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BA are flying LHR-TLL twice weekly on Tue and Sat from March.
Surprising choice and frequency! Tallinn Airport website (in Estonian: Tallinn-Londoni liinile lisandub uue vedajana British Airways - Tallinna Lennujaam ) hopes it might be useful for business travellers, which is a bit hopeful (or cute). Up against Ryanair (4xweekly) and EasyJet (2xWeekly).
Surprising choice and frequency! Tallinn Airport website (in Estonian: Tallinn-Londoni liinile lisandub uue vedajana British Airways - Tallinna Lennujaam ) hopes it might be useful for business travellers, which is a bit hopeful (or cute). Up against Ryanair (4xweekly) and EasyJet (2xWeekly).
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They will also add Brindisi, Montpellier, Murcia, Nantes, Pula and Zakynthos for next summer.
New Routes
Brindisi - 2 x Weekly from 1st June to 30th September
Montpellier - 2 x Weekly from 3rd May to 30th September
Murcia - 2 x Weekly from 28th March to 28th October
Nantes - 2 x Weekly from 29th March to 28th October
Pula - Will operate 2 x weekly (Full schedule not yet loaded)
Zakynthos - Will operate 2 x weekly from 3rd June to 30th September
Frequency Increase
Mykonos - Will increase from 2 to 3 x weekly from LHR. Resulting in a daily service split between LHR and LCY
Palermo - Will increase to 4 x weekly for S17
Reykjavik - Flight will operate 4 x weekly compared to 3 x weekly during S16
New Routes
Brindisi - 2 x Weekly from 1st June to 30th September
Montpellier - 2 x Weekly from 3rd May to 30th September
Murcia - 2 x Weekly from 28th March to 28th October
Nantes - 2 x Weekly from 29th March to 28th October
Pula - Will operate 2 x weekly (Full schedule not yet loaded)
Zakynthos - Will operate 2 x weekly from 3rd June to 30th September
Frequency Increase
Mykonos - Will increase from 2 to 3 x weekly from LHR. Resulting in a daily service split between LHR and LCY
Palermo - Will increase to 4 x weekly for S17
Reykjavik - Flight will operate 4 x weekly compared to 3 x weekly during S16
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They are all Heathrow!!
Brindisi BA0614
BA0615 Tues/ Sat June 3, 2017 Two per week £85
Murcia BA644
BA645 Tues/ Sat March 28, 2017 Two per week £65
Montpellier BA0380
BA0381 Weds/ Sat May 3, 2017 Two per week £78
Nantes BA0386
BA0387 Weds/ Sat March 29, 2017 Two per week £71
Pula BA0894
BA0895 Tues/ Sat July 4, 2017 Two per week £76
Tallinn BA0876
BA0877 Tues/ Sat March 28, 2017 Two per week £65
Zakynthos BA0658
BA0659 Weds/ Sat June 3, 2017 Two per week £81
Brindisi BA0614
BA0615 Tues/ Sat June 3, 2017 Two per week £85
Murcia BA644
BA645 Tues/ Sat March 28, 2017 Two per week £65
Montpellier BA0380
BA0381 Weds/ Sat May 3, 2017 Two per week £78
Nantes BA0386
BA0387 Weds/ Sat March 29, 2017 Two per week £71
Pula BA0894
BA0895 Tues/ Sat July 4, 2017 Two per week £76
Tallinn BA0876
BA0877 Tues/ Sat March 28, 2017 Two per week £65
Zakynthos BA0658
BA0659 Weds/ Sat June 3, 2017 Two per week £81
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Next Question - What happens at Gatwick?
Lots of shopping.
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Well to be honest none of these new destinations apart from Tallinn is aimed at the business market because they are leisure routes at low frequencies. Murcia gives British Airways more Spanish coverage and it is a popular tourist area for the British. British Airways operate Heathrow-Alicante year round thrice weekly but that was terminated in 2013 and I would hope it would come back. They obviously wanted to expand their network and leave Alicante to Gatwick & most recently London City.
I'm already looking at booking two dates in April & July next year for Heathrow-Murcia flights and they are proving quite cheap! £660 for a family of four in peak season!
I'm already looking at booking two dates in April & July next year for Heathrow-Murcia flights and they are proving quite cheap! £660 for a family of four in peak season!
Actually there is a business market for Murcia. The majority of fresh produce we buy in supermarkets comes from the Murcia region so buyers from all major importers are regular visitors. Also there is a good 'high end' leisure market with La Manga being next door.
Some news starting to come from the IAG Capital Markets Day...
International Airlines Group PLC shares lower after profit downgrade
From other sources there will be a push to fit extra seats to many of the fleets - a number of 777s will be fitted with 10 abreast in Traveller and A320 seats increased to 180.
The number of A319 machines will be reduced but overall fleet size remains around 300 so these would need replacing?
International Airlines Group PLC shares lower after profit downgrade
From other sources there will be a push to fit extra seats to many of the fleets - a number of 777s will be fitted with 10 abreast in Traveller and A320 seats increased to 180.
The number of A319 machines will be reduced but overall fleet size remains around 300 so these would need replacing?
PAXboy - if you don't like it, pay for one of the premium classes when you fly... given the experience of other airlines it seems passengers in the back of the bus are quite happy with the race to the bottom
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Nothing original about that. In the 1990s BA operated a separate fleet of 3 (?) 777s at LGW with 10 abreast seating and separate cabin crew on leisure routes. I don't believe it was a stunning success.