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That said there is still equipment in place to deal with that eventuallity. 75/73 can be containerised but issues such as hoped for disposal / age and the vast costs prompted only Airbus conversion. As things have turned out so far so good, when the next uoturn in the market occurs things may be different?
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Interesting that those little A318s being bought for LCY-JFK won't be able to use LHR T5 on diversion either as they are a bit too dainty to have the required cargo door for containers.
757's have operated out of T5 a few times since it opened.
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Nice one. Maybe PwC, Lehman's administrator and a long standing BA customer, will be still picking over the international bones, but in Canary wharf there still are HSBC, Barclays and others with an appetitie for voyages transatlantic.....
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Yawn yawn. I suppose Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen don't count as regions then? It's a tired and baseless argument boredcounter and it doesn't stand economic scrutiny. Maybe you should fly with Virgin instead as they serve all those airports so well.
Just a few years ago I could travel in reasonable comfort in a jet rather than a turboprop, with reasonable service, get to a meeting in central Brussels for a 10 o'clock meeting, and get home the same day after a full afternoon session. And the flights were usually pretty full.
So "London Radial Airlines" it is.
Too mean to buy a long personal title
Just a few years ago I could travel in reasonable comfort in a jet rather than a turboprop, with reasonable service, get to a meeting in central Brussels for a 10 o'clock meeting, and get home the same day after a full afternoon session. And the flights were usually pretty full.
More Redundancies At Ba
For what it's worth the last bastion of BA operations outside London will be all but gone by Christmas.
22 of the 33 Engineers at MAN have been given 90 days notice.
We knew it would happen as soon as the MAN-JFK route cut was announced but it still hurts.
22 of the 33 Engineers at MAN have been given 90 days notice.
We knew it would happen as soon as the MAN-JFK route cut was announced but it still hurts.
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For what it's worth the last bastion of BA operations outside London will be all but gone
These are Mainline BA Engineers.
Cardiff and Glasgow are separate subsidiaries.
Not criticising that just being a pedant.
Cardiff and Glasgow are separate subsidiaries.
Not criticising that just being a pedant.
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BA Route moves for Summer 2009
BA had announced that the daily 777 flight from Gatwick to Atlanta is to move to Heathrow from the end of March. In addition the Gatwick Toulouse route will also move to Heathrow at the same time.
A new route to St Kitts (Via Antigua) will commence on 10th Jan 2009..it will operate once a week on the 777.
Shorthaul capacity to be cut by 15% from this summers schedule, and the short haul network at LGW will be operated by a total of 28 aircraft( B737 and Airbus)
A new route to St Kitts (Via Antigua) will commence on 10th Jan 2009..it will operate once a week on the 777.
Shorthaul capacity to be cut by 15% from this summers schedule, and the short haul network at LGW will be operated by a total of 28 aircraft( B737 and Airbus)
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BA have a particular issue because having sold off the regions because they didn't give the desired return on investment, having dumped the franchised operations out of London because they were too much leisure passengers, or too low profile destinations, having reduced the Y class proportion of seats, they retreated back to the core mainstream trunk routes that had the best proportion of premium-class passengers, which they concentrated on more than other carriers.
Then the jobs that all those premium class passengers had, and the companies that used to pay full fare F for a graduate trainee to go to New York, started to evaporate. In recent weeks quite notably. Does have a share price impact.
Then the jobs that all those premium class passengers had, and the companies that used to pay full fare F for a graduate trainee to go to New York, started to evaporate. In recent weeks quite notably. Does have a share price impact.