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Permanent or to cover a broken 734?
G-DOCG - Has been at BA's GLA Maintenance facility since 30th July
G-DOCO - Last operated 13th August
G-DOCW - Has been at BA's GLA Maintenance facility since 3rd August
Titan are also continuing to operate a 737 and a 757 for BA ex LGW. The following flights are showing as being operated today by Titan.
737 (G-POWC) - BA2622/BA2623/BA2666/BA2667 (LGW-NCE-LGW-RAK-LGW)
757 (G-ZAPX) - BA2606/BA2607/BA2716/BA2717 (LGW-NAP-LGW-AGP-LGW)
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Aircraft going 'Tech'
The web site 'BASource'
Records a fair number of flight cancellations in the past few weeks, from both LHR & LGW.
Admittedly they may not all have been attributable to Aircraft Tech issues.
Does anyone have any info on why so many cancellations/Tech issues?
Records a fair number of flight cancellations in the past few weeks, from both LHR & LGW.
Admittedly they may not all have been attributable to Aircraft Tech issues.
Does anyone have any info on why so many cancellations/Tech issues?
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Does anyone have any info on why so many cancellations/Tech issues?
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BA to double frequency of Heathrow-Dublin to 8 daily this winter:
British Airways to double number of Dublin-Heathrow flights
British Airways to double number of Dublin-Heathrow flights
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BA at Dublin
Decided to see what the new BA experience DUB - LHR was like and booked 5 of my upcoming flights with them as a test.
Flight No. 1
No online check-in.
No airport machines to check in on.
Luckily I arrived at airport 2 and a quarter hours ahead of departure time. Only three check-in desks manned, one reserved for the oligarchs. Had only hand luggage but had to line up behind a long queue of very large bags, no doubt many going onwards from LHR. Took just under one hour to get to the desk and get checked in. You would think that, with only desk check-in available, they'd have made some effort to man the vacant desks.
Flights 2-5
Within 7 days of booking the other four flights I have already received four emails that they are all cancelled and I have been rebooked on earlier/later flights.
What a way to treat customers.
Flight No. 1
No online check-in.
No airport machines to check in on.
Luckily I arrived at airport 2 and a quarter hours ahead of departure time. Only three check-in desks manned, one reserved for the oligarchs. Had only hand luggage but had to line up behind a long queue of very large bags, no doubt many going onwards from LHR. Took just under one hour to get to the desk and get checked in. You would think that, with only desk check-in available, they'd have made some effort to man the vacant desks.
Flights 2-5
Within 7 days of booking the other four flights I have already received four emails that they are all cancelled and I have been rebooked on earlier/later flights.
What a way to treat customers.
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Well there's nothing wrong with 2-5, they've given you warning quite soon after booking and re-accommodated you onto the nearest available flight for free, it may be inconvenient but you can't call it bad customer service. Airlines chop and change schedules all the time.
Paxing All Over The World
Whilst accepting that all carries chop and change in this day and age of fast computers - I do think that ayroplain has every right to feel he has been let down. His description of waiting an hour to check in with on a carry on IS very poor.
To get 4/5 flights canx and swapped? Not an impression any company should be giving. If they had apologised and offerred an upgrade or something, maybe. But, unfortunately, each booking is treated separetly and the computer would not know it is pi$$ing off the same customer x4 times in a row!
It sounds as if the same rotation was canx across a mopth or so. Yes - it happens. Yes - they told him in good time. No - it's not clever to do this.
ayroplain Do you have Blue Card? If so, you might be able to protest to greater effect. But don't hold your breath.
To get 4/5 flights canx and swapped? Not an impression any company should be giving. If they had apologised and offerred an upgrade or something, maybe. But, unfortunately, each booking is treated separetly and the computer would not know it is pi$$ing off the same customer x4 times in a row!
It sounds as if the same rotation was canx across a mopth or so. Yes - it happens. Yes - they told him in good time. No - it's not clever to do this.
ayroplain Do you have Blue Card? If so, you might be able to protest to greater effect. But don't hold your breath.
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BA at Dublin
Do you have Blue Card
I would have thought, though, that BA would have put in a special effort in setting up on this route and create a good impression. I haven't used a check-in desk on short haul over a great many years so, having to waste an hour on a snail-like queue, was a very frustrating experience. I mean it's 2012 and no self check-in? In addition, the very abrupt and sullen check-in bloke never even looked directly at me during the entire check-in process. Probably he was totally cheesed off as well.
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I think you need to take account that the Dublin route is a BA flight number but as I am aware is still operating under Bmi out of T1. The merger of the two airlines is a massive task and once the route transfers to BA you will then be able to check in online. Lots of challenges for everyone but as a customer you just expect and want it to work. Stick with it and as the merger progresses things will flow better. Things like self check in etc take a little bit of time to sort but I am sure BA are on it.
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Do you have Blue Card? If so, you might be able to protest to greater effect. But don't hold your breath.
Its a tricky time, plenty of teething issues to work through - IT being one of them. BD's computers barely functioned at the best of times. Asking them to talk to BA's systems and vice-versa is hugely tricky, especially when people are flying under both BD and BA PNRs.
Waiting an hour though is unacceptable, more desks should have been opened. Not sure about the handling situation in DUB but if BD were self handling I very much doubt BA would take on the staff/equipment; more likely they would put it out to a third party like they have done around the rest of the UK.
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Body Found in Landing Gear
How weird and very strange.... BBC News - Body found on British Airways flight to Heathrow
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Does BMI self-handle at Dublin or use a handling agent ? Are BA continuing with these arrangements or have they gone out to another agent ?
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jerboy
I should have made myself clear - since the event had already happened, there was nothing to be done. BUT, if he kicked up enough fuss, BA are known to oferring to stuff miles (sorry, Avios) into your account. Sometimes, it's worth being inconvienienced - to get the points. 
If you whipped out a Blue Card and played the DYKWIA game you wouldn't get much of a response.
Paxing All Over The World
It doesn't happen as often as it used to but it's a regular event all around the third world. Some of them fall out on rotation, others on deployment of the gear, it all depends how they were holding inside the bay when they died. There have been occaisions when the body was not discoverd at dest (on intermediates) and has gone on further sectors.
Getting accurate information to potential stoaways is impossible.
Getting accurate information to potential stoaways is impossible.
