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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th May 2016, 10:59

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British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

This might have been 757 rather that Trident...

This might have been 757 rather that Trident days, but whatever. I came home GLA-LHR one evening, with baggage. It wasn't a special handling bag or anything like that. Significant number of us,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th May 2016, 09:22

Replies: 51

British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

This doesn't quite seem to hang together. The...

This doesn't quite seem to hang together. The Trident 3 held down the BA London to Istanbul route (1,360 nm Great Circle), on which G-AWZT was lost in the 1976 Yugoslavian midair. Schedule time in...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Apr 2016, 19:46

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British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

I believe the Belfast crews overnighting in...

I believe the Belfast crews overnighting in Glasgow was a union thing, as the BMA crews certainly overnighted locally. Apart from the Europa in Belfast, centre for politicians and journalists etc,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Jul 2013, 20:28

Replies: 51

British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

Thank you KeMac for those dates. The Manchester...

Thank you KeMac for those dates. The Manchester operation did come along a few years after the rest; it was the only one to convert from One-elevens, whereas the others had been Trident operations...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Jul 2013, 11:28

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British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

Not so much business class as "one class", and...

Not so much business class as "one class", and certainly at the beginning there were no C-class trappings at all - no catering, 3-across seating, not even lounges. Furthermore, a significant amount...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Jul 2013, 16:27

Replies: 51

British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

Yes, I remember the crew announcing it as such....

Yes, I remember the crew announcing it as such. In print it was described more officially as "We can leave once we are full; no point in a planeload of passengers waiting for the official time".
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Jul 2013, 12:50

Replies: 51

British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

I can assure you that the control team were...

I can assure you that the control team were experts at demand prediction for each flight, and certainly did not just hang around to see what happened. There were a whole range of techniques to handle...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Jul 2013, 20:51

Replies: 51

British Airways Shuttle dates

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Posted By WHBM

British Airways Shuttle dates

Can anyone help with the start and end dates of the BA "shuttle" service.

The Shuttle was the guaranteed seat, backup flights provided as required, no reservations, every hour/2 hours service from...

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