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Old Nov 20, 2007, 1:07 pm
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1st former GB Route on sale operated by BA
Just noticed that BA is selling the route to Palma operated by BA instead of GB.

Schedule is pretty poor:

22:25 01:40 LGW to PMI BA 2708
05:40 07:00 PMI to LGW BA 2703

Guess they don't need any extra aircraft for this as it is a night time rotation. Guess I am booking EasyJet next summer or flying IB via Madrid.
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 1:17 pm
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Start getting used to this kind of schedule, its the shape of things to come at LGW.

The 737 fleet is slowly moving to an H24 operation, running red-eyes through the night to increase utilisation and keep hold of some of the ex GB routes.
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 1:27 pm
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Brutal timings.

So is CE ex-LGW just going to be something the travel companies up sell pax into ? No business pax are going to travel at those hours.

Could feature on FT as the best TP run for insomniacs.
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 1:54 pm
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We did a couple of CE returns to PMI this year and were hoping to do the same next - oh well, back to the drawing board :-((

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Old Nov 20, 2007, 1:59 pm
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Would the same crew be expected to operate the return turn-around on these flights?
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 2:04 pm
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Interesting development, considering GT killed this route at the end of the summer season.
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Would the same crew be expected to operate the return turn-around on these flights?
... and then onto ABZ to a demanding audience of rugged oilworkers?
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
Would the same crew be expected to operate the return turn-around on these flights?
Naturally.

Presumably you'd get lumbered with two or three of those in a row and then a nice chunk of days off.
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 3:02 pm
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Originally Posted by phreegreens
Brutal timings.

So is CE ex-LGW just going to be something the travel companies up sell pax into ? No business pax are going to travel at those hours.

Could feature on FT as the best TP run for insomniacs.
It's going to have to be a very good price to get anyone to do CE. Early departure in PMI means no lounge, of which the Miro lounge is very pleasant.
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 3:03 pm
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BA begins plugging the gap:

Malaga AGP
BA2712 LGW-AGP 08:25-12:15 Daily
BA2713 AGP-LGW 13:05-14:45 Daily
BA2718 LGW-AGP 19:50-13:40 Daily
BA2711 AGP-LGW 07:35-09:15 Daily
BA0495 LHR-AGP 20:20-00:15 Daily
BA0491 AGP-LHR 12:50-14:40 Daily

Alicante ALC
BA2724 LGW-ALC 19:40-23:05 Daily
BA2725 ALC-LGW 23:50-01:20 Daily

Faro FAO
BA2694 LGW-FAO 10:45-13:25 Tu/Th/Su
BA2694 LGW-FAO 14:30-17:29 Sa
BA2694 LGW-FAO 16:20-19:10 We/Fr
BA2696 LGW-FAO 16:55-19:45 Daily
BA2695 FAO-LGW 14:25-17:10 Tu/Th/Su
BA2695 FAO-LGW 17:55-20:40 Sa
BA2695 FAO-LGW 19:55-22:40 We/Fr
BA2697 FAO-LGW 20:25-23:10 Daily

Gibraltar GIB
BA2494 LGW-GIB 07:20-11:05 Daily
BA2495 GIB-LGW 11:55-13:45 Daily

Malta MLA
BA2872 LGW-MLA 21:55-02:10 Daily
BA2873 MLA-LGW 05:25-07:30 Daily

Effective 30 March 2008
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 3:04 pm
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Other ex-GT routes, ALC and IBZ are for sale now too. Still bad timings. CE upgrade at £29 each way!!!
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 3:10 pm
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 3:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Bukhara
Don't count too strongly on a LGW-ABZ connection being available for much longer Availability has been zapped from 29/3/07 onwards!
That's unfortunate. I was aware the route might be less tenable when the IAH routes switches to LHR in the spring. But this move will very unpopular, I'd expect.

BTW, LGW-ABZ is still listed on BA's online timetable for the 2008 summer season and Fare Explorer is still offering flights, albeit fully flex flavoured.
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 3:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Bukhara
Don't count too strongly on a LGW-ABZ connection being available for much longer Availability has been zapped from 29/3/07 onwards!
Along with PRG and NCE I think?
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 4:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Prospero
BA begins plugging the gap:

Malaga AGP
BA2712 LGW-AGP 08:25-12:15 Daily
BA2713 AGP-LGW 13:05-14:45 Daily
BA2718 LGW-AGP 19:50-13:40 Daily
BA2711 AGP-LGW 07:35-09:15 Daily
BA0495 LHR-AGP 20:20-00:15 Daily
BA0491 AGP-LHR 12:50-14:40 Daily
Some of those times look very wrong.
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Old Nov 20, 2007, 5:35 pm
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Originally Posted by phreegreens
Brutal timings.

So is CE ex-LGW just going to be something the travel companies up sell pax into ? No business pax are going to travel at those hours.

Could feature on FT as the best TP run for insomniacs.
Possible opportunity for 2 or 3 TP runs in a 24-hour period...
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