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Old 21st Feb 2007, 00:07
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BA Boi
 
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flyer55 i can almost guarantee that SF LGW will NOT be getting any new longhaul aircraft ANY time in the near or indeed distant future. BA would not waste it's valuable new resources by doing something as foolhardy as that! lol!
you might be very lucky and get the odd shorthaul airbus from LHR thrown your way. maybe.
the company has been saying for years now that they are desperate to expand the LHR operation - but haven't been able to do so in any full way due to the lack of available aircraft in the longhaul fleet.
any new routes launched in the last 4 years or so has been at the expense of other routes, or a reduction in frequencies to certain muti-service destinations.
ALL of the new aircraft that will be arriving into our fleet from next year onwards will be LHR based. they will be replacing 20 of the oldest 747-400's; all of the 767-300's and more aircraft added to the fleet in order for expansion of the operation to commence again.
the list of cities that BA wants to launch brand new services to, and also return flying to, is as long as my arm. again ALL of those routes will be operated from LHR.
LHR is, and has always been, where the money is. not LGW.
they will plough all their new investment in aircraft into where they know that they will get a very big return on it - London Heathrow.
btw, ACC NSP stands for air cabin crew national SECTIONAL panel, not "...selection.." panel.
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