Is Cruz Gone? [Rumour]
Aug 27, 2019, 1:27 pm
#151
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100% Alex should go. Customer satisfaction regresses to revenue. I don't care how many pointless NPS surveys are marked as positive, the almost predictable, catastrophic operational and IT failures of the past couple of years will very soon show up in the financial statements and he will be forced out.
Aug 27, 2019, 1:37 pm
#152
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Besides the endless salami slicing how much of the IAG profitability is down to being able due to low fuel prices to continue flying a large fleet of long ago written down gas guzzling 744's on incredibly profitable routes like LHR-JFK? With higher fuel prices BA would have had to have invested in more fuel efficient but expensive aircraft much earlier than they have.
Aug 27, 2019, 1:45 pm
#153
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Besides the endless salami slicing how much of the IAG profitability is down to being able due to low fuel prices to continue flying a large fleet of long ago written down gas guzzling 744's on incredibly profitable routes like LHR-JFK? With higher fuel prices BA would have had to have invested in more fuel efficient but expensive aircraft much earlier than they have.
Aug 27, 2019, 1:49 pm
#154
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Aug 27, 2019, 1:51 pm
#155
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I believe BA's fleet age is comparable to other european/american legacy carriers.
Aug 27, 2019, 1:54 pm
#156
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Any ides what that would be? Qatar airways and Singapore airlines have an average age of around 6 or less!!
Aug 27, 2019, 1:56 pm
#157
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Aug 27, 2019, 2:02 pm
#158
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https://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/...%20Airways.htm
The point I was making was about the 744 fleet. No other large 744 operating airline has been able to keep these gas guzzlers going and making a profit to the same extent. Lufty and KLM are the other 2 and their fleet numbers are down to like a third of BA's now.
The point I was making was about the 744 fleet. No other large 744 operating airline has been able to keep these gas guzzlers going and making a profit to the same extent. Lufty and KLM are the other 2 and their fleet numbers are down to like a third of BA's now.
Aug 27, 2019, 2:02 pm
#159
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BA mainline: 13.8 years
BA CityFlyer: 8.95 years
Air France: 13.7 years
KLM: 11.7 years
Lufthansa: 11.9 years
United: 15.5 years
American: 11.1 years
Delta: 15.4 years
Air Canada: 13.4 years
Aug 27, 2019, 2:08 pm
#160
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I wonder how many of the travel blogs will reporting this as 'news' in the next couple of days all pointing to this thread as somehowbeing the authoritative source ??
Aug 27, 2019, 2:09 pm
#161
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Lufthansa 296 aircraft ... average age 11.9
BA 277 aircraft.. average age 13.8 years
KLM 120 aircraft , 11,7 years
Air france 222 aircraft 13.7 years
American Airlines 966 aircraft, 11.1 years
United Airlines 786 aircraft, 15.5 years
source planespotters.net
Singapore is listed as 136 aircraft. 6.9 years
Qatar 226 , 6.1 years
qantas 136 and 12 years
BA 277 aircraft.. average age 13.8 years
KLM 120 aircraft , 11,7 years
Air france 222 aircraft 13.7 years
American Airlines 966 aircraft, 11.1 years
United Airlines 786 aircraft, 15.5 years
source planespotters.net
Singapore is listed as 136 aircraft. 6.9 years
Qatar 226 , 6.1 years
qantas 136 and 12 years
Last edited by scottishpoet; Aug 27, 2019 at 2:19 pm
Aug 27, 2019, 2:25 pm
#162
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The other corker of a reply to me was “no you are wrong, D1 will always be opened when the aircraft has WT+ in B zone”.
Many of us literally have spent years trying.
Aug 27, 2019, 2:26 pm
#163
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But no HT to FT, just a spurious 'IAG circles'.
Aug 27, 2019, 2:40 pm
#164
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I can't think of a single person who spends as many man hours on car maintenance as BA do on their aircraft. Such comparisons as as ridiculous as they are meaningless. It is, however a very good argument against idiots owning self driving cars.
Aug 27, 2019, 2:41 pm
#165
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https://loyaltylobby.com/2019/08/27/...edy-of-errors/
But no HT to FT, just a spurious 'IAG circles'.
But no HT to FT, just a spurious 'IAG circles'.
As it the BA server room really that mess of cables? Yeah it's looks photoshopped but it's probbaly not that far off from reality!
And why is there a tub of salt on the table?