BA to Cairo
Mar 18, 2022, 9:47 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Mar 19, 2022, 12:51 am
#3
Join Date: Jun 2008
Programs: TK*G (E+), IHG Plat Ambassador
Posts: 7,884
Worth considering:
1. MS - widebody aircraft with good seat pitch, IFE, meal (please check what they serve now, pre-COVID it was substantial hot meal), unlimited soft drinks
2.TK - widebody LHR-IST, IFE on both segments, good meals (pre-COVID standards reinstated), soft drinks, booze
1. MS - widebody aircraft with good seat pitch, IFE, meal (please check what they serve now, pre-COVID it was substantial hot meal), unlimited soft drinks
2.TK - widebody LHR-IST, IFE on both segments, good meals (pre-COVID standards reinstated), soft drinks, booze
Mar 19, 2022, 5:07 am
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 101
Thanks both, looks like MS or TK. Potential for a stopover in TK with some 25hr stops. Trying to use up avios but BA offering is truly awful for Cairo for the price.
looking to go in Nov when the new great Egyptian museum finally hopefully opens.
Shame easyJet does not fly to Cairo it’s what BA are offering. Can’t see the point of paying J for a Y seat with no recline or IFE. For FIVE HOURS!! Another 90mins you would be in the Middle East.
they really should fit out some a321’s with World club like JetBlue style for Moscow, Athens, Cairo
BA use to charter Concorde on day trips to the pyramids. What a day and experience that must have being. All gone a bit down hill.
looking to go in Nov when the new great Egyptian museum finally hopefully opens.
Shame easyJet does not fly to Cairo it’s what BA are offering. Can’t see the point of paying J for a Y seat with no recline or IFE. For FIVE HOURS!! Another 90mins you would be in the Middle East.
they really should fit out some a321’s with World club like JetBlue style for Moscow, Athens, Cairo
BA use to charter Concorde on day trips to the pyramids. What a day and experience that must have being. All gone a bit down hill.
Mar 19, 2022, 5:12 am
#5
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 101
CAI is now a designated a Euro Traveller service in Y which means Speedbird Cafe is available to pre-order for anything more substantial than a mini bottle of water and a packet of crisps which will be the only things available on board without charge. You'll be able to purchase a limited range of other food and beverages on board with credit or debit card (no cash). Alternatively you'll need to purchase in the airport before boarding. This is really pushing the envelope over what's reasonable IMO however BA's official line is this a what the customer wants on this route 🤷🏻♂️
Mar 19, 2022, 5:22 am
#6
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Location: Krakow
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Mar 19, 2022, 12:00 pm
#9
Join Date: May 2003
Location: DEL
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Have BA really said it's shorthaul service because that's what people want? I thought it was more a case of shortage of widebodies and business. Pre-pandemic it was a widebody in the Summer and narrow body for winter. In fairness to BA, it's what most european carriers offer (LH, OS, LX and AZ).
I think AF are the exception, so they may be worth a look. But the flight time is typically closer to four hours and one way tickets from CAI on BA, can often be had for less than 100 GBP. Take whatever suits, but I'd still be incined to go for a non-stop over a connecting flight that might nearly double the journey time. I have had to use Egyptair for some odd destinations and find them not too bad.
I think AF are the exception, so they may be worth a look. But the flight time is typically closer to four hours and one way tickets from CAI on BA, can often be had for less than 100 GBP. Take whatever suits, but I'd still be incined to go for a non-stop over a connecting flight that might nearly double the journey time. I have had to use Egyptair for some odd destinations and find them not too bad.
Mar 19, 2022, 9:22 pm
#13
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 346
From a commercial perspective as there is no longer a sub-fleet of A321s configured with a longhaul product which were too expensive to maintain with only 3 in the fleet, there really isn't a suitable aircraft for the demands of BAs old midhaul network such as CAI/AMM where customer profile is predominantly UK/Europe originating/ terminating VFR/ leisure so price sensitive; and the cargo demand is low, so cannot justify using up a 787 (which carries similar customers as a A321 shorthaul config). Given that, BA has now classed it as shorthaul, and the prices reflect that as they are often lower than the direct competitors on the route like for like (e.g. MS/ RJ). Looking at like for like dates in Sept BA is a third cheaper than MS on LHR-CAI.
Mar 20, 2022, 4:31 am
#14
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Mar 20, 2022, 5:36 am
#15
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Posts: 1,382
Have BA really said it's shorthaul service because that's what people want? I thought it was more a case of shortage of widebodies and business. Pre-pandemic it was a widebody in the Summer and narrow body for winter. In fairness to BA, it's what most european carriers offer (LH, OS, LX and AZ).
I think AF are the exception, so they may be worth a look. But the flight time is typically closer to four hours and one way tickets from CAI on BA, can often be had for less than 100 GBP. Take whatever suits, but I'd still be incined to go for a non-stop over a connecting flight that might nearly double the journey time. I have had to use Egyptair for some odd destinations and find them not too bad.
I think AF are the exception, so they may be worth a look. But the flight time is typically closer to four hours and one way tickets from CAI on BA, can often be had for less than 100 GBP. Take whatever suits, but I'd still be incined to go for a non-stop over a connecting flight that might nearly double the journey time. I have had to use Egyptair for some odd destinations and find them not too bad.