BA codeshare added to Teesside-Heathrow
 

BA will codeshare on the Loganair MME-LHR starting 1 July so we have a new domestic destination on the BA route map!

LM operates a triple weekday MME-LHR service into terminal 2 (currently double daily but does to triple daily effective 12 July) - a total of 18 flights a week. Not all flights are loaded yet and I can't book a connection on elsewhere but things are happening on ba.com

Personally this is fantastic news and is a big boost for the Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire area.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...ee1ac5eaef.jpg

Timetable from 12 July is as follows:

MME 0650-0805 LHR (Mon-Fri)
BA4045 MME 1000-1115 LHR (Sat & Sun)
BA4073 MME 1450-1600 LHR (Mon-Fri)
BA4076 MME 1845-2000 LHR (Mon-Fri & Sun)

LHR 0850-1005 MME (Mon-Fri)
BA4046 LHR 1155-1310 MME (Sat & Sun)
BA4074 LHR 1640-1755 MME (Mon-Fri)
BA4077 LHR 2040-2155 MME (Mon-Fri & Sun)

Imagine all the F /J luggage on that the little jet for a connections…

Plenty of room on the roof!

Does the codeshare raise any hope it might move to T5?

can’t imagine it would tbh

its still not operated by BA. And BA have a codeshare on many flights on OW,IAG snd none alliance partners which are also not consolidated into T5


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This is a great boost for the Tees Valley area however I noticed it was not possible to book an itinerary with onward connection from LHR in any class other than Y.

I spoke to both BA and Loganair who said it was simply not possible, but could not say why.

However I eventually managed to book the required itinerary (MME-LHR-MAD-LHR-MME) in J for the LHR-MAD / MAD-LHR legs and Y for the MME-LHR / LHR-MME legs all as one ticket with one BA booking reference via Expedia.

Also not sure of the situation for Avios / TPs as in MMB I am told I will earn only 80 TPs and 3,930 Avios...so doesn't look like its included the Loganair legs.

Y should be 20 TP

Yes. So the 80 I am quoted for the full booking is only the LHR-MAD / MAD-LHR in J @ 40 each way.

This could help to mitigate the loss of LBA for BA customers in North and West Yorkshire. Current options (MAN, NCL, DSA) are all uncomfortably long drives with unpredictable traffic delays. I'd probably try it if they sort out through-ticketing in J/F.

I think the reason is for the moment the earning table for the MME route isn't populated, hence on MMB it won't show as earning anything on the BA codeshare yet.

BA don't fly to DSA...

With my son and family ‘oop North (Bedale area) we’ve tried several ways if getting there from JER. MAN, LBA, DSA and MME have all featured! August looks like a direct (non-BAEC) direct hop with Jet2 to LBA again.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip...ack-south.html

True.. I parked my brain elsewhere.

MME - LHR routing
 

Does anybody know why they flew so far west ?

It looks pretty similar everyday, so presumably not weather related.
Is there an ATC restriction on flying a more direct route ?

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/lm559