Originally Posted by
Vokes55
I think if they thought the A321s were better suited to LHR, they would’ve kept them there. It’s too much aircraft for the majority of sectors out of LHR (without killing yield) and they have ample A321NEOs to cover those that do need the capacity.
On the other hand, it’s easy to fill A321s to Turkey, Spain and Greece in the summer.
As for Euroflyer, they’re not trying to be different. It’s just a fudge to allow worse staff T&Cs. The customer isn’t meant to notice a difference. They’ll never have enough slots to have a full operation at LHR so they’ll always be at Gatwick. If they can make that operation cheaper in any way, they will.
Can’t disagree with the general consensus on customer experience with BA, but if there’s one thing they know how to do, it’s make money.
It’s a bit of fine line - on one hand they are trying to shout at investors to say that Gatwick is a ‘low cost operation’, whilst telling customers its no different to what you get at Heathrow.