LONDON CITY - 2

[BAladdy]

Originally Posted by MikeStanton

Saw the A318 doing touch and go's again today, just wondered if anyone knows if the Embraer 170 will be doing simmilar training exercises, and if so when??

I believe it has been training at CBG. Aircraft has already operated LCY/EDI/LCY for CAA proving flight

Originally Posted by davidjohnson6

Does this risk an impact on the short check-in time at LCY when a much higher proportion of pax are carrying large bags, or possibly don't fly regularly and need longer to be processed by security and get their backsides to a gate and board ?

I would think BACF will not operate these flights ex LCY during the peak travel times. I would have thought they would operate the the flights when the terminal is usually quieter so say departing between 11:00 and 14:00

[32SQDN]

BACF

Would there be sufficient crew to operate on the additional routes as speculated on here?

[towser]

BACF Emb 170 won't be doing circuits at LCY. All Captains steep approach aircraft training is being done at Cambridge as BAladdy said. As for the short check-in times I believe the flights would be operated as charter flights and not scheduled so I assume the short check-in time would not apply.

[LCYPR]

British Airways A318 at London City Airport

Check out our promotional video of the new LCY - JFK service! YouTube - British Airways A318 at London City Airport

[marlowe]

Hope the pax loads pick up thats going to be an expensive route with one passenger!!!!!!

[derekvader]

Departing an hour late today even though the inbound aircraft arrived half an hour early. Supposed to go at 12.50 but hasn't gone yet. Maybe they're waiting to see if they can get two passengers to use it today

[Skipness One Echo]

Was still there when I left at 1330, there was certainly more than one passenger in the lounge!

[derekvader]

It just departed over my office approx 1440. Weird looking plane.

[Charley B]

According to Sky News,a/c had tech probs and they had to get a spare part for engine from LGW?
Sky guy is on board apparently today!

[egnxema]

Tech problems???? Its a brand new machine!!

[egnxema]

F7's new GVA will be a codeshare with Cityjet.

[cmf146]

A318 & Emb 170

Ah that will just be the newness coming off the A 318.
I see the first Emb 170 (G-LCYD ) was back in the hangar at Exeter today also - cannot beat these new aircraft can you !!

Long live the RJ's

[Flatspin_Fumble]

Only teething problems, but looking at the promo video, and the layout of the seating, for the same money or less, I would prefer to fly First Class on a 747 or 777 from LHR.

[Skipness One Echo]

Just looking at some shots I got of the new BA A318 on stand 24 t'other day, I noticed they had some nice "new" Servisair steps at door 1L with three more in the background. Is this just some second hand gear LCY have picked up for the new service or have Cobalt got a new competitor again. Has been a handling monopoly since Menzies left.
Air France self handle, everyone else uses the Frogs in Clogs....

[FBOman]

No just a temporary back up due to late delivery of shiny new steps large enough for the 318 & E170 aircraft. Supplier of new equipment should have delivered all new steps within the next few weeks.

[flying phil 2007]

Saw both BA A318s at LCY on Monday morning. Plus a BA E-jet.
Things seems to be changing from the usual RJs and F-50's.

[DutchBird-757]

Regarding FlyBaboo. Are they connected to Swiss in any way?
Don't know much about them really.

[BAladdy]

Flybaboo have just entered a codeshare agreement with AF on the LCY/GVA route.

[WHBM]

Originally Posted by DutchBird-757

Regarding FlyBaboo. Are they connected to Swiss in any way?
Don't know much about them really.

FlyBaboo are an independent, based at Geneva, taking advantage to some extent of Swiss's partial withdrawl from there over recent years. They have been around for about 6 years. They are owned by a large travel agency, who they started off doing charters for.

They are the sort of carrier whose fleet strategy seems to change all the time, and whose destination list is always different from year to year. Now they are at LCY. Also, from this winter, they are operating to Oxford. There were jokes recently about Oxford Kidlington rebranding itself as a London airport and opening for commercial operations, and FlyBaboo are the first carrier I have noticed taking them up. It's not much of a service, just once a week on Saturdays to Geneva in December to April only, the ski season. Notably it's a Saturday afternoon operation, when London City is closed, I would guess they would rather have operated it to LCY, along with the rest of their new service, if they could.

[DutchBird-757]

Thanks WHBM. It wouldn't surprise me if we saw them operate the E190 into LCY as ell. Afterall, the steep approach function is retrofittable and there were talks of yet another E-Jet operator starting service to LCY.

Article: Link
As for other airlines operating E-Jets at LCY, José Luis Molina, Embraer’s new VP airline market, EMEA, said that FlyBaboo, which operates three E-190s, is considering services to the airport as well as another airline which wishes its firm plans to remain undisclosed, but which is receiving aircraft with the steep approach button fitted.