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that fine bunch at Network Rail have delayed submission of Planning permission for the Langley T5 railway until 2017........ putting it off for 2 years - no doubt due to their current dreadful performance on electrification of the GWR
as you can imagine everyone west of LHR is less than happy...................
that fine bunch at Network Rail have delayed submission of Planning permission for the Langley T5 railway until 2017........ putting it off for 2 years - no doubt due to their current dreadful performance on electrification of the GWR
as you can imagine everyone west of LHR is less than happy...................
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W rail Access delayed
(wow! no posts for nearly 3 weeks )
that fine bunch at Network Rail have delayed submission of Planning permission for the Langley T5 railway until 2017........ putting it off for 2 years - no doubt due to their current dreadful performance on electrification of the GWR
as you can imagine everyone west of LHR is less than happy...................
(wow! no posts for nearly 3 weeks )
that fine bunch at Network Rail have delayed submission of Planning permission for the Langley T5 railway until 2017........ putting it off for 2 years - no doubt due to their current dreadful performance on electrification of the GWR
as you can imagine everyone west of LHR is less than happy...................
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The main reason for this delay is money. Network Rail like Heathrow work on fixed investment periods. The money / budget / cash-flow for these seems to be relatively fixed. The GWML project has gone over it's budget and is using money from other planned projects in that period. It means no money for the T5 link so the T5 project gets moved back into the next investment period.
Don't expect logic such as it would cost more to do separately to figure widely in that decision.
Don't expect logic such as it would cost more to do separately to figure widely in that decision.
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"NR needs to get it's collective finger out, crossrail is supposed to start in 2018 (allegedly), and the two schemes are linked, or should be if they're not."
that's not how they work they'll finish the electrification (with all the attendant delays) for CrossRail to Reading (noticed the GWR wires are starting to go up between Didcot & Reading at last)
then when it's opened they'll start digging up Langley for 2-3 years to get the delays back into the system
that's not how they work they'll finish the electrification (with all the attendant delays) for CrossRail to Reading (noticed the GWR wires are starting to go up between Didcot & Reading at last)
then when it's opened they'll start digging up Langley for 2-3 years to get the delays back into the system
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It's so staggering how there are 6x daily flights with Emirates alone to Dubai!
Garuda Indonesia are also moving their route to Jakarta from Gatwick to Heathrow. Inbound flight will go via Singapore the outbound will be non-stop.
I was looking over at airliners.net and someone had produced some data that said MCO-LHR was the 9th largest unserved market from the US. I know the LON-MCO route mostly originates LGW due to the leisure market, but there is also potential business and transfer traffic with MCO and I think BA could operate this in the near future. Even VS could potentially give it a go as well. I think this route could be of good use to both of the airlines 787 fleet.
New routes for Heathrow so far in 2016:
Billund, Denmark (British Airways)
Inverness, United Kingdom (British Airways)
San Jose (CA), United States of America (British Airways)
Tehran, Iran (British Airways)
Biarritz, France (British Airways)
Chania, Greece (British Airways)
Kalamata, Greece (British Airways)
Menorca, Spain (British Airways)
Palermo, Italy (British Airways)
Salt Lake City, United States of America (Delta)
Jakarta, Indonesia (Garuda Indonesia)
Garuda Indonesia are also moving their route to Jakarta from Gatwick to Heathrow. Inbound flight will go via Singapore the outbound will be non-stop.
I was looking over at airliners.net and someone had produced some data that said MCO-LHR was the 9th largest unserved market from the US. I know the LON-MCO route mostly originates LGW due to the leisure market, but there is also potential business and transfer traffic with MCO and I think BA could operate this in the near future. Even VS could potentially give it a go as well. I think this route could be of good use to both of the airlines 787 fleet.
New routes for Heathrow so far in 2016:
Billund, Denmark (British Airways)
Inverness, United Kingdom (British Airways)
San Jose (CA), United States of America (British Airways)
Tehran, Iran (British Airways)
Biarritz, France (British Airways)
Chania, Greece (British Airways)
Kalamata, Greece (British Airways)
Menorca, Spain (British Airways)
Palermo, Italy (British Airways)
Salt Lake City, United States of America (Delta)
Jakarta, Indonesia (Garuda Indonesia)
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Routes come and go, as new ones get added, others are quietly dropped. A year ago you could fly direct from LHR to Almaty, Entebbe, Madeira and Rotterdam, for example - today you can't.
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Heathrow's definition of full is that it can't accommodate any more flights within the 480,000 pa ATM limit.
Routes come and go, as new ones get added, others are quietly dropped. A year ago you could fly direct from LHR to Almaty, Entebbe, Madeira and Rotterdam, for example - today you can't.
Routes come and go, as new ones get added, others are quietly dropped. A year ago you could fly direct from LHR to Almaty, Entebbe, Madeira and Rotterdam, for example - today you can't.
We'll just have to wait and see what routes/frequencies get dropped to accommodate those additional services. One thing's for sure - BA aren't exempt from the ATM limit - so something will have to give.
Blimey! With Gatters going all A388, Emirates continue to rewrite conventional wisdom. Wonder if this might finally nudge Virgin out of DXB and redeploy an A330 onto the ATLANTIC.
MCO btw is volume driven with very small premium cabins on VS and no F on BA, it's a traditional LGW route that is very unlikely to move to LHR unless they build that third runway.
Slots at LHR churn between users with some gravitating towards heavy metal. This drives passenger volumes for roughly the same level of ATMs.
MCO btw is volume driven with very small premium cabins on VS and no F on BA, it's a traditional LGW route that is very unlikely to move to LHR unless they build that third runway.
Slots at LHR churn between users with some gravitating towards heavy metal. This drives passenger volumes for roughly the same level of ATMs.
But I don't understand how BA are adding so many routes this year after quoting that LHR was operating at capacity last year.
It will be interesting to see how long BA/EI continue to offer 20 flights a day between LHR and DUB now they they are both part of IAG. Some flights are only 5 minutes apart !! Some consolidation onto larger aircraft would seem to be a logical way for BA to free up LHR slots in future for other uses. Or were there conditions imposed on IAG during the EI take over process which prevent them from consolidating flights ??
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Another new route for Heathrow in S16. Iberia Express starting flights to Asturias, Spain three times a week (Tu, Th & Su) starting 24th April 2016.
Schedule as followed:
OVD1820 – 1915LHR 32S
LHR2030 – 2325OVD 32S
Schedule as followed:
OVD1820 – 1915LHR 32S
LHR2030 – 2325OVD 32S