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Mahan Air
I heard the Mahan flights are delayed and will start June 2015 ex LGW. I also saw the same from Airline Routes and it is confusing as it talks of Mid December 2014......today being the 15th !
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Long Haul Changes S15 (So far)
Rumoured -
Qatar to DOH 788 Daily from May.
Emirates upgrading early afternoon flight to an A380.
Mahan Air starting 3 weekly Tehran service initially on an A310. (Apparently the start of the service has been delayed from December until June 2015).
La Compagnie are looking to start Gatwick - New York Newark next year on an all business class 757, initially 5 weekly before increasing to daily.
Caribbean Airlines are apparently considering operating Gatwick - Kingston in the near future.
Confirmed -
Garuda to increase Gatwick - Amsterdam - Jakarta to daily from 01/07.
Vietnam will commence 789 flights from 01/07 and increase Hanoi to 3 weekly until 25/09.
Air Transat replace 1 weekly A310 to Halifax with 2 weekly Gatwick - St Johns - Halifax service on a 738. Toronto increases to 10 weekly from 9, Montreal from weekly to 2 weekly.
Caribbean Airlines are increasing Port of Spain to 4 weekly from 3.
'Based' Airline Changes -
BA
Antigua increases from 5 to 6 weekly.
Orlando increases to 14 weekly from 13 in S14.
Colombo has been dropped (3 weekly via Male in S14)
Kingston increases to 4 weekly from 3(?) last summer.
Male becomes winter seasonal (3 weekly last summer).
Port of Spain increases to 6 weekly from 5(?).
Providenciales is a new route moved from Heathrow, operates weekly (Sun) via Antigua.
Punta Cana is 2 weekly direct vs 3 weekly indirect last year.
Monarch
Dropping all longhaul at the end of W14/15, operated 2 weekly Orlando Sanford and 1 weekly Tobago last summer on an A332.
Norwegian
2nd 787 will operate from Gatwick next year;
Fort Lauderdale decreases from 2 weekly to 1.
Los Angeles increases from 2 weekly to 4.
New York increases from 3 weekly to 6.
Orlando is new, operates weekly (Sat).
Thomson
Cancun increases from 5 to 6 weekly.
Montego Bay increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Orlando Sanford increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Punta Cana increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Thomas Cook
Same as this summer; 2 weekly Cancun and 1 weekly Holguin on A332's.
Virgin
Barbados is now a Daily A333 vs 6 weekly A333 + 1 weekly 744 last year.
Orlando decreases to 13 weekly from 14 last year.
Tobago returns, weekly via St Lucia on an A333 (Sun).
Qatar to DOH 788 Daily from May.
Emirates upgrading early afternoon flight to an A380.
Mahan Air starting 3 weekly Tehran service initially on an A310. (Apparently the start of the service has been delayed from December until June 2015).
La Compagnie are looking to start Gatwick - New York Newark next year on an all business class 757, initially 5 weekly before increasing to daily.
Caribbean Airlines are apparently considering operating Gatwick - Kingston in the near future.
Confirmed -
Garuda to increase Gatwick - Amsterdam - Jakarta to daily from 01/07.
Vietnam will commence 789 flights from 01/07 and increase Hanoi to 3 weekly until 25/09.
Air Transat replace 1 weekly A310 to Halifax with 2 weekly Gatwick - St Johns - Halifax service on a 738. Toronto increases to 10 weekly from 9, Montreal from weekly to 2 weekly.
Caribbean Airlines are increasing Port of Spain to 4 weekly from 3.
'Based' Airline Changes -
BA
Antigua increases from 5 to 6 weekly.
Orlando increases to 14 weekly from 13 in S14.
Colombo has been dropped (3 weekly via Male in S14)
Kingston increases to 4 weekly from 3(?) last summer.
Male becomes winter seasonal (3 weekly last summer).
Port of Spain increases to 6 weekly from 5(?).
Providenciales is a new route moved from Heathrow, operates weekly (Sun) via Antigua.
Punta Cana is 2 weekly direct vs 3 weekly indirect last year.
Monarch
Dropping all longhaul at the end of W14/15, operated 2 weekly Orlando Sanford and 1 weekly Tobago last summer on an A332.
Norwegian
2nd 787 will operate from Gatwick next year;
Fort Lauderdale decreases from 2 weekly to 1.
Los Angeles increases from 2 weekly to 4.
New York increases from 3 weekly to 6.
Orlando is new, operates weekly (Sat).
Thomson
Cancun increases from 5 to 6 weekly.
Montego Bay increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Orlando Sanford increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Punta Cana increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Thomas Cook
Same as this summer; 2 weekly Cancun and 1 weekly Holguin on A332's.
Virgin
Barbados is now a Daily A333 vs 6 weekly A333 + 1 weekly 744 last year.
Orlando decreases to 13 weekly from 14 last year.
Tobago returns, weekly via St Lucia on an A333 (Sun).
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It was announced maybe 10 days back that Pegasus was starting a new route to Istanbul (saw). So far it has not gone on sale. Anyone know what is happening with regard to this new route, is it going happen?
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Lots of airtime given to Boris Johnson pre Christmas who suggested that hopes for a consensus re a second runway at Gatwick were now fading.
Political deal for Gatwick expansion 'fading', says Boris Johnson - www.travelweekly.co.uk
Political deal for Gatwick expansion 'fading', says Boris Johnson - www.travelweekly.co.uk
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Ultimately it will be a political decision and only Labour are likely to give the nod to expansion, any coalition will be a trade off and likely block any new runway.
What is the point of having an independent enquiry and then ignoring the advice?
What is the point of having an independent enquiry and then ignoring the advice?
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Lots of airtime given to Boris Johnson pre Christmas who suggested that hopes for a consensus re a second runway at Gatwick were now fading.
What is the point of having an independent enquiry and then ignoring the advice?
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Gatwick's hub argument loses another airline, Vietnam apparently are moving to LHR with B787 operation.
http://airlineroute.net/2015/01/09/v...ampaign=social
http://airlineroute.net/2015/01/09/v...ampaign=social
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Gatwick's hub argument loses another airline, Vietnam apparently are moving to LHR with B787 operation.
http://airlineroute.net/2015/01/09/v...ampaign=social
http://airlineroute.net/2015/01/09/v...ampaign=social
We all know that, as far as new (to London) long haul flights/airlines are concerned, Gatwick is merely Heathrow's waiting room.
GA will be interesting, as they have a long history of ops from LGW (albeit with an enforced break in recent years).
My feeling is that it would make more sense, and be a more valuable use of an LHR slot if they were operating direct to CGK (rather than via AMS as per the current LGW op).
My feeling is that it would make more sense, and be a more valuable use of an LHR slot if they were operating direct to CGK (rather than via AMS as per the current LGW op).
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Willy wombat,
Have to agree.
With Vietnam joining the rumoured initial start of Phillipines at LGW ,just leaves Garuda in the far east catergory.
With the airport commission due to rule later this year on which london airport gets a new runway ,you can see LHR bleating that LGW is nothing more than a leisure airport and a stop gap for long hauler foreign scheduled airlines until they can get to LHR.
Not that I think either will actually get one built in the next decade.
Nigel
Have to agree.
With Vietnam joining the rumoured initial start of Phillipines at LGW ,just leaves Garuda in the far east catergory.
With the airport commission due to rule later this year on which london airport gets a new runway ,you can see LHR bleating that LGW is nothing more than a leisure airport and a stop gap for long hauler foreign scheduled airlines until they can get to LHR.
Not that I think either will actually get one built in the next decade.
Nigel