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with the new Airbus reconfig there will be even less reason to upgrade as the onboard and overall experience is barely different. People continue to pay for it and the avios bunch lap it up, so there is no real incentive to change it. The US carriers, are , surprisingly making excellent changes to their medium haul biz class. Just look at Mint and AA, even on narrowbodies
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Does anybody know why a BA A380 has just declared an emergency (A7700) going into Heathrow, only one hour after a Qatar B777 en route Doha to Montreal did the same thing over Ireland and diverted into Manchester?
Creepy coincidence.
Creepy coincidence.
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British Airways to operate from Gatwick to Grenoble and Fredrichshafen from December 2014 to April 2015 using A319/A320 aircraft. Club Europe Euro Traveller available. Both services to be twice weekly on Saturday and Sunday. Looks like they have converted previous charters to scheduled flights.
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Could be that they are in addition to the charters. BA clearly believe they can break into the ski holiday market.
Most of the charters are operated from Heathrow. I would expect to see these still operated next winter as BA are always keen to pick up extra work over the weekends from Mark Warner, Sartadur etc when the schedule isn't as busy and there is more slack in the Airbus fleet.
Most of the charters are operated from Heathrow. I would expect to see these still operated next winter as BA are always keen to pick up extra work over the weekends from Mark Warner, Sartadur etc when the schedule isn't as busy and there is more slack in the Airbus fleet.
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Mark Warner do have charters from Gatwick as well - Grenoble and Friedrichshafen this year, and they have a new resort in Austria next year, so have seats on the Monarch flight I believe.
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Re the London Gatwick fleet:
Boeing 737-400 fleet will reduce to 12 by end of April
A319 Fleet will possibly go up to 10 by end of summer and possibly 15 by next Spring as all the Boeing 737s should be gone by April 2015.
I thought the A320 fleet for summer was 3 but cannot confirm this.
The 10 leased AirbusA320 will begin to arrive October 2014 and all be in service by April 2015. All will have had maintenance and a full cabin refit before entering service.
Short haul fleet next summer 2015 looking to be 10-12 A320 and 13-15 A319 aircraft.
The Boeing 777 fleet will be 10 based all summer. However aircraft sometimes rotate LHR/LGW depending on maintenance and technical issues. May sometimes look like 11 as swaps take place.
Hope this helps.
Boeing 737-400 fleet will reduce to 12 by end of April
A319 Fleet will possibly go up to 10 by end of summer and possibly 15 by next Spring as all the Boeing 737s should be gone by April 2015.
I thought the A320 fleet for summer was 3 but cannot confirm this.
The 10 leased AirbusA320 will begin to arrive October 2014 and all be in service by April 2015. All will have had maintenance and a full cabin refit before entering service.
Short haul fleet next summer 2015 looking to be 10-12 A320 and 13-15 A319 aircraft.
The Boeing 777 fleet will be 10 based all summer. However aircraft sometimes rotate LHR/LGW depending on maintenance and technical issues. May sometimes look like 11 as swaps take place.
Hope this helps.
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Yes Gatwick is 3, G-TTOE is at GLA at the moment for MX. G-EUUF is covering.
2 A320's will arrive Oct 14/Nov 14 - leased. With the rest due Jan-Jun 2015.
2 A320's will arrive Oct 14/Nov 14 - leased. With the rest due Jan-Jun 2015.
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BA unveils Essex "Waste to Fuel Project'
BA unveils Essex "Waste to Fuel Project'
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British Airways unveils Essex waste-to-fuel project | Hydrocarbon Processing | April 2014
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British Airways unveils Essex waste-to-fuel project | Hydrocarbon Processing | April 2014
At last the Daily Mail has come up with a decent story with some brilliant photos:
How First Class travel with British Airways has changed over past 40 years | Mail Online
How First Class travel with British Airways has changed over past 40 years | Mail Online
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Originally Posted by '
The 787 still operates to Toronto and Byb the end of the year the 787 will operate to
Toronto
Newark
Austin
Hyderabad
Chengdu
Philadelphia
Calgary
Chennai
Toronto
Newark
Austin
Hyderabad
Chengdu
Philadelphia
Calgary
Chennai
AUS - BA191/BA190 - Daily
CTU - BA089/BA088 - 5 x weekly
EWR - BA187/BA186 - Daily
EWR - BA189/BA188 - Daily
HYD - BA277/BA276 - Daily
PHL - BA069/BA068 - Daily
YYC - BA103/BA102 - Daily
YYZ - BA093/BA092 - Daily
They will continue to operate these flights until the introduction of the W14/15 schedule on the 26th October.
BA currently plan to operate the 787 on the rotations shown below during W14/15:
AUS - BA191/BA190 - Daily
CTU - BA089/BA088 - 3 x Weekly
EWR - BA187/BA186 - 6 x Weekly
EWR - BA189/BA188 - Daily
HYD - BA277/BA276 - Daily
MAA - BA035/BA036 - Daily
PHL - BA069/BA068 - Daily
BA plan to replace the flights to YYC and YYZ operated by a 787 during S14 with a 767 through until the end of the W14/15 schedule.
A further announcement about the deployment of the 787 during W14/15 is expected in the next couple of months. BA are expected to announce a new 787 route for W14/15 they are also expected to announce that the 787 will replace the 767 on there 4 x weekly NAS/GCM and the weekly NAS/PLS.
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The 787 freed up by using the 767 on the HYD has allowed BA to go ahead with introducing the 787 on the CTU 5 x weekly and increasing the frequency on the AUS to daily earlier this week. BA's 5th 787 was planned to enter service earlier this week, in time to operate to CTU and the additional AUS frequencies. The aircraft's delivery had to be delayed by 3-4 weeks due to production problems at Boeing.
BA originally planned to operate the 767 to HYD between the 5th and 18th of May. BA decided on HYD after looking at the routes planned loads and the operational requirements on other 787 routes. Unfortunately BA was forced to bring forward the start date for 767 ops to HYD after one of BA's 787's had to be removed from service for unscheduled maintenance on it's landing gear and undercarriage after a bird strike in YYZ the day before. The last minute change in plan resulted in long operational delays on the HYD route
The 787 is due to resume operation of the route from the 19th of May. BA 787 delivery details are below
G-ZBJE - Due 10th May
G-ZBJF - Due 18th May
G-ZBJG - Due 1st July
G-ZBJH - Due mid July
BA originally planned to operate the 767 to HYD between the 5th and 18th of May. BA decided on HYD after looking at the routes planned loads and the operational requirements on other 787 routes. Unfortunately BA was forced to bring forward the start date for 767 ops to HYD after one of BA's 787's had to be removed from service for unscheduled maintenance on it's landing gear and undercarriage after a bird strike in YYZ the day before. The last minute change in plan resulted in long operational delays on the HYD route
The 787 is due to resume operation of the route from the 19th of May. BA 787 delivery details are below
G-ZBJE - Due 10th May
G-ZBJF - Due 18th May
G-ZBJG - Due 1st July
G-ZBJH - Due mid July