BA Connect
 

Looks like BACON is about the increase its frequency on the EDI-LCY to 7 a day and replace the GVA with MXP! Any truth to the rumour the BHX based RJ's will be moved to EDI in November?

That would be a sensible idea, but big BA will complain it is taking money from mainline services. If the powers that be within BACON would realise they have a chance to make a killing from LCY services within the uk ie ABZ-LCY, GLA-LCY, MAN-LCY etc etc. Take on the competitors rather than running away from them.
No doubt if the GVA rumour is true, the Swiss deal might have something to do with it!

The rumour seems fairly accurate at this stage. An extra EDI-LCY rotation taking it every two hours and the Milan, not sure on the frequency yet. Of course nothing is confirmed as yet and just speculation :ok:

M.

Sorry if this has been said before, but I thought Bacon was a new airline when I first saw the thread.

Any chance of this BACX rebranding being scrapped in case it offends certain highly sensitive members of our community?

JaBird,

I doubt it very much as the company is not called bacon. It's name is BA Connect.
What people shorten this to is up to them.

BACON
 

Moku - BACON will announce this later this week, if not, early next week. The RJ move to EDI to be announced mid summer.

BACON
 

Hi

I am booked BHX - BCN on 1/8/06, are you saying that this could be a 145? In this instance I am not bothered if it is a RJ100 or 145 but I would
interested if something else might be coming BHX's way?

Also if the RJ100 is to be replaced with 145's, I assume that some routes
will be lost as I am not aware of 4/5 spare 145's? Unless they can do it
by squashing in eight sector days on the existing 145 fleet.

OltonPete

I'd guess that the EDI-BHX will operate with the RJ100 and then onward possibly on the BHX-DUS. Something like EDI-BHX-DUS-BHX-???-BHX-DUS-BHX-EDI perhaps? So, there will still be some RJ100 rotations out of Brum.

Bacon Airlines
 

If people use Bacon a lot, do they qualify as frequent fryers

Yes with miles on both fairs of ticket.

I kind of think that you didn't read the question!:D
You kind of RASHERED into it!
Perhaps you should go BAP and read it again!

That was a SAUCY reply :ouch:

That will teach me to skim read.

Apparently it's true!

With the RJ crews then being the only ones providing the full service product, apparently they are all to be offered mainline T & Cs.

Shame to see the company broken up this way!

If the RJ are based at EDI, that would I expect make 1 crew base. The aircraft already route EDI-BHX to Europe on some flights.

By basing at EDI they could offer the same via BHX and MAN who I believe recently lost the RJ. ( An EMB145 must be a bit tight on some of their routes )

Centre cities

This whole thing is doomed to fail regretable as it is for the committed staff that have suffered under mismanagement for so long.

im booked on ba to MAD from BHX and are scheduled to fly the RJ100. We are flying on to Murcia with air nostrum. Just of topic, whats a AT7 aircraft?
Whats the range of the 145's? Can it make MAD etc? Its scheduled at 2hrs 40 mins
Regards
Stu

145 does Madrid from Manchester.

And an AT7 is an ATR72 - UPS@EMA

From the very first day of Bacon it was obvious that the RJ fleet and the LCY operation was going to be different from the rest of the company ,as the mismanagment could/would not answer any in depth questions about it. It is going to be difficult for crew to explain to pax on the LCY routes that yes Bacon is a low cost operation elswhere, BUT as you live in the south east and must be well off then you can afford to pay top prices!!! Or is more to do with B.A not wanting to have to compete with a low cost operator in the London catchment area that is basically itself.