GATWICK

[Ph1l1pncl]

I am not sure how it's doing loads wise, but the route is part of BA's cancellations for winter and the route is suspended from the 3th December until March 11th 2015.

[toledoashley]

Had a look through the Gatwick Long Haul schedule of which there are 12 weekly flights, 6x weekly to New York, 4x weekly to Los Angeles and 1x weekly each to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. The Fort Lauderdale route is a reduction from Summer 14, with the slot given to Orlando on a Saturday. It leaves 2 gaps in the timetable, giving each aircraft a break in the schedule. Number at end designates aircraft.


Have had confirmed from airline that Oakland was on the list of options, but decided not to operate, so looks like this could be the final schedule for next summer.

Mon LGW - JFK 1800/2100 JFK - LGW 2230/1030+ 1
Mon LGW - LAX 1345/1705 LAX - LGW 1905/1335+ 2


Tue LGW - JFK 1800/2100 JFK - LGW 2230/1030+ 2
Tue LGW - FLL 1550/2000 FLL - LGW 2200/1115+ 1


Wed LGW - JFK 1800/2100 JFK - LGW 2230/1030+ 1
Wed LGW - LAX 1345/1705 LAX - LGW 1905/1335+ 2


Thu LGW - JFK 1800/2100 JFK - LGW 2230/1030+ 2
Thu LGW - LAX 1345/1705 LAX - LGW 1905/1335+ 1


Fri LGW - JFK 1800/2100 JFK - LGW 2230/1030+ 2


Sat LGW - JFK 1800/2100 JFK - LGW 2230/1030+ 1
Sat LGW - MCO 1550/2000 MCO - LGW 2200/1115+ 2


Sun LGW - LAX 1345/1705 LAX - LGW 1905/1335+ 1

[yotty]

Direct Flights?

Would all those flights be direct toledoashley?

[toledoashley]

Yes, all direct. 6x weekly to New York, 4x weekly Los Angeles, 1x weekly Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.

All are based upon Gatwick getting the 8th 787.

[Need to Know Basis]

BKK

Dont forget LGW-BKK starting Summer 15.....but I think most likely Winter 2015/16. The aim is to build to 4 X B787 based at LGW.

[Sanf]

Spent the past couple of days looking for an Orlando flight for May 2015. Ended up coming across Norwegian's flight and reserved this morning. Very competitive prices, even including some of the extra's.


Really looking forward to the trip on the 787. Didn't realise it was such a recent addition to the schedule.

[BWSBoy6]

My family have booked Norwegian gatwick to FLL next year. They regularly spend August on the gulf coast of Florida and fly to Tampa (BA)or MIA (Virgin)
Norwegian were incredibly competitive price wise and by booking now for August 2015, managed to get a bulkhead seat both ways for an additional cost. As long as NAS don't go the way of Zoom and Laker, it should be a great alternative to the current Big Boys who are seriously in danger of losing our business.

[True Blue]

Is Norwegian dropping Nice next summer from Lgw? It had been on sale 2 weekly at really high prices. Now it is no longer on sale at all.

[wallp]

Shame to see BA dropping its Colombo flight from LGW with Male becoming a seasonal route. Am a bit surprised that Sri Lanka as a destination couldn't be made to work. Perhaps a direct service would've been better?

[CabinCrewe]

Would doubt it, loads were dire and not sure its a double drop cause. A 777 just too big perhaps. Cant see it coming back anytime soon. Wonder how it would have done direct from LHR?

[adfly]

May be one for TOM to consider 1x per week, although considering they recently dropped MLE it probably wouldn't happen...

[jdcg]

Presumably with UL now in Oneworld BA could easily do a codeshare from Chennai, where they've just upped capacity, to Colombo

[vctenderness]

In need of a a stiff G&T! Just looking for flights Gatwick - Alicante in October. Thought Norwegian were offering low cost flights.

Went on to their website and found flights, not direct but through Oslo, two people £2,274.20

Easyjet, direct, are coming out around £200!

I reckon BA Club Europe would be considerably less.

Blimey!

[EI-BUD]

Equally Norwegian do not have a good booking engine. Not clear from the outset what routes they fly as in theory they link everywhere they fly with everywhere else they fly, often with outrageous pricing. Air Berlin equally a night mare. Not ease to compare pricing.

However, on direct services you can be lucky and bag an amazing deal like under €10 Spain London, I've seen many of these in the past ...

[ExpectmorePayless]

vctenderness

Have you looked at Monarch ? They do daily Alicante flights and the prices can be quite reasonable if the dates you require aren't already nearly fully booked.

[easyflyer83]

Isn't that the case with every airline Exprectmorepayless?


Leisure routes tend to get booked much earlier so for a flight within the next 4 weeks that price really doesn't surprise me.

[Out Of Trim]

Just did a search one Adult LGW/ALC Return £114.98. Dep LGW 10OCT AND Dep ALC ON 24 OCT.

Indeed it was Monarch that came out cheapest!

Seems an OK price to me!

[easyflyer83]

EZY even cheaper at £108.00 using those dates.

[True Blue]

And Norwegian start from £110 return in October depending on date, direct flights.

[Ramper1]

Gatwick airport website showing virgin departures to FLL and OAK in the morning! Any reason why they are operating these flights? Not in the website for sale! Also on virgin website from Lgw they are showing Phoenix, Seattle and another new destination