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Speaking to a GAL duty manager, Air India are looking at lgw. Huge population in Crawley, makes sense I guess.
Not based on 2011 census........................
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It had been mentioned late last year on another forum that Air India were considering LGW but I wouldn't put that purely down to the fairly small Indian diaspora living in and around Crawley you have to look at the wider picture as to why they may be reconsidering a return to LGW where they operated from in 1982/3 to Delhi.
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Are there any plans for Wizz to expand? There definitely is a big Eastern European population in the area, a big number work at LGW itself!
Most of these pax have to travel to Luton (Wizz) or Stansted (Ryanair) to pick up the routes.
Most of these pax have to travel to Luton (Wizz) or Stansted (Ryanair) to pick up the routes.
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I think Warsaw could be a potential with Norwegian ending the route and it being one of their largest bases, plus easyJet does not serve the route (compared to easyJet serving Budapest, Sofia etc.)
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no need for hardcore Brexiter views 
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Speaking to a GAL duty manager, Air India are looking at lgw. Huge population in Crawley, makes sense I guess.
No, it's probably more to do with the fact that AI sold some of its LHR slots and now can't afford to buy them back.
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https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...-of-Season.pdf
Some interesting info on here, obviously not everything that is applied for sees the light of day but it is still worth a look. Listed a few highlights:
-Overall capacity up 0.9% compared to the start of last summer
-China Eastern - Starting a 2 weekly Xi'an/Shanghai route from June (to compete with Tianjin?)
-Norwegian - Apparently due to start Tokyo Narita/Handena (Presumably one of the two) and Singapore.
-Rwandair - 4 weekly service to Entebbe and Kigali
Some interesting info on here, obviously not everything that is applied for sees the light of day but it is still worth a look. Listed a few highlights:
-Overall capacity up 0.9% compared to the start of last summer
-China Eastern - Starting a 2 weekly Xi'an/Shanghai route from June (to compete with Tianjin?)
-Norwegian - Apparently due to start Tokyo Narita/Handena (Presumably one of the two) and Singapore.
-Rwandair - 4 weekly service to Entebbe and Kigali
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Was it that long ago, 2011, how time flies...............it's called selling the family silver. Leasing it may have been better.
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hey,
Swissport are back at LGW, right?
Im looking to contact someone to get a job reference from a couple of years ago.
There is nothing online that i can find.
Help?
regards,
DOS
Swissport are back at LGW, right?
Im looking to contact someone to get a job reference from a couple of years ago.
There is nothing online that i can find.
Help?
regards,
DOS
contact Swissport head office? Swissport has still been operational in the UK, I'm sure their HR department still exists. As Krakow is the only place served from Gatwick post Norwegian then clearly there is an opportunity there.
Possibly FR may move one of the Krakow flights but unlikely, more likely is to serve Warsaw Modlin.
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DY will begin 2 x weekly service to DEN and 4 x weekly service to SEA from mid September.
Denver - Begins 16SEP17
DY7171 LGW 09:50 - DEN 12:40 789 26
DY7172 DEN 14:40 - LGW 16:40 789 26
Seattle - Begins 16SEP17
DY7131 LGW 09:50 - SEA 11:45 789 x246
DY7132 SEA 13:45 - LGW 07:05 789 x246
Norwegian launches Denver / Seattle service from Sep 2017 :: Routesonline
Denver - Begins 16SEP17
DY7171 LGW 09:50 - DEN 12:40 789 26
DY7172 DEN 14:40 - LGW 16:40 789 26
Seattle - Begins 16SEP17
DY7131 LGW 09:50 - SEA 11:45 789 x246
DY7132 SEA 13:45 - LGW 07:05 789 x246
Norwegian launches Denver / Seattle service from Sep 2017 :: Routesonline
What effect do you think that DY's new routes to SEA & DEN will have on BA and in the case of the former VS/DL? Will it stimulate traffic or be diverted from existing carriers? Operating out of LHR and high proportion of transfer traffic must give BA an advantage but it could make things harder for VS on the SEA route. Interesting that DY start the routes after the summer peak which seems the wrong time of year.
Its interesting that most of DY's new routes have either been on very thick routes not served from LGW (NYC, LAX, etc) where the Gatwick catchment area in itself is significant or else leisure routes, which tend to have lower barriers to entry. My view is that they might be better looking to regional airports which are still underserved by legacy carriers. I know that VS operates to LAX/SFO from MAN but I would have thought that they would be better going for more routes like that.
What do others think?
Its interesting that most of DY's new routes have either been on very thick routes not served from LGW (NYC, LAX, etc) where the Gatwick catchment area in itself is significant or else leisure routes, which tend to have lower barriers to entry. My view is that they might be better looking to regional airports which are still underserved by legacy carriers. I know that VS operates to LAX/SFO from MAN but I would have thought that they would be better going for more routes like that.
What do others think?
Last edited by Peter47; 6th Apr 2017 at 08:02.