Things are looking up!
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Things are looking up!
from ananova.com. .. . </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">BA steps up frequency of some US flights . .. .British Airways is increasing frequency on some of its transatlantic routes - including Concorde to New York - as passenger numbers rebound.. .. .From April 21, BA is restoring the Saturday London-New York Concorde service so that the supersonic aircraft will operate seven days a week between the two cities.. .. .And from April 1, BA will increase subsonic Heathrow-New York frequencies from five a day to six.. .. .On the same day, the Heathrow-Washington DC and Heathrow-Boston frequencies will also be increased from two flights a day to three.. .. .BA reduced transatlantic flight frequencies last autumn due to a big downturn in passenger numbers after the events of September 11.. .. .A spokesman for the airline says: "Passenger levels are recovering quicker than we expected, but trading conditions are still difficult.". .. .BA's Concorde planes operated twice a day between London and New York until services were suspended following the July 2000 Air France Concorde crash which claimed 113 lives.. .. .Since the resumption of Concorde services in November, 2001, BA has been operating once-a-day services six days a week. BA has yet to decide whether, or when, to restore the twice-a-day schedule.. .. .So far, BA has completed safety modification work - ordered after the crash - on four of its seven Concordes. It needs to modify six of the supersonic planes before twice-a-day services can resume.. .. .Story filed: 12:31 Monday 18th March 2002</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">
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Very good news indeed. I also read that bmi-regional is increasing its routes by 94 per week. Euroceltic Airways is about to purchase four Fokker F50s with new services in the pipeline. Are these the signs of the, "beginning of the end," of the lean times? Let's all hope so.
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NoFlare. .. .<<Try telling the folks at VS that things are looking up !! >>. .. .Please give us more details? I understood that some of the pilots to be LHS -> RHS, or worse, laid off, have had these rescinded, and that axed routes were being reinstated?. .. .If either of these are not so, or that RB (sorry Sir RB!) has pushed other T&Cs reductions, I think we should be told!. .. .NoD
Nigel and No flare, my previous post was with respect to VS. Things are moving. . .. .No Flare - if you are with VS, have a look at the new seniority list on the Voice for the news. If not, your news is old.
