BA Cityflyer

[time4parties]

BA Mainline Pilots did see this happening, in 2007 when CityFlyer was formed. Its called the scope agreement. ANY BA Aircraft operating out of LGW or LHR has to be operated by a BA mainline pilot. The MAN shuttles operated a few weeks ago were given an exemption from this.

The Sims used are at Oxford aviation near LGW.

[Jaq]

Insidious springs to mind.

Unfortunately BA Mainline Pilots can't see the wood for the........... Ah never mind.

[TravelBuzz]

Originally Posted by Cyrano;

I agree up to a point (no pun intended). Yes, point-to-point is the main goal of LCY and that's what the large majority of passengers are there for, but I believe in recent years there has been a steady (if modest) increase in connecting traffic.

BA8702 LCY-EDI seems to attract regular transfer traffic from the BA8760 ZRH-LCY flight. It just so happens that the plane flying ZRH-LCY is the same one operating LCY-EDI, usually with the same crew. I bet passengers wish they could stay on the plane, but unfortunately they have to clear immigration & customs.

Originally Posted by CornishSimon;

The one thing i would guess that would put people off would be the lack of a Galleries lounge.

LCY really doesn't need a lounge, unlike LHR & LGW, with a 20 minute checkin you don't need to be spending ages in the airport. Passengers on BA1 & BA3 can go straight to the gate where they'll find a lounge.

[cornishsimon]

How is the IOM service going on the leased S2000 ?

Any chance that we could see Cityflyer at NQY for a daily or x weekly service at some stage ?

[Tonyq]

According to IOM Airport figures for July, which was the first full month of the Saab service, pax were up 6% on the previous July, with a backdrop of IOM figures overall, down by 2%.

From the same figures, LF can be estimated at 60%+.

August figures are still to be released.

From observation of the day to day activity, service appears to be much more reliable than in RE's final months, when it rather fell to bits.

[RJ100]

Any reason the new Venice service is using a "Speedbird" callsign? That's a first for the "Flyers".

Not a usual event. It usually happens as a simple mistake by the flight planning dpt.
It has happened in the past. When we started the winter LCY-GVA flights are fews years ago most Sunday flights operated with a Speedbird call sign.

[Ramper1]

Does any one have the phone number for recruitment??

[Jamesair]

LCY - IOM for August were 4238 up 12% on Aug 2011

[Tonyq]

IOM website shows figure as 4235, up 9.4%. Still healthy, but different to your % increase. That's against a backdrop of 3% down on IOM as a whole.

[Jamesair]

My figure came from the CAA stats for August...not sure why they are different to the IOM Airport stats. 3793 is the figure shown for August 2011..presumably the IOM figure is greater giving the smaller % increase. The figures I quote are under the London City heading.

[Tonyq]

Don't wish to be party to too much thread drift, but IOM show the August 3870, as you suggested it would, which explains the higher % rise. Not sure why IOM and CAA would be reporting different numbers.

[John21UK]

Is BACF actively recruiting for experienced/rated F/O's? (Or going to again?)

[RJ100]

A new FO course starts early 2013 and has already been filled.
There is talk of more courses next year but it depends upon how many of our purchase rights are converted into firm orders. Can't give away the figure as it might reveal our strategy for the future years at L**............

There is a sizeable hold pool of FO's at present experienced and otherwise.
We have started down the dreaded road of MPL too!!
Keep an eye on the jobs page as all recruitment will be notified there first.

RJ.

[BAladdy]

S13 Schedule

The S13 schedule has started to be released. After comparing S13 August operation with this years the following changes seen to have been made.

ABERDEEN - Flights will operate 15 x Weekly ( 3 flights Monday to Thursday, 2 on Friday and 1 on Sunday) . A E90 will replaces the E70 on some flights. E90 is expected to operate weekend charter flights ex ABZ on behalf of Barrhead Travel. Below are the flights that the E90 will operate

BA3297 ABZ 1325 – 1455 LCY E90 5
BA3297 ABZ 1730 – 1900 LCY E90 457

BA3296 LCY 1525 – 1655 ABZ E90 45
BA3298 LCY 1930 – 2100 ABZ E90 45

IBIZA - This route seems to just get more and more popular. S13 will see a rise in frequency with 15 flights a week planned up from 12 the year before. S13 will see BACF increase the number of weekly flights to the island from 12 to 15 flights each week. 14 of the 15 flights will be operated by E90 aircraft with only 1 being operated by a E70 (4 E70's operated S12). As a result of the increases in both capacity and frequency BACF will be more than doubling the number of seats on the route from 700 to 1442

BA8461 LCY 0640 – 1005 IBZ/BA8462 IBZ 1045 – 1210 LCY E90 5
BA8463 LCY 0705 – 1030 IBZ/BA8464 IBZ 1120 – 1245 LCY E90 5
BA8463 LCY 0940 – 1305 IBZ/BA8464 IBZ 1400 – 1525 LCY E90 4
BA8461 LCY 1050 – 1415 IBZ/BA8462 IBZ 1455 – 1620 LCY E90 234
BA8461 LCY 1200 – 1525 IBZ/BA8462 IBZ 1605 – 1730 LCY E90 1
BA8463 LCY 1315 – 1640 IBZ/BA8464 IBZ 1725 – 1850 LCY E90 7
BA8465 LCY 1420 – 1745 IBZ/BA8466 IBZ 1845 – 2010 LCY E90 x67
BA8461 LCY 1445 – 1810 IBZ/BA8462 IBZ 1850 – 2015 LCY E90 7
BA8463 LCY 1500 – 1825 IBZ/BA8464 IBZ 1915 – 2040 LCY E70 1

MAHON - Remains 3 x Weekly. Flights will continue to operate on Monday and Friday however the flight that departed on a Wednesday afternoon this summer will be replaced by a a new Saturday morning departure. Below is the planned schedule for the Saturday flight.

BA8749 LCY0630 – 0945MAH/BA8750 MAH1030 – 1145LCY E70 6

QUIMPER - Remains 2 x Weekly. Flights will once again operate on a Sunday. The flight that operated on a Wednesday S12 will now operate on a Thursday with flight times unchanged

BA8747 LCY 1130 – 1335 UIP/BA8748 UIP1415 – 1420LCY E70 4

VENICE ** - Flights will continue operate 6 x Weekly with a change to the schedule. Weekday flights will operate earlier with flights moving from a departure of 11:00 to 07:05. Sunday flights will depart 1 hr 15mins later at 16:15. A E70 will replace E90 on 2 of the 6 weekly flights.

BA8479 LCY 0705 – 1010 VCE/BA8480 VCE 1100 – 1205 LCY E90 x567
BA8479 LCY 0705 – 1010 VCE/BA8480 VCE 1100 – 1205 LCY E70 5
BA8479 LCY 1615 – 1920 VCE/BA8480 VCE 2000 – 2105 LCY E70 7

** - As this flight only started back in September so the comparisons made are based on the routes schedule for the week it was launched.

Further changes are likely in the months to come.

[cornishsimon]

Any sign of a LCY-NQY flight ?


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[Calmcavok]

@ John21UK: I don't think it's going to get THAT bad! Hahaha!

[V_2]

@RJ100 "We have started down the dreaded road of MPL too!!"

Care to explain why its a dreaded road? Seems to be the newly accepted best way of training pilots?

[Skipness One Echo]

Hi all,

What was the reason with SCOPE that CFE were allowed to fill the RJ100s to the gunnels with 110 seats whereas the ERJ190s are restricted to 98 again?
Why weren't the RJ100s so restricted?

Also what was the capacity of the RJ85s? Anyone remember?

Thanks

[BAladdy]

If I remember rightly the RJ85's could carry a max of 87 pax.

The RJ100's were delivered initially to Cityflyer Express in the 110 seat configuration.

The RJ100 in it's 110 seater config was no a problem when BACF began ops at LCY. They only experienced problems with the RJ100's performance when they started doing the MAD service. BACF added the RJ85 to the fleet to try and address some of these problems.

[towser]

There was an exemption in the scope agreement which allowed the RJ100's to be operated up to a certain date. After that date we either had to stop operating them or they had to be operated by mainline pilots.