Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
Is BA EuroFlyer actually getting it's own AOC and callsign? Maybe by next summer?
When was the last summer BA had 28 based short haul
aircraft at Gatters?
I believe in Summer 2019 during peak times up to 32 Airbus aircraft were operating from Gatwick.
There is enough snack in the short haul fleet with relatively few aircraft retirements, new deliveries and still some in storage. It all depends on the timeframe being considered.
Likewise with slots they have enough when you consider those temporarily leased out to others. At the moment they appear to be using about 52 slot pairs daily next summer( mainline and Euroflyer). They potentially have 80 to 90 slot pairs available when leases to others are taken into account.
I believe A321 aircraft are due to start operating from Gatwick for BA from next February.