BA has money to burn! (The LGW 'bridge')
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BA has money to burn !
Constantly being told that "Cash is King " .... So anyone care to calculate ........
How much did BA waste today on flying a 747-400 empty LHR-LGW-LHR just so they can claim a stupidly childish "record" as the first aircraft under Gatwicks new passenger bridge ? Just to beat the bearded one ?
Note....BA do not fly the 747-400 out of LGW ........even on routes that would easily be full......Miami, Orlando.
As if the publicity will be worth anything after the CDG terminal collapse.....
How much did BA waste today on flying a 747-400 empty LHR-LGW-LHR just so they can claim a stupidly childish "record" as the first aircraft under Gatwicks new passenger bridge ? Just to beat the bearded one ?
Note....BA do not fly the 747-400 out of LGW ........even on routes that would easily be full......Miami, Orlando.
As if the publicity will be worth anything after the CDG terminal collapse.....
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BA made more profit this year than ALL the UK low quality (sorry low cost) airlines combined. Yup, we got cash to burn. And it feels good. And (while the going is good) we will induldge.
Great to see BA where is should be - leading the pack.
Great to see BA where is should be - leading the pack.
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1: BA rent the North Terminal, and are probably responsible for around 75% of the movements at LGW (thereabouts).
2: It needed to be a 747 to check the clearances under the bridge.
3: I don't know about you....but if the Bearded one was about try and pull a publicity stunt (as rumoured), then wouldn't you want to make sure you got the PR coup?
Faced with this prospect, the words attributed to Rod E were apparently (insert Oz accent here) "Over my Dead body...!"
2: It needed to be a 747 to check the clearances under the bridge.
3: I don't know about you....but if the Bearded one was about try and pull a publicity stunt (as rumoured), then wouldn't you want to make sure you got the PR coup?
Faced with this prospect, the words attributed to Rod E were apparently (insert Oz accent here) "Over my Dead body...!"
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ummm ... what has the CDG collapse got to do with this, cirrus01? BA don't use T2 there!
I'm with Bumblebee ... if it stopped the Bearded One getting in first it was worth it - Branson would have milked it for all he could, to BA's detriment.
I'm with Bumblebee ... if it stopped the Bearded One getting in first it was worth it - Branson would have milked it for all he could, to BA's detriment.
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Llademos, actually BA do use T2 at CDG. They moved into it last year while T1 was refurbished. Shame - I'd come to like Satellite 5 for all its quirks.
As for this stunt... Good on BA! For once taking the positive initiative. BA invests (spends) money all the time (have you any idea of the spend on IM for a start?.. It's not far off 3/4 of a million pounds a day) and to my mind this is just one of them.
I hadn't been to LGW for a while and was amazed by this bridge. It's a great feat of engineering - and dare I say more impressive than the T5 roof for now).
Isn't a bridge of this size across a taxi-way a world-first?
As for this stunt... Good on BA! For once taking the positive initiative. BA invests (spends) money all the time (have you any idea of the spend on IM for a start?.. It's not far off 3/4 of a million pounds a day) and to my mind this is just one of them.
I hadn't been to LGW for a while and was amazed by this bridge. It's a great feat of engineering - and dare I say more impressive than the T5 roof for now).
Isn't a bridge of this size across a taxi-way a world-first?
I think I heard on the radio this morning ,the only other bridge like this is Denver.
Well done BA--after all the negative publicityover the last few years,this was a good one----after all it is mainly their terminal.
It would be nice to see 747's back at LGW!Come on BA lets have a few back from LHR!!!!!!!!
Well done BA--after all the negative publicityover the last few years,this was a good one----after all it is mainly their terminal.
It would be nice to see 747's back at LGW!Come on BA lets have a few back from LHR!!!!!!!!
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BA must be getting desperate!
Next thing you know they'll be going back to trying to ambush customers on their way to the Virgin check in desks and lure them away!
BA is still a dirty word - no matter what childish and wasteful "stunt" they try and pull.
More power to Richard. Top man!
Next thing you know they'll be going back to trying to ambush customers on their way to the Virgin check in desks and lure them away!
BA is still a dirty word - no matter what childish and wasteful "stunt" they try and pull.
More power to Richard. Top man!
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BA is still a dirty word - no matter what childish and wasteful "stunt" they try and pull.
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Im not sure it was there to check the hight of the bridge,
Yesterday we were on 107 and we had to get pushed back all the way down Q. The "L" taxiway is totally blocked off by cranes, trucks, diggers etc, still the same when we got back late afternoon.
As somebody said, why not a tape measure
Yesterday we were on 107 and we had to get pushed back all the way down Q. The "L" taxiway is totally blocked off by cranes, trucks, diggers etc, still the same when we got back late afternoon.
As somebody said, why not a tape measure
There's a photo in today's Daily Telegraph , anyone any idea how much taller the tail of the A380 is ? The bridge must have been designed to accept that as well ..... or was it ?!!!