What will LON-JFK look like in a few years?
Apr 27, 2020, 5:08 pm
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With all the issues we've seen in the past like the BA departure control system (Fly) doing down, crew or staff on strike (doesn't matter if reasonable or not) and other issues preventing us from doing LHR-JFK on BA I hope they keep some AA frequencies. Same goes for AA who could rely on BA if they have issues.
Apr 27, 2020, 5:13 pm
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With all the issues we've seen in the past like the BA departure control system (Fly) doing down, crew or staff on strike (doesn't matter if reasonable or not) and other issues preventing us from doing LHR-JFK on BA I hope they keep some AA frequencies. Same goes for AA who could rely on BA if they have issues.
Also Admirals Club members with no status or Ruby status; would prefer to use AA on this route.
If AA backs up and leaves the route to BA, they would lose a significant amount of customers to DL.
Apr 27, 2020, 5:28 pm
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Indeed, it would make sense to keep AA frequencies, as the American Airlines credit card in the USA has perks on AA; there are people who prefer AA not because of oneworld but for their credit card perks such as priority boarding, extra baggage, etc...
Also Admirals Club members with no status or Ruby status; would prefer to use AA on this route.
If AA backs up and leaves the route to BA, they would lose a significant amount of customers to DL.
Also Admirals Club members with no status or Ruby status; would prefer to use AA on this route.
If AA backs up and leaves the route to BA, they would lose a significant amount of customers to DL.
But I very much doubt AA would pull out of JFK-LHR route all together.
Apr 27, 2020, 5:52 pm
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By July this year? Before the current crisis there were definitely still 747s rostered on the route for the rest of summer and on the winter timetable. In fact I think the mix of aircraft for JFK was only showing 747s and 777s. Don’t think I had seen any 787 showing for JFK and I had made bookings for early 2021 before the crisis.
Apr 27, 2020, 10:01 pm
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I'd love the service to the third of your fourth "minor" destinations and agree with the characterization, but ouch! And not to take this too far beyond BA, but I suspect the expansion of international service to such secondary airports as we've seen with Norwegian and Aer Lingus over the past several years is going the way of the dodo, especially as some of those airports here in the US, as well as in other countries, may soon (and for the foreseeable future) be almost flightless.
Apr 27, 2020, 11:39 pm
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i control my buying behaviour also by looking how those guys are travelling. and why...
Apr 28, 2020, 1:17 am
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Some of those routes were tried out by Norwegian and we've seen what good it's made them!
Apr 28, 2020, 3:13 am
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I hadn’t heard that before?
By July this year? Before the current crisis there were definitely still 747s rostered on the route for the rest of summer and on the winter timetable. In fact I think the mix of aircraft for JFK was only showing 747s and 777s. Don’t think I had seen any 787 showing for JFK and I had made bookings for early 2021 before the crisis.
By July this year? Before the current crisis there were definitely still 747s rostered on the route for the rest of summer and on the winter timetable. In fact I think the mix of aircraft for JFK was only showing 747s and 777s. Don’t think I had seen any 787 showing for JFK and I had made bookings for early 2021 before the crisis.
Apr 28, 2020, 3:24 am
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Unless anything’s planning to be changed, you can’t fly a wide body into LGA. Although it’s the most convenient airport by far for getting into mid Manhattan.
I wonder if BA had ever considered LCY-LGA?
I wonder if BA had ever considered LCY-LGA?
Apr 28, 2020, 5:24 am
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I'd love the service to the third of your fourth "minor" destinations and agree with the characterization, but ouch! And not to take this too far beyond BA, but I suspect the expansion of international service to such secondary airports as we've seen with Norwegian and Aer Lingus over the past several years is going the way of the dodo, especially as some of those airports here in the US, as well as in other countries, may soon (and for the foreseeable future) be almost flightless.
By the way, as far as I realized, BA is doing well on its minor destinations in the USA such as Baltimore, Nashville, New Orleans, Charleston SC.
There is a 1500 mile perimeter rule at LGA which prohibits flights from destinations over 1500 miles. There was an article related to exemptions being given for several routes like SFO, LAX, etc... but I don't think that happened.
Apr 28, 2020, 7:54 am
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Norwegian does not have a great connecting hub, BA would have the advantage of transfer passengers. For example, instead of a Rochester, NY based passenger flying ROC-ORD-CDG with United, he would have the option to fly ROC-LHR-CDG with BA.
By the way, as far as I realized, BA is doing well on its minor destinations in the USA such as Baltimore, Nashville, New Orleans, Charleston SC.
By the way, as far as I realized, BA is doing well on its minor destinations in the USA such as Baltimore, Nashville, New Orleans, Charleston SC.
Apr 28, 2020, 8:02 am
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but LGA is a perimeter restricted airport where no flights longer than 1500miles from LGA can use the airport--the only exception being DEN (1600mi).
Apr 28, 2020, 9:27 am
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In fact, the DC-10 and L-1011 were partly designed specifically to be used at LGA. I flew many a DL L-1011 from LGA to ATL back in the 90s.
Apr 28, 2020, 10:31 am
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In addition to the perimeter rule (excepting Saturday), LGA has no border facilities - it can only handle internal flights.
So even if the Babybus route was shorter, the immigration checks on departure (which are almost always carried out electronically) couldn't take place.
So even if the Babybus route was shorter, the immigration checks on departure (which are almost always carried out electronically) couldn't take place.