Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Will we be that far up the HS list? Yes, I the 2 hours isn't quite right (feels more like 2 days...) but I think the general point TT is making is valid - it's also the reason given when we are the first to be cancelled by BA.
Google tells me the average journey time from Newcastle to London by rail is 3h33m. If you're headed for London, then by the time you've checked in, gone through security, boarded the aircraft, landed, deplaned, then taken the tube or train to central London I don't imagine the overall time is that much different, and you get space to work, and generally, even in standard class, more leg room than you'll ever get down the back of an A320.
The point of NCL-LHR is surely interlining, and with so many parts of the world inaccessible to us, or that require quarantine on arrival, or for which the UK requires quarantine on return the demand for interlining just isn't there; the same reason why Emirates are delaying the return of DXB-NCL.