ones and the service would be the same.
If thats the case I agree wth you why change ?
regardless as your flight isn’t until next year there’s plenty of time to see what the aircraft & service actually look like prior to making a decision.
cs
If thats the case I agree wth you why change ?
regardless as your flight isn’t until next year there’s plenty of time to see what the aircraft & service actually look like prior to making a decision.
cs
Nov 21, 2018, 2:23 am
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Nov 21, 2018, 3:07 am
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If they keep the Virgin configuration it'll be an improvement over BA. https://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-revi...business-class
Nov 21, 2018, 9:27 am
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Does anyone know whether the aircraft will have the the same AB/CD seat lettering that is used by BACF on there aircraft or if it will retain its A/DF (CE) and AC/DF (ET) as used by VA?
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Nov 21, 2018, 9:41 am
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In MMB, this shows up in CE as A (single) C+D (pair). In EuroTraveller I think it's A+B [aisle] C+D but I don't have an ET booking so I'm less certain there.
Nov 21, 2018, 11:38 am
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If they keep the Virgin configuration it'll be an improvement over BA. https://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-revi...business-class
Nov 21, 2018, 12:14 pm
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Nov 21, 2018, 1:56 pm
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I have had an email notification saying my flight to Ibiza next summer from LCY will be operated by Stobart Air and that they are allowing me to change onto any other London service to Ibiza within 3 days. My MMB still indicates the flight is operated by BA Cityflyer on an Embraer E190SR. I guess I will wait and see what happens, either way - I don't want to be rebooked as the current flight time is perfect for me. Just checked a new booking and there is no indication that Stobart Air will operate the flight, so the email could have been sent in error.
Given that the Sunday PM flights are always full with up to 10-12 rows of CE on occasion it will be interesting how they propose to handle the very large number of downgrades this will cause.
The very high level of CE bookings on the Ibiza route make it a strange choice to use this plane type.
Nov 22, 2018, 12:05 am
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The 1850 IBZ-LCY Sunday service is now Stobart operated every summer weekend according to the notifications sent but not reflected in the website.
Given that the Sunday PM flights are always full with up to 10-12 rows of CE on occasion it will be interesting how they propose to handle the very large number of downgrades this will cause.
The very high level of CE bookings on the Ibiza route make it a strange choice to use this plane type.
Nov 22, 2018, 12:10 am
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The situation is no different to FLUB so I don’t see why they wouldn’t just use both larger and standard size seats as CE.
People sitting in standard steats in CE can not complain as they are getting an identical product to what they are used to / promised.
People sitting in the larger seats at the front should be status holders.
People sitting in standard steats in CE can not complain as they are getting an identical product to what they are used to / promised.
People sitting in the larger seats at the front should be status holders.
Nov 22, 2018, 12:33 am
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The 1850 IBZ-LCY Sunday service is now Stobart operated every summer weekend according to the notifications sent but not reflected in the website.
Given that the Sunday PM flights are always full with up to 10-12 rows of CE on occasion it will be interesting how they propose to handle the very large number of downgrades this will cause.
The very high level of CE bookings on the Ibiza route make it a strange choice to use this plane type.
Seat maps on mmb are currently being updated and will show in the next day or two.
