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Originally Posted by kochleffel
(Post 30966351)
I remember flying CVG-LGW in a DL L-1011 in January of, I think, 1989. It was early in January and the outbound (for me) flight had a lot of British passengers returning from Florida who had been rerouted from flights via ATL. Many seemed to be dressed in beach wear and were shivering in cold Ohio. On the return flight a week later, also an L-1011, there were only six passengers in all of Y. These were my only flights ever in a TriStar.
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 30969228)
I used LGW when PMNW did, and I vaguely remember the express train service to Victoria station, which was convenient for that area of London )a couple times I picked a hotel for the night in that area) and for train/coach service from Victoria. Kings Cross is the station for Cambridge, York, Leeds, Hull, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. St. Pancras is the terminal for the Eurostar to Paris Nord and Bruxelles Midi, high speed commuter trains into Kent, and mainline service to Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield. |
I was on one of the last LGW-JFK trips back in 2009 (I had flown eastbound via CVG). AT LGW, DL had both a Crown Room and an arrivals facility (the latter was in the Arora hotel attached to the North Terminal). Delta flew one of the ex-TWA ETOPS 757s; there were only about 40 pax on the entire flight; so everyone in the back who wanted one got a row of three. Just about as good as Business Elite.
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Originally Posted by enviroian
(Post 30969351)
I had the mistake of calling LGW a “charter airport” a few months ago on the UK forum and I was immediately inundated by people who were extremely offended and let me have it.
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Originally Posted by cmd320
(Post 30969566)
The NEO yes. The NEO LR according to Airbus will have a 100nm range increase over the 757.
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Originally Posted by Jeff767
(Post 30971501)
Over the standard 757 yes, it’s about 100 short of the 757 with winglets and again that aircraft struggles. |
Originally Posted by Jeff767
(Post 30971501)
Over the standard 757 yes, it’s about 100 short of the 757 with winglets and again that aircraft struggles.
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Originally Posted by ND76
(Post 30971057)
Unless they were flying on general aviation equipment from Lukens Field, they weren't shivering in Ohio, but rather in northern Kentucky.
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Originally Posted by UKtravelbear
(Post 30968980)
For many people LGW is a good airport if they are flying to London and not connecting. It's transport links to London are arguably better than those of LHR especially if you want central or east London.
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Originally Posted by kochleffel
(Post 30971894)
Absolutely true, but I don't think they knew that. Kentucky is south of Ohio so isn't it warmer?
Oh, but Kentucky is in the Appalachian Mountains, so it should be colder. <joke> |
This was just weird. No doubt an attempt by Delta to pre-empt JetBlue's expected announcement this week that it's flying to London.
Delta seems to be keeping the 757s that feature a domestic first-class cabin branded as premium-economy on flights to Shannon and Reykjavik. It would be relatively easy for them to expand this to Gatwick, especially if it wanted to target conscious leisure travelers. On the other hand, Virgin Atlantic has lower labor costs than Delta so it makes since for Delta to codeshare Virgin Atlantic flights. Plus, I think the average leisure traveler prefers the experience of flying a British-flagged airline to Britain. |
Originally Posted by 3Cforme
(Post 30965863)
That just assumes you want to connect in London vs. Paris, Amsterdam or Rome - or aren't already on a non-stop to KEF, GLA, EDI, DUB, SNN, MAN, CPH, TXL, DUS, BRU, FRA, PRG, ZRH, VCE, MXP, NCE, MAD, BCN, LIS, AGP, or ATH. You caught the press release references to DL being the #1 TATL carrier all in destinations, U.S. gateways, city pairs and customers carried, right? :) B6 will not be operating from a position of strength TATL, not from JFK or BOS. They're not going to have the network, the fleet diversity, nor the corporate contracts. They certainly don't have the operational chops: look at on-time and flight cancellation data.
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
(Post 30967986)
VS interlines with BA, though it's not particularly easy to buy a ticket, you have to call VS or use a TA (some OTAs might be able to book). I did JFK-LHR-GVA on VS/BA recently. It's also not the most seamless experience, you have to effectively manage the reservations separately (e.g., for seat assignments) and OLCI doesn't work well.
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Originally Posted by Billy Mumphrey
(Post 30968799)
This is Gatwick, not Luton. It's the 9th largest airport in Europe by passengers, roughly as busy as MUC or BCN. Most people flying Delta to London aren't connecting anyway. I wouldn't expect the yields to be bad at all.
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Originally Posted by steveholt
(Post 30969474)
I don't hate LGW, but EK also flies to Stansted!
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 30969501)
Let's not forget Luton; there are at least 5 London airports. (So what if BA does three of them.) |
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