Anyone got a BA timetable from 1999?
Aug 20, 2020, 1:05 am
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Most interesting. I don't remember much about the flights except that they were totally ok. In those days I used to buy all tickets through STA Travel, because they offered good rates and flexible tickets for students under 26.
In the early 2000s I did a number of flights on something called AirEurope (words joined together just like the current Spanish AirEuropa) which was based in Italy and used the code PE. It was part of The Qualifier Group, as was Volare (which used 8D, then later VA ... I think, despite the association with Virgin Australia). So there were a lot of Air Europe variants.
Both of these went belly up along with nearly all members of The Qualifier Group. LOT Polish is the only one that still exists as it was then, same logo and all.
In the early 2000s I did a number of flights on something called AirEurope (words joined together just like the current Spanish AirEuropa) which was based in Italy and used the code PE. It was part of The Qualifier Group, as was Volare (which used 8D, then later VA ... I think, despite the association with Virgin Australia). So there were a lot of Air Europe variants.
Both of these went belly up along with nearly all members of The Qualifier Group. LOT Polish is the only one that still exists as it was then, same logo and all.
Sep 2, 2020, 4:42 am
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Thank you, martin102, I seem to have plugged most of the gaps of missing data now. The only number missing now is a Dan-Air flight on 06.08.86 LHR-INV DA ??? (dep 20h00). At a guess, it could be DA158, because 3 years later on 25.04 89 I did INV-LHR leaving at 17h30 arriving at 18h40 and it would be logical to assume that it turned around and became DA158 for the late evening flight to INV.
Similarly, in 1990 I flew on 06.04.90 LHR-INV DA 152 (dep 09h00 arr 10h40), which gave me the number for the same route, same timing, on 27.01.89. I am just assuming that the number did not change here.
Lastly, in my researches in the early 1990s, there are a couple of missing or dubious numbers. Here they are:
17.07.92 LHR-EDI. BD 056 (?) (dep 12h40)
17.07.92 LHR-INV. BA ???? (dep 17h00)
24.08.95 LHR-GVA. BA 730 (?) (dep 15h35)
For the first flight, I took a British Midland flight at almost exactly the same time some 15 years later, 12h45 instead of 12h40, with the same number. Bit of a stretch, but there is a good chance the number remained the same.
For the second flight from LHR to INV leaving at 17h00 the number is completely missing. It's just a couple of months after the Dan-Air takeover, I think, so maybe the number can be extrapolated from a Dan-Air one.
For the third flight, I'm not quite sure why I have a doubt, but I think BA730 was the number of a similarly timed flight I took another time. But I actually can't find another BA730 in my records. I do remember that the Swissair flight went out at 15h05 and that timing remained in place for years.
Similarly, in 1990 I flew on 06.04.90 LHR-INV DA 152 (dep 09h00 arr 10h40), which gave me the number for the same route, same timing, on 27.01.89. I am just assuming that the number did not change here.
Lastly, in my researches in the early 1990s, there are a couple of missing or dubious numbers. Here they are:
17.07.92 LHR-EDI. BD 056 (?) (dep 12h40)
17.07.92 LHR-INV. BA ???? (dep 17h00)
24.08.95 LHR-GVA. BA 730 (?) (dep 15h35)
For the first flight, I took a British Midland flight at almost exactly the same time some 15 years later, 12h45 instead of 12h40, with the same number. Bit of a stretch, but there is a good chance the number remained the same.
For the second flight from LHR to INV leaving at 17h00 the number is completely missing. It's just a couple of months after the Dan-Air takeover, I think, so maybe the number can be extrapolated from a Dan-Air one.
For the third flight, I'm not quite sure why I have a doubt, but I think BA730 was the number of a similarly timed flight I took another time. But I actually can't find another BA730 in my records. I do remember that the Swissair flight went out at 15h05 and that timing remained in place for years.
Sep 10, 2020, 9:38 am
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Thank you, martin102, I seem to have plugged most of the gaps of missing data now. The only number missing now is a Dan-Air flight on 06.08.86 LHR-INV DA ??? (dep 20h00). At a guess, it could be DA158, because 3 years later on 25.04 89 I did INV-LHR leaving at 17h30 arriving at 18h40 and it would be logical to assume that it turned around and became DA158 for the late evening flight to INV.
Similarly, in 1990 I flew on 06.04.90 LHR-INV DA 152 (dep 09h00 arr 10h40), which gave me the number for the same route, same timing, on 27.01.89. I am just assuming that the number did not change here.
Lastly, in my researches in the early 1990s, there are a couple of missing or dubious numbers. Here they are:
17.07.92 LHR-EDI. BD 056 (?) (dep 12h40)
17.07.92 LHR-INV. BA ???? (dep 17h00)
24.08.95 LHR-GVA. BA 730 (?) (dep 15h35)
For the first flight, I took a British Midland flight at almost exactly the same time some 15 years later, 12h45 instead of 12h40, with the same number. Bit of a stretch, but there is a good chance the number remained the same.
For the second flight from LHR to INV leaving at 17h00 the number is completely missing. It's just a couple of months after the Dan-Air takeover, I think, so maybe the number can be extrapolated from a Dan-Air one.
For the third flight, I'm not quite sure why I have a doubt, but I think BA730 was the number of a similarly timed flight I took another time. But I actually can't find another BA730 in my records. I do remember that the Swissair flight went out at 15h05 and that timing remained in place for years.
Similarly, in 1990 I flew on 06.04.90 LHR-INV DA 152 (dep 09h00 arr 10h40), which gave me the number for the same route, same timing, on 27.01.89. I am just assuming that the number did not change here.
Lastly, in my researches in the early 1990s, there are a couple of missing or dubious numbers. Here they are:
17.07.92 LHR-EDI. BD 056 (?) (dep 12h40)
17.07.92 LHR-INV. BA ???? (dep 17h00)
24.08.95 LHR-GVA. BA 730 (?) (dep 15h35)
For the first flight, I took a British Midland flight at almost exactly the same time some 15 years later, 12h45 instead of 12h40, with the same number. Bit of a stretch, but there is a good chance the number remained the same.
For the second flight from LHR to INV leaving at 17h00 the number is completely missing. It's just a couple of months after the Dan-Air takeover, I think, so maybe the number can be extrapolated from a Dan-Air one.
For the third flight, I'm not quite sure why I have a doubt, but I think BA730 was the number of a similarly timed flight I took another time. But I actually can't find another BA730 in my records. I do remember that the Swissair flight went out at 15h05 and that timing remained in place for years.
The flight to Geneva in 1995 was BA730 at 15.35
Sep 28, 2020, 4:09 am
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It's funny, because in my diary of that period I had come in on DP621, a weird one-off flight from Geneva that arrived at 10h30 at LGW. I remember meeting a travel agent in Geneva who was desperate to fill an Air 2000 plane back to London on the 19th December 1992 for a low price in those days, something like 99 francs. Probably a ski charter flight, given it was Saturday, which would otherwise have gone back empty. I recall having a huge hot meal and amazing service, despite the time of day.
My records then state that I got a coach "along awful M25 to Heathrow", followed by the Tube into London where I did a surprising number of things, including "dodging a bomb scare in Shaftesbury Avenue". I think the detour to Heathrow must have been to pick up my ticket for the Inverness flight later that day and in those days the coach between LGW and LHR was dirt cheap, especially for under 26's with a student coach card. The only other reason I can think for the detour via Heathrow is that maybe I met a friend and didn't write it down.
I am not sure how I managed to achieve everything I did in London and get back to Heathrow for a flight at 17h00 (all done by Tube and bus, no private drivers!). I have noted that I flew with BA to Inverness at 17h00, but maybe that was a mistake on my part. If it was, then I guess I flew to INV on the flight that left at 19h00 (which would have been BA7158, following the logic with the previous Dan-Air numbers). I then noted that there was thick snow in Inverness (which is actually quite rare for that city) and I stayed overnight, having a few beers at Nicky Tam's (a former bar on the riverside, I think) before heading up to Caithness the next day.
My records then state that I got a coach "along awful M25 to Heathrow", followed by the Tube into London where I did a surprising number of things, including "dodging a bomb scare in Shaftesbury Avenue". I think the detour to Heathrow must have been to pick up my ticket for the Inverness flight later that day and in those days the coach between LGW and LHR was dirt cheap, especially for under 26's with a student coach card. The only other reason I can think for the detour via Heathrow is that maybe I met a friend and didn't write it down.
I am not sure how I managed to achieve everything I did in London and get back to Heathrow for a flight at 17h00 (all done by Tube and bus, no private drivers!). I have noted that I flew with BA to Inverness at 17h00, but maybe that was a mistake on my part. If it was, then I guess I flew to INV on the flight that left at 19h00 (which would have been BA7158, following the logic with the previous Dan-Air numbers). I then noted that there was thick snow in Inverness (which is actually quite rare for that city) and I stayed overnight, having a few beers at Nicky Tam's (a former bar on the riverside, I think) before heading up to Caithness the next day.
Oct 12, 2020, 1:02 pm
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Now looking for BA flights LGW <> GLA in September 2000. Outbound from LGW Tuesday 12th September, inbound from GLA Wednesday 13th. I remember it was dusk as we returned and I was looking down onto empty roads, this being the week of the great fuel strike, so probably about 18:30 (sundown is just after 19:00).
Can only have been BA, as according to the very useful punctuality stats for British Airports the only scheduled services were BA.
Can only have been BA, as according to the very useful punctuality stats for British Airports the only scheduled services were BA.
Oct 12, 2020, 1:08 pm
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Now looking for BA flights LGW <> GLA in September 2000. Outbound from LGW Tuesday 12th September, inbound from GLA Wednesday 13th. I remember it was dusk as we returned and I was looking down onto empty roads, this being the week of the great fuel strike, so probably about 18:30 (sundown is just after 19:00).
Can only have been BA, as according to the very useful punctuality stats for British Airports the only scheduled services were BA.
Can only have been BA, as according to the very useful punctuality stats for British Airports the only scheduled services were BA.
May 21, 2021, 5:21 am
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I'm trying to discover which terminal BA flew to Dusseldorf from in October 2004 if anyone has any ideas?
Also same question for Lufthansa. Because I went to Dusseldorf, and ate in the Bridge Bar, so trying to find out which airline it may have been!
Also same question for Lufthansa. Because I went to Dusseldorf, and ate in the Bridge Bar, so trying to find out which airline it may have been!
May 21, 2021, 5:27 am
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Would have been Terminal 1 LHR for BA. Lufthansa would have been Terminal 2
May 21, 2021, 5:36 am
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May 21, 2021, 5:52 am
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Would have been Terminal 1 LHR for BA. Lufthansa would have been Terminal 2
May 21, 2021, 6:30 am
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May 21, 2021, 11:05 am
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