Re: BA's 767 summer expansion
Originally Posted by tristar500
BA Flight Ops. Heres a new idea!
Why not give the B757/B767 to the regions, in particular EDI. Dont think Iam being a bit cheeky here but seriously, why the hell not!
EDI could easily sustain a long-haul route network and make it work. The number of passengers forced to commute down to LHR/LGW to catch USA bound flights is astonishing.
Before someone quotes figures on seat/kilometer mile etc..., lets just look at some facts. The GLA-BOS service (now withdrawn) DID make money, although it may have lacked full commitment by the public. The cargo alone made the flight worthwhile. Continental, who have upped their summer flights to 2 per day to EWR cant be making a loss, neither can Delta who are about to start flights to ATL (both ops by B757/767). Emirates although on a different economic planet are operating a B777-300ER for goodness sake from GLA to DXB, and want to operate from EDI. Flyglobespan have aquired 3 B767s and are rumoured to be taking another 3 as well as the B787, to ops flights from EDI. Come on BA - Get your act together and go for it. You have retimmed the EDI-LGW flights, particularly on a Sunday morning which makes it impossible to connect to the USA. Why should the people of Scotland go south to fly more or less back up north when flights could easily go from Scotland. There is a demand and BA should stand up and admit the fact.
Would never work BA want routes to make a profit and cannot run them at a loss for as long as EK can. They would have to add a big CC base and flight deck base at the regional stations and its just not going to invest that much money.