F service at Heathrow
Aug 27, 23, 4:41 am
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F service at Heathrow
Are there any plans for a car or minibus service for F passengers to/from B and C gates at T5.
The vehicle doesn’t have to be flash and I would be happy to share with other passengers heading from the CCR to the same plane.
Perhaps now that F cabins are smaller this becomes more feasible?
The vehicle doesn’t have to be flash and I would be happy to share with other passengers heading from the CCR to the same plane.
Perhaps now that F cabins are smaller this becomes more feasible?
Aug 27, 23, 4:53 am
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I’m interested in hearing if there are plans to improve.
Aug 27, 23, 5:05 am
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Hi,
There has been some talk of improving the F experience ( ie F trained crew) but no timescales and nothing publically announced re F ground services ( ie cars to the b/c gates) IIRC
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TBS
Aug 27, 23, 5:27 am
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Welcome to Flyertalk and the BA forum! Unfortunately, whilst there have been various planned improvements (e.g. recent opening of an F dining area in the T3 F lounge, planned improvement to the CCR, F crew re-training) which have their own threads, the transit experience in particular, and to an extent the arrivals experience remain poor parents and there is no plan to improve that that we have heard of on this forum.
There has been a limited service in place for years but it is essentially for very specific set ups and very specific categories of passengers and not for the rest of F passengers or trips.
There has been a limited service in place for years but it is essentially for very specific set ups and very specific categories of passengers and not for the rest of F passengers or trips.
Aug 27, 23, 7:55 am
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There is a thread discussing this idea relatively recently, I recall (can’t find it on my mobile). Even with the drop to 8 seat F I think there are just too many BA F seats to make this service feasible. A vehicle would basically be leaving every couple of minutes at peak times and would require a quite sizeable investment. BA’s F fleet at LHR is multiple times the size of the LH F fleet at FRA, for example, and my understanding is many passengers there don’t even get the service as transit passengers need to effectively leave the airport to go to the F terminal.
Aug 27, 23, 7:59 am
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There is a thread discussing this idea relatively recently, I recall (can’t find it on my mobile). Even with the drop to 8 seat F I think there are just too many BA F seats to make this service feasible. A vehicle would basically be leaving every couple of minutes at peak times and would require a quite sizeable investment. BA’s F fleet at LHR is multiple times the size of the LH F fleet at FRA, for example, and my understanding is many passengers there don’t even get the service as transit passengers need to effectively leave the airport to go to the F terminal.
I was hoping with the drop to eight seats that with the fewer passengers, they would be able to up their game, but alas no.
Aug 27, 23, 8:03 am
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I think the LH Group F passenger base is spread over FRA, MUC and ZRH, so they probably have a similar footprint overall to BA, just less concentrated in the one hub.
I was hoping with the drop to eight seats that with the fewer passengers, they would be able to up their game, but alas no.
I was hoping with the drop to eight seats that with the fewer passengers, they would be able to up their game, but alas no.
Aug 27, 23, 8:20 am
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A10a for me on friday, was shambolic. Why they insist on boarding longhaul flights from these gates is beyond me. There is no sort of premium experience there at all
Aug 27, 23, 9:10 am
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Yep, I hate them with a passion. I'm no fan of getting on a packed bus anyway, but I've never understood why they can't, at least, board their CE/F/J customers in their own bus, get them boarded, then everyone else follow after. If not, why call Group 1? Indeed, the funniest part of boarding at A10 is seeing the Group 1 people queuing at the gate to be called to queue again - just to get on a bus. Perplexing.
