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Based on provisional S24 slot report, airlines ITA, Vietnam Airlines, Turkmenistan have failed in their application for slots. Many other incumbent carriers applied for additional slots and also refused.
new requests made by and non granted:
Air Tanzania
Air Waze
AZUL
Emerald
FlyNAS
Norwegian
PLAY
US Bangla
new requests made by and non granted:
Air Tanzania
Air Waze
AZUL
Emerald
FlyNAS
Norwegian
PLAY
US Bangla
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Turkmenistan & PLAY obviously use STN already, time will tell if frequencies will increase there or if slots become available at LHR, will be off like a shot.
Alitalia pre ITA looked at both Luton & Stansted in the past to boost London Italian traffic and that was when A300s were very regular at LHR.
With the full signs likely to come at LHR S24 we could see some of the current Cargo 747F and DHL traffic squeezed out. STN likely to benefit again.
Alitalia pre ITA looked at both Luton & Stansted in the past to boost London Italian traffic and that was when A300s were very regular at LHR.
With the full signs likely to come at LHR S24 we could see some of the current Cargo 747F and DHL traffic squeezed out. STN likely to benefit again.
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Turkmenistan & PLAY obviously use STN already, time will tell if frequencies will increase there or if slots become available at LHR, will be off like a shot.
Alitalia pre ITA looked at both Luton
& Stansted in the past to boost London Italian traffic and that was when A300s were very regular at LHR.
With the full signs likely to come at LHR S24 we could see some of the current Cargo 747F and DHL traffic squeezed out. STN likely to benefit again.
Alitalia pre ITA looked at both Luton
& Stansted in the past to boost London Italian traffic and that was when A300s were very regular at LHR.
With the full signs likely to come at LHR S24 we could see some of the current Cargo 747F and DHL traffic squeezed out. STN likely to benefit again.
Those very late evening (last flights of the day) and weekend DHL for IAG world cargo slots are pretty useless for anything else.
Random Cargo 747s again mainly either late afternoon or weekend slots like wise .
The only real victim (self inflicted ) must be ITA (ne Alitalia), they literally sold the Crown Jewels to Etihad.
At some point I suggest they are hoping on Lufthansa to donate a morning slot to restore Rome to a viable frequency.
The usual candidates have their valuable Atlantic morning slots and the limited Asia routes limp on with a split stupid o’clock or late afternoon arrival schedule.
As for Vietnam they “may” have to go the Gatwick or consolidate back in Paris ( the one the watch I suppose)
In all honesty it’s a pretty standard slot allocation.
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Heathrow airport explores options for smaller expansion. Focus on cheaper imprivements rather than third runway being considered as new chief launches review.
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SeanM1997 is reporting on X, that a new airlines could very well be about to announce a LHR service. Can’t see from ACL report who this could be, as no new airlines granted slots, so could be some form of slot trade?
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With BA offering LHR-BHD I doubt the ATR72 would be an attractive alternative IMHO. Knock has done well on the A320 for years out of LGW and now LHR as a "W" route with DUB, so I would be surprised to see them drop to an ATR unless they were going to base one.
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Looks a little interesting going into LHR this afternoon. Just caught a bit of Big Jet TV and it doesn’t look very good. An AA made an interesting fist of it. Boys and girls earning the money today at LHR.
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Are LATAM cutting their route to/from Lima ?
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231228-lafeb24limlhr
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231228-lafeb24limlhr
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New £10 charge to change at Heathrow will ‘hand lead’ to European rivals
Not sure how this will 'improve customer experience' in an area of which they have zero control but I'm sure that the Home Office know what they are doing ... 
New £10 charge to change at Heathrow will ‘hand lead’ to European rivals
... Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) means passengers arriving in Britain have to pay a £10 fee and wait up to three days for an online permit, even when travelling via connecting flights. It will be mandatory for all “non-visa” overseas visitors to the UK by the end of 2024, excluding Irish people, and has already been introduced for Qatari nationals.
The Home Office says the policy will strengthen border security and improve customer experience. However, the aviation sector argues that in almost every other country around the world, passengers on connecting flights need only meet the requirements of their final destination.
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I have had no experience with the other countries mentioned.