Originally Posted by
Flightrider
The introduction of LHR-GVA from January is the first of a few moves of Heathrow slots across to Star Alliance partners, apparently at the expense of LHR-MAN services.
A quick look at the new GVA times from a Swiss press release here:
Route Flight number Dep. time (local time) Days of operation
LHR – GVA / GVA - LHR LX359* / LX352 07:00-09.40 / 07:30-08.15 All days
LHR – GVA / GVA - LHR LX353 / LX350* 08:55-11.35 / 10:20-11.05 All days
LHR – GVA / GVA - LHR LX351* / LX354 11:45-14.25 / 12:15-13.00 All days
LHR – GVA / GVA - LHR LX355 / LX348* 14:25-17.05 / 15:15-16.00 All days
LHR – GVA / GVA - LHR LX349*/ LX356 16:40-19.20 / 17:45-18.30 All days
LHR – GVA / GVA - LHR LX357 / LX358* 19:30-22.10 / 20:00-20.40 All days
(the "*" denotes the bmi codeshare, i.e. bmi aircraft)
suggests that in fact the LHR slots being used for this might be closer to the current DUB-LHR times (with a bit of shuffling) than to MAN-LHR... Ah well, have to wait and see.