Originally Posted by The96er
(Post 11409808)
They’re unlikely to be part of a LHR operation, assuming they do go to BA. The lack of containerised load holding would not be in fitting with LHR’s Ops. Officially, they’re bound for Vueling. I, however do not see that happening as VY have a large Airbus fleet and I don’t see that having a small Boeing fleet would be in their interests. More likely, if I were a betting man, I’d say they’re Euroflyer bound judging by the size of the order which would be a perfect fit for a stand alone operation.
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Originally Posted by cavokblues
(Post 11409558)
It will be interesting to see where the 737 MAXs IAG have on order go. If (and it seems a big if) they go to BA then I guess LHR would be the preferred base and then that would allow some second hand aircraft to move to Gatwick. I think BA at Gatwick will remain 772s and the 320 family for a while yet.
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Originally Posted by SWBKCB
(Post 11409915)
Aren't the MAX8's on order the high density version? Surely even BA haven't fallen so low as to put them in LHR?
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Originally Posted by ATNotts
(Post 11409822)
Asturias56,
I imagine you were thinking only of PAX aircraft, however DHL Air 757 G-BMRA has not long turned 36, in February this year. TBH I never enquire about the age of the airframe I'm flying in - might make me worry......... I suspect my DC-3 rides are the oldest tho' |
Dan Air have *finally* put tickets on sale to Brasov and Bucharest... flights are each 1x weekly on Fridays from 16 June
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Originally Posted by davidjohnson6
(Post 11412787)
Dan Air have *finally* put tickets on sale to Brasov and Bucharest... flights are each 1x weekly on Fridays from 16 June
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TUI to start flying from Gatwick to Frankfurt. Yes, FRA, Lufthansa's hub. Yes, I have verified on the TUI UK website, in conjunction with river cruises. Begins at the start of winter 2023-24
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TUI already operate out of FRA and have aircraft based there so this isn’t so crazy. Good to see them being more imaginative and using their assets efficiently.
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Originally Posted by davidjohnson6
(Post 11412787)
Dan Air have *finally* put tickets on sale to Brasov and Bucharest... flights are each 1x weekly on Fridays from 16 June
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Originally Posted by pabely
W6 starting x3 weekly from Brasov to LTN in August. Enjoy the 2 months Dan Air while you can.
However... I am dubious as to their plans regarding Brasov. In particular it seems they are due to fly internationally the day (or the day after) the airport opens. There's an awful lot that can go wrong or not be properly in place for the opening day... even Scandinavian Mountains airport in Sweden c*cked it up - they didn't get immigration fully in place for about 6 weeks after they opened so all flights from the UK had to divert to Oslo I think that 2 month gap between Dan Air and Wizz Air starting is going to see more teething issues and perhaps end up rather shorter than Dan Air might wish. Wizz seem to have taken the rather more sensible option from an ops perspective - namely let Dan Air be the guinea-pig, only to devour it once the expermentation is complete |
An interesting new TUI route for LGW - TUI to operate direct charter services to SIN using the 788, 1 weekly, effective 13th December this year. This will mark the second time that LGW has seen direct flights to Singapore in recent years, following in the footsteps of Norwegian long haul.
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Originally Posted by JW95
(Post 11418426)
An interesting new TUI route for LGW - TUI to operate direct charter services to SIN using the 788, 1 weekly, effective 13th December this year. This will mark the second time that LGW has seen direct flights to Singapore in recent years, following in the footsteps of Norwegian long haul.
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Originally Posted by davidjohnson6
(Post 11418432)
Who are the target market for these flights ? People on 1 week cruises ? I wasn't aware that TUI were planning to have a ship in the region...
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Originally Posted by JW95
(Post 11409595)
Nothing specifically haha, I guess that would be pretty major as far as a passenger aircraft is concerned, plus I'm unsure if BA have extended the life of their aircraft this far previously - I don't recall any of their 747s - (100/200/400) being in service for that long
Getting back to how long the Boeing 777-236s will be in service on one of the last investor meetings to be held by WW before he left BA, I remember listening to a audio transcript of the meeting [I must have been bored that day :)] and having to pause and replay the section more than once about how long he envisaged running the Boeing 777 fleet in BA as he stated it was the intention to keep them going for 40 years!! There isn't actually anything wrong with running older airframes, it's just with age, they just naturally need more maintenance and you get more problems on older airframes. The problem at BA is they have continued to shrink the size of their engineering departments over the years. LGW is a good example, they have completely shut down the hangar/base operation there and it is now only a ramp operation. Now I know he has long gone from BA and IAG [he's now at IATA] but I suspect given how tight IAG are with the purse strings they probably intend to hold onto aircraft as long as possible. |
Originally Posted by Asturias56
(Post 11409265)
Skipness is right
BA have NEVER put any value on LGW operations - they'd far rather it died and everyone had to schelp over to LHR |
I thought the BA Hangar (Hangar 6)at Gatwick had been reprieved? It's been closed and sitting empty now?
In related news, Hangar 7 (ex Virgin, BA, FLS) is being offered : https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properti...hannel=COM_LET |
Originally Posted by Skipness One Foxtrot
(Post 11418489)
I thought the BA Hangar (Hangar 6)at Gatwick had been reprieved? It's been closed and sitting empty now?
In related news, Hangar 7 (ex Virgin, BA, FLS) is being offered : https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properti...hannel=COM_LET Unless of course they are moving to hangar7! The BA Gatwick Engineering Director/Manager is still in post. |
Just read the the posts of MAC 40612. If it’s is closed permanent that is not good news.
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I suppose the 777s can use the Boeing Hangar at Gatwick. The 787s regularly visit there from Heathrow for maintenance checks. The short haul airbus fleet seem to be going
to Madrid and Manchester. Sad and depressing in terms of lost opportunities for local workforce and aspiring engineers. |
Originally Posted by vectisman
(Post 11418770)
Just read the the posts of MAC 40612. If it’s is closed permanent that is not good news.
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