2009 Summer Timetable Changes
Nov 12, 2008, 1:50 pm
#31
Join Date: Oct 2006
Programs: UA MP Premier, SPG Gold, BA Silver wanabee
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It does, but even that seems weird. It is my regular route - 8 or 10 times a year - and rarely do there seem to be that many empty seats in CW when there are 2 flights a day. I've never suffered the back of the plane, but there always seem to be a suitably large number of people waiting to go down there at the gate. F is admittedly fairly sparsely populated - always easy to get a redemption and when I'm upgraded (which happens not infrequently and suggests lack of capacity somewhere lower down the food chain) I can usually change my seat if I want to. And freight is meant to be very lucrative on this route too. Doesn't seem to make sense.
Nov 13, 2008, 3:31 am
#32
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: LHR LAS NRT DME and others
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Posts: 725
Is this not now confirmation that the BA007/8 will be totally axed and the BA005/6 will remain?
Nov 13, 2008, 5:22 am
#33
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: 64K or 2A
Programs: BA LT Gold, HH Diamond
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I wouldn't mind so much if the timing wasn't so bad
I hate arriving in Tokyo at 09.00 (not being one to rush into the office, I want to go to a hotel room which are not always available that early) and getting back out to Narita for an 11.00 departure means getting up before the day is properly aired, and usually after a heavy night on the sake to boot!
Nov 13, 2008, 6:07 am
#34
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Quite close to NQY
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This is more bad news on the Gatwick front..... so we will no longer have flights to ZRH, GVA, DUB, or TLS; the NQY flights are not being re-started, and neither is Dresden. This comes on top of the other frequency cuts and reductions (i.e NCE, BOD etc) Anybody know how many shorthaul aircraft BA plan to have at LGW next year? 
Personally i think that we will soon see an order for new a/c for the cityflyer operation, E series i expect, a mix of 170 and 190 series. Would it really be that much of a surprise to see a larger order than is needed to cover LCY operations and to see some of the smaller yield UK and Europe routes from LGW being operated on the E series under the branding of Cityflyer again ?
Nov 13, 2008, 8:44 am
#35
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
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