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The main problem now with DUS is the loss of Air Berlin as a one world partner. Like using DUB to go west, DUS was ideal for those near LCY or who hate LHR. You could check in in under 30 mins and going through DUS allowed connections to all over the world with minimum fuss. That loss has affected loads I would wager and that traffic now seemed to be passing through FRA pre-covid from what I could see.
That said, the city is lovely and hence the loads are still worthy of the route for point to point, esp now FlyBe are no longer in the picture.
That said, the city is lovely and hence the loads are still worthy of the route for point to point, esp now FlyBe are no longer in the picture.
The main problem now with DUS is the loss of Air Berlin as a one world partner. Like using DUB to go west, DUS was ideal for those near LCY or who hate LHR. You could check in in under 30 mins and going through DUS allowed connections to all over the world with minimum fuss. That loss has affected loads I would wager and that traffic now seemed to be passing through FRA pre-covid from what I could see.
In passing both Lufthansa and Swiss, when we have been travelling from LCY to Athens, St Petersburg, etc, have seemed to make every effort to get short connection passengers through and away, with special staff, ramp car transfers, etc, whereas BA at Heathrow leave you to your own devices, follow the signs, and general queues etc, and if you miss it - too bad.
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I have to say I never saw a OneWorld connection offered through Dusseldorf, either on the BA website or through the independent Web ones. KLM, Lufthansa and (notably) Swiss seem to do them extensively from LCY, but it seems that fares from the UK are marketed by BA rather than OneWorld, who want you to use BA all the way.
In passing both Lufthansa and Swiss, when we have been travelling from LCY to Athens, St Petersburg, etc, have seemed to make every effort to get short connection passengers through and away, with special staff, ramp car transfers, etc, whereas BA at Heathrow leave you to your own devices, follow the signs, and general queues etc, and if you miss it - too bad.
In passing both Lufthansa and Swiss, when we have been travelling from LCY to Athens, St Petersburg, etc, have seemed to make every effort to get short connection passengers through and away, with special staff, ramp car transfers, etc, whereas BA at Heathrow leave you to your own devices, follow the signs, and general queues etc, and if you miss it - too bad.
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Never say never as it briefly happened a few years ago as cover but there would have to a serious negotiation with BALPA and changes to the Scope agreement for it ever to happen on a permanent basis.
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I might be far off the mark here, hopefully a BACF/BA chap can correct me, but as far as I’m aware the scope clause is well and truly in the gutter at this point.
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That does not give an entirely accurate picture. They can operate aircraft with more than 100 seat “as long as flights continue to mainly transit through LCY” so yes they could operate into LGW for example, the bulk of CF flights would still be transiting through LCY.
Maybe we will see them run to NQY in the winter if BA wins the PSO?
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BA have the PSO (under an emergency order) until March 21, this was announced back in July NQY announcement
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LGW makes less sense unless the aircraft are densified and that involves carrying one other cabin crew IIRC?
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One cabin crew member per 50 seats, or part thereof installed. 100 seats - 2 cc is ok, 101 seats requires 3. In a previous life, if we were desperately short of cc, we’d reconfig the RJ100 into a high club config (converting rows of 6Y into 5C) to reduce the seat count so we could operate with 2 cc.
I suppose the BACF E-jets could operate W flights from LHR. LHR-NQY-MAN-NQY-LHR or LHR-NQY-NCL-NQY-LHR. NQY-MAN/NCL post Flybe hasn't been picked up by anyone as yet, & BACF low costs could be of use keeping the e-jets in use & operate a year round daily NQY ex LHR- as I think some days are currently only seasonal.
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Well that’s not true. 8 pilots have been made redundant and 25 pilots have been placed in the community retention pool. Those in the pool have no promise of return, depending on the market. BALPA did a good job of reducing the number down from the original 72. But crew in LCY are definitely losing their jobs. To say nothing of the sad loss of many of our amazing Scottish colleagues.
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Good news for the cabin crew though, or so it seems. Appears everybody is returning to roster this month from furlough. Some clever bean counter must have realised it’s cheaper to pay everybody basic rather than paying 2/3rds of furlough/JSS wages
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Everyone who wants to return to work next month is being recalled. As far as I know a decision hasn't been taken on how pay will work - appears in my case that taking advantage of the JSS scheme would still be cheaper for the company than just paying my basic.