BA Connect
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 114
Likes: 0
From: Tracy Island
Spot on again Marlow as ever,My big sister works in the city flys all over the place on re insurance stuff for a huge company,books her tickets via BA as instructed but has never heard of any services through London City.
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
From: Manchester
This happened aswell in the BA travel shop in Manchester. Some one tried to book direct to Oslo from Man but were told they had to go via Heathrow. This person happened to be a Bacon employee and had operated the flight days earlier. When will BA wake up and realise that not everyone wants to fly via Heathrow or Gatwick. Easy, Ryanair's and Flybe's sucess from regional airports just seems to be passing them by.
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 608
Likes: 0
From: where ever i wake up!!!!
As a matter of interest do, for example BMI compete with BMIBABY on any of there routes? BA always seem uncomfortable with LCY they do not want pax to go there and have pax figures drop at LHR and LGW on certain routes ie GVA FRA bcause if that happened then BAA would be moaning that pax figures were dropping at key airports and also the unions want to protect there members at these airports, these are the same unions of which i am a member of one of them, so where is my protection? If BA are honest with themselves they really would like LCY to just go away because it is an irritant to the great LHR. BUT hang on they also need it because it will be the only airport able to deliver pax to the heart of the olympic games. my personal opinion is that BA will absorb the RJ fleet into mainline,they may not want the airframes but its all they have that can currently get in there with resonable pax loads and suddenly "discover" LCY in time for 2012.
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 127
Likes: 0
From: Duisburg, Germany
The homepage of Düsseldorf Airport
www.flughafen-duesseldorf.de
shows a nonstop flight BA 7882 departing at 14.35 in DUS and landing at 15.05 in EDI.
Flights supposed to start on May 15th 2006.
www.flughafen-duesseldorf.de
shows a nonstop flight BA 7882 departing at 14.35 in DUS and landing at 15.05 in EDI.
Flights supposed to start on May 15th 2006.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 339
Likes: 0
From: Northport, NW England
BACON on the Chopping Board?
Heard a nasty little rumour the other day regards the 'new and improved' BA Connect.....
Apparently the current strategy involves 'distancing' themselves from the mainline brand as they expect to be sold in 18months so that BA mainline can help plug its pension deficit?.....
Apparently the current strategy involves 'distancing' themselves from the mainline brand as they expect to be sold in 18months so that BA mainline can help plug its pension deficit?.....
Guest
Posts: n/a
Would hardly be worth it? BA Connect isn't worth £500 mil so would plug a very small gap!!! - yet more drivel!! - By all acounts the new product has been received very well by the public and if it continues to work , it may well be rolled out on the off peak short haul services out of LHR/LGW!
Last edited by Dash-7 lover; 18th April 2006 at 11:01.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 339
Likes: 0
From: Northport, NW England
Well it was Only a rumour but ....strangely though I did hear it over a "Full-English"....
They may not be worth the vast sums required by BA but it would seem a logical step as nower days it feels like your flying on completely different airline anyway...
"Same great service" - now thats just 'pork pies in the sky' ......
Oh the Bovine comedy.....
They may not be worth the vast sums required by BA but it would seem a logical step as nower days it feels like your flying on completely different airline anyway...
"Same great service" - now thats just 'pork pies in the sky' ......
Oh the Bovine comedy.....