Originally Posted by
eye2eye5
I think you will find that if you divide the monthly CAA traffic figures for LHR by the number of seats for an A319 only, it only comes up with a load factor of circa 75%. That suggests that there are certain rotations which are very lightly loaded and some which, as reported, are full. The current operation is probably a compromise. Maybe a reduced number of rotations with larger aircraft would be more effective but at the expense of convenience.
You need to be careful when calculating the loadfactor on BA's these days as the total max config of 143 (For A319) is never used anymore due to the use of the club cabin which can vary quite a lot depending on the day. So effectivly, the loadfactor will be higher than 75% as the total available seats will be lower the more the Club cabin increases.
The LHR schedule for winter is now fixed at 7/day Mon-Fri which is a reduction of 2/day on previous years and there will be only x1 night stopping aircraft with none on Friday nights.