End of BA MidHaul
#77
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 491
Delta are pretty great when I fly them in Y, as are VS. BA are MILES behind (and before the BA loyalists jump in and say if you don't like it fly with someone else, the answer is yes I vote with my feet and fly with other carriers transatlantic).
#78
Join Date: Aug 2008
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#81
Join Date: Aug 2014
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#82
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: UK
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Ugh. We couldn't do our trip to BEY earlier this year, so was hoping for CAI in Nov. But just can't accept short haul CE for these destinations. Arrival and departure times are really inconvenient for people who don't want to stay in Heliopolis or Nasr City, and the flight experience will be less than pleasant in the new configuration. Will aim to take RJ from AMS instead.
#83
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#84
Join Date: May 2007
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#85
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I think you’ve answered your own question. On the basis you’re only willing to go if prices drop a lot, I’m not entirely sure BA would be that happy to gain more people like you.
#86
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 516
The customer BA should be aiming for on this specific route is the wealthy Russian who chooses to fly to London for business or leisure and myself, who has to go to Russia a number of times a year for work and finds the whole thing a bit stressful (you won't understand the relief of seeing the Dreamliner pull up at the gate at DME after a week of Russian induced wierdness and the trauma of having your passport checked at 6 different points to get out of the country until you've done it) and therefore I choose to make the journey as comfortable as possible, plus keep my Silver card from a combination of WTP and CW on the route, which then keeps me loyal to BA for my other trips. I think in this specific instance, it is a route where BA could win by differentiating themselves from Wizz rather than trying to compete with them (which I totally get is what they need to do on European leisure routes).
#87
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BA (or more accurately, IAG Cargo) have announced that the 787 is operating CAI flights for September and October, so it looks like the move to A320 takes place from November.
#88
Join Date: Jul 2014
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#89
Join Date: Dec 2012
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On DME the switch occurs on Sun 25 October, with the start of the W20/21 timetable, with twice weekly 787 till 18 Oct, then nothing for a week, then twice daily A320s an hour apart, which must surely be a placeholder for now.
#90
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My strong suspicion is that the A320 popping up on a lot of these routes is exactly that - a placeholder. The A320 is useless for cargo, and as cargo is an important component of airline revenue on many longer passenger routes, I would be surprised if the A320 stuck on at least some of these rotations.