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27th Nov 2007, 04:25
Comair to fly to London from Lanseria International Airport?
Comair is set to take its ‘first step in long-haul travel’ after obtaining the rights for four scheduled flights per week to the United Kingdom. Gidon Novick, joint CEO of Comair, is confident it will obtain rights to a daily service within the next few months. This could be the first schedules London service ever to operate from Lanseria, Novick told TravelHUB. " We're looking as an alternative to OR Tombo Int'l Airport, but have not yet come to a decision."
Novick says the airline has still not been advised as to which airport it will fly in the UK, but the destination will be London, though probably not Heathrow. “It's just impossible to get into Heathrow right now,” he said. London is obviously a highly competitive route, but this is the most travelled route in terms of airline traffic and is so popular that the nearest competitor, Frankfurt, closely followed by Dubai, has only a third of the London traffic. Still under consideration, says Novick, is whether the service will be operated by BA Comair or kulula.com and which aircraft Comair will acquire to operate the route. However, Novick's feeling is that it will most likely be a Boeing 767 or Boeing 777. Comair has a year to start operating the route.
Comair is set to take its ‘first step in long-haul travel’ after obtaining the rights for four scheduled flights per week to the United Kingdom. Gidon Novick, joint CEO of Comair, is confident it will obtain rights to a daily service within the next few months. This could be the first schedules London service ever to operate from Lanseria, Novick told TravelHUB. " We're looking as an alternative to OR Tombo Int'l Airport, but have not yet come to a decision."
Novick says the airline has still not been advised as to which airport it will fly in the UK, but the destination will be London, though probably not Heathrow. “It's just impossible to get into Heathrow right now,” he said. London is obviously a highly competitive route, but this is the most travelled route in terms of airline traffic and is so popular that the nearest competitor, Frankfurt, closely followed by Dubai, has only a third of the London traffic. Still under consideration, says Novick, is whether the service will be operated by BA Comair or kulula.com and which aircraft Comair will acquire to operate the route. However, Novick's feeling is that it will most likely be a Boeing 767 or Boeing 777. Comair has a year to start operating the route.