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Jet Airways slots
Those who have been following the news about Jet will be aware that international flying is currently suspended. Furthermore with news today that emergency funding will not be available from banks, the likelihood of their resuming flying from Heathrow in the near future seems unlikely
Jet were leasing 3 daily slot pairs from an airline in the UAE who shall remain nameless. While it is possible the new rotations could begin soon, the fact that the UAE based airline has recently been shrinking rather than growing suggest new flights are maybe unlikely - at most 1 additional flight per day. That leaves at least 2 slot pairs per day which need to be either used or lost - leasing them out (or a sale) seems the most likely option.
Jet had departures from LHR to India at 0930, 2010 and 2120 in UK summer time. The flights to the UAE are at 0935, 1500 and 2045. With a forced seller, the buyer can afford to bid a little lower than they might do otherwise. Clearly the 2 evening slots will appeal to Asian carriers, while the morning slot may interest North American operators. Who apart from BA can find a way to use these slots at short notice, is cash rich, and would be prepared to pay what the seller would likely want as a price ?
Jet were leasing 3 daily slot pairs from an airline in the UAE who shall remain nameless. While it is possible the new rotations could begin soon, the fact that the UAE based airline has recently been shrinking rather than growing suggest new flights are maybe unlikely - at most 1 additional flight per day. That leaves at least 2 slot pairs per day which need to be either used or lost - leasing them out (or a sale) seems the most likely option.
Jet had departures from LHR to India at 0930, 2010 and 2120 in UK summer time. The flights to the UAE are at 0935, 1500 and 2045. With a forced seller, the buyer can afford to bid a little lower than they might do otherwise. Clearly the 2 evening slots will appeal to Asian carriers, while the morning slot may interest North American operators. Who apart from BA can find a way to use these slots at short notice, is cash rich, and would be prepared to pay what the seller would likely want as a price ?
AUH-LHR is now 4 daily on certain days as a B789 rotation has been added.
Anyone know what happens to the slots Air Canada would have used for YHZ and YYT? They won’t be operating until the B737 MAX gets flying again, the daytime AC868 has already beed retimed.
Anyone know what happens to the slots Air Canada would have used for YHZ and YYT? They won’t be operating until the B737 MAX gets flying again, the daytime AC868 has already beed retimed.
AC (and anyone else affected by Max issues) are likely to be able to apply for their historic rights to their slots to be protected under the force majeure provision in the slot regulations if they are unable to operate their slots. The big airline from Abu Dhabi, on the other hand, has no such protection from an airline to whom it has leased its slots ceasing trading.
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If they want to sell them then a distressed sale could enable a carrier to pick up some slots at a knock down price.
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If I were them I’d bung Flybe some cash to open a new route starting in two weeks to Jersey or suchlike for the summer, to go along with their new Guernsey and IOM ventures.
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Those are trucks !
Normally these are filtered OUT however at the moment there is a hiccup on FR24 . I have no doubt in a few days they will disappear again
There are anomaly’s like this with that site all the time. Ghost flights, and light aircraft landing at parallel airfields for instance Denham and Northolt often show up as landing at Heathrow in the UK .
RFS = Road freight service and one truck can carry several differing “flight numbers”
Normally these are filtered OUT however at the moment there is a hiccup on FR24 . I have no doubt in a few days they will disappear again
There are anomaly’s like this with that site all the time. Ghost flights, and light aircraft landing at parallel airfields for instance Denham and Northolt often show up as landing at Heathrow in the UK .
RFS = Road freight service and one truck can carry several differing “flight numbers”
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That explains why there was an AA flight from MAD to VLC, which did not correspond with any Iberia code share, showing on FR24 last night. Seems the FR24 glitch is perhaps more wide-spread than just LHR
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..one day before local elections 😁
But sametime as an emergency climate change debate scheduled in Parliament tomorrow morning. Oops
Civil service timetable cock up alert...!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48118100
Heathrow campaigners lose challenge against third runway
Under the current £14bn plan, construction could begin in 2021, with the third runway operational by 2026.
Plus the £1bn for the Western rail link tunnel, upgrade of the Tube TfL cost, M25 cost ? etc etc etc
Plus the £1bn for the Western rail link tunnel, upgrade of the Tube TfL cost, M25 cost ? etc etc etc
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Government backtracking re Heathrow expansion ?
Would be a ready made excuse !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48233548
Would be a ready made excuse !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48233548
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Government backtracking re Heathrow expansion ?
Would be a ready made excuse !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48233548
Would be a ready made excuse !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48233548
Having said that the way "2 pints Nigel" is going there might not be any Tory or Labour MPs left to actually make the decision!
https://amp.theguardian.com/environm...mpression=true
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Latest Fly Quiet & Green results
Heathrow is about to publish its Fly Quiet & Green results for the first quarter of 2019 - they have been up on the website for the last 3 weeks, but so far protected from public scrutiny (why?) by the usual secret password.
After the embarrassment of last quarter's results, which had to be clandestinely altered (and, even after that, were nonsense), it remains to be seen whether Heathrow can get over the first hurdle - keeping track of the number of flights that land and take off on its runways in order to identify the 50 busiest airlines.
In an attempt (probably in vain) to help LHR with at least that part of the number-crunching, I did take the liberty of sending a list of the relevant airlines, but received no acknowledgement. For the record, in Q1 2019 they were (in descending order of frequency):
BA/SH, BA/LH, VS, EI, LH, AA, SK, UA, EW, LX, KL, AC, DL, IB, AF, BE, EK, QR, AZ, TP, CX, SU, SQ, AI, 9W, AY/SH, EY, TK/LH, OS, LO, SN, A3, CA, BC, TK/SH, VY, GF, JL, MH, QF, TG, WY, KM, SV, LY, CZ, ME/SH, KU, PK, FI/SH
It remains to be seen how many of the 50 appear in the results, once the public is finally permitted to see them.
After the embarrassment of last quarter's results, which had to be clandestinely altered (and, even after that, were nonsense), it remains to be seen whether Heathrow can get over the first hurdle - keeping track of the number of flights that land and take off on its runways in order to identify the 50 busiest airlines.
In an attempt (probably in vain) to help LHR with at least that part of the number-crunching, I did take the liberty of sending a list of the relevant airlines, but received no acknowledgement. For the record, in Q1 2019 they were (in descending order of frequency):
BA/SH, BA/LH, VS, EI, LH, AA, SK, UA, EW, LX, KL, AC, DL, IB, AF, BE, EK, QR, AZ, TP, CX, SU, SQ, AI, 9W, AY/SH, EY, TK/LH, OS, LO, SN, A3, CA, BC, TK/SH, VY, GF, JL, MH, QF, TG, WY, KM, SV, LY, CZ, ME/SH, KU, PK, FI/SH
It remains to be seen how many of the 50 appear in the results, once the public is finally permitted to see them.