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I see Norwegian are double daily several days a week from Lgw to Madrid this summer. Will there be any more short haul expansion out of Lgw before next year? Am I right in thinking it is 2016 before they start to receive any more new aircraft, at least in any numbers?
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Oil discovery near Gatwick airport 'significant' - BBC News
Should bring Swampy and the usual suspects out of retirement, and might Caroline Lucas have more time on her hands to devote to this after May 7?
Should bring Swampy and the usual suspects out of retirement, and might Caroline Lucas have more time on her hands to devote to this after May 7?
*Emirates is extending the upgrade of UAE15/16 to an A380 from 21/4 to 14/5, leaving this service as a B773 from 15/5 to 31/5 only, with it then becoming a permanent A380 flight.
Emirates are now leaving the A380 on the lunchtime flight permanently..so 2 x A380 here daily from now on
Emirates are now leaving the A380 on the lunchtime flight permanently..so 2 x A380 here daily from now on
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All the 'based' aircraft are on EI plates, but 4 'based' aircraft night stop elsewhere, 1 each at OSL, CPH, ARN & WAW, the WAW crew have a short night stop, split duty
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If Norwegian's facebook page is to be believed this reply to a post suggests the new long haul routes due to be announced are transatlantic and also that we should find out what they are very soon. I'd say one is most likely LGW-OAK unless it is an entirely new destination in which case BOS/LAS/ORD would be a possibility (all speculation of course).
http://gyazo.com/2530b6ae1e8711783cb00ed9c6ca90e0
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Well assuming the post I took a screen shot of in my previous post is correct it will be a transatlantic route. That would bring BGI into the running although it would be nice for Norwegian to fly somewhere popular but not served from LGW, like OAK or BOS rather than treading on the toes of BA/VS with LAS or BGI. I guess we will have to wait and see.
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OAK is no use to man or beast. It goes down well from ARN or OSL or CPH to OAK because they never ever had a direct flight to SFO. It will not work ex UK. It would be akin to flying SFO to London.....but you land in Manston ! Why BOS ? ORD would be great !
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Seems like you know the Bay Area on a Need to Know Basis. To my knowledge it takes around the same time to drive from SFO and OAK to The Fairmont San Francisco on Mason Street. Norwegian's flights lands late afternoon/early evening and with that the rush is over and with that no need to spend unnecessary time in the car. If you are heading to Berkley it takes between 20 and 40 minutes from OAK and 40 and 100 minutes from SFO. If you are going to visit Googleplex in Silicon Valley you may need 5 minutes extra from OAK compared with SFO.
The two airports many differ in flair with a large share of LCCs at OAK and the legacies opting for SFO. The question is: Would you like to spend much on travel or will you spend the money saved on a better stay in San Francisco?
The two airports many differ in flair with a large share of LCCs at OAK and the legacies opting for SFO. The question is: Would you like to spend much on travel or will you spend the money saved on a better stay in San Francisco?
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As mentioned your totally wrong with your assumptions regarding OAK, I have used both OAK and SFO and I can assure there is not much time difference in travelling to your OR from central San Francisco as in the Fairmont Hotel, the BART Bay Area Regional Transport connects OAK to downtown San Francisco in approximately the same time as from SFO.
There really isn't much difference and OAK can be far more convenient for those that are not actually heading to San Francisco.
You can't compare it to the likes of Manston, I suggest you look at Google Earth and see how close OAK actually is to SFO or take up Geography as a subject.
As mentioned your totally wrong with your assumptions regarding OAK, I have used both OAK and SFO and I can assure there is not much time difference in travelling to your OR from central San Francisco as in the Fairmont Hotel, the BART Bay Area Regional Transport connects OAK to downtown San Francisco in approximately the same time as from SFO.
There really isn't much difference and OAK can be far more convenient for those that are not actually heading to San Francisco.
You can't compare it to the likes of Manston, I suggest you look at Google Earth and see how close OAK actually is to SFO or take up Geography as a subject.
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San Juan anyone?
Somebody has posted a screenshot of the following advert to Norwegian's Facebook page. Having read elsewhere that a press conference in Copenhagen is due tomorrow it is quite plausible this advert could've slipped through the cracks a day early. If so then Norwegian will start Gatwick-San Juan from this November.
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