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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jan 2018, 10:13
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Agree with the two previous posters...

Agree with the two previous posters comments....it’s very much a one way flow at the moment and the fares/loads into LHR/LGW over the next few days are interesting to say the least.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Dec 2017, 07:29
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Problem is I think planning to supply beds would,...

Problem is I think planning to supply beds would, in some quarters, be seen as "planning to fail"....:rolleyes:

Choosing my words carefully I'd say it's become a bit of a given now that a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Dec 2017, 16:46
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Thing is at the likes St Petes and Helsinki BA...

Thing is at the likes St Petes and Helsinki BA are probably chucking a handful of airframes a day into the hands of an experienced/practiced set of driving teams.....at LHR BA would be throwing...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Dec 2017, 10:39
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

From aircraft rotation POV where to? Typical...

From aircraft rotation POV where to? Typical longhaul turn is around 2 hours and you can’t chuck a 380 onto any old route .... at the moment the last BA 380 leaves at just after 9 PM....(JNB do you...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2017, 21:23
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Yes but look at the equipment being used on the...

Yes but look at the equipment being used on the likes of SEZ/US routes.....I'm far from sure it make any sense to use a neo of some sort on LHR long thin long haul route. TBH I doubt any news would...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2017, 21:10
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

No idea what th order is about but extre routes...

No idea what th order is about but extre routes ex London means extra (expensive) slots and I'm not sure they are that easy to come by.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Sep 2017, 14:19
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Sadly, given that ATH isn't normally a BA 777...

Sadly, given that ATH isn't normally a BA 777 route.........


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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Sep 2017, 18:39
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

IF BA had known that the 767 was going to be...

IF BA had known that the 767 was going to be unavailable, for whatever reason, at the start of the day then I guess a charter might have been considered or a substitution of equipment made on one of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Mar 2017, 08:33
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Well placed sources elsewhere are saying they...

Well placed sources elsewhere are saying they have had a look and for all sorts of reasons which I won't go onto here have said "No",

....................that probably means an order will be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Mar 2017, 09:32
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Well I believe there is an element of truth in...

Well I believe there is an element of truth in that.

As was explained to me by a manager at a certain airine the master plan is that IAG as an entity buy the airframes, only on delivery X years...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Nov 2016, 09:19
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

ETOPS/DR Thanks for the interesting extra...

ETOPS/DR

Thanks for the interesting extra info...

As you rightly say I suspect this report of an "outburst" has been manufactured for various reasons...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Nov 2016, 06:43
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

I don't buy the story about WW being shocked at...

I don't buy the story about WW being shocked at the demolition plans for one moment, but I accept he might not like the financial angle.

Just about everybody who has worked at BA since Waterside...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Sep 2016, 13:13
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

DB Yep, I can second your 777 captain's...

DB
Yep, I can second your 777 captain's observation about loads on the 15, it's quite often v full between SIN and SYD.

However what we don't know is what folks are paying for the seats. There's...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Sep 2016, 11:58
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Interesting question, though perhaps worth...

Interesting question, though perhaps worth bearing in mind the BA15 does pick up a lot of joining traffic travelling to/from SYD in SIN.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Sep 2016, 16:08
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

I very much doubt BA are going to up crew...

I very much doubt BA are going to up crew numbers......

I stand to be corrected but I'm pretty sure Easyjet manage with 4 on parallel routes to ones BA operate, however as you rightly point out...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th May 2016, 08:57
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

CabinCrewe Agreed. If you'll excuse my...

CabinCrewe



Agreed. If you'll excuse my attempt at business speak it might take a while to get all the involved parties (stakeholders) to agree on a "way forward".... (the Independent piece...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Dec 2015, 08:09
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Re the maintenance, my mistake, apologies.. ...

Re the maintenance, my mistake, apologies..

Good luck.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Dec 2015, 07:02
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

GAXLN No the crewing is still the same and...

GAXLN

No the crewing is still the same and AFAIK the maintenance set up is still the same.

As others have said fundamentally LHR don't want inbound diversions from pretty much anywhere ...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Mar 2015, 17:43
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Bigscotdaddy :) Rumour has it...

Bigscotdaddy



:)

Rumour has it this gentleman was of the same opinion

British Airways brand chief Frank van der Post departs...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Feb 2015, 15:52
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Bigscotdaddy ... For the sake of...

Bigscotdaddy

...

For the sake of accuracy I guess I should point out that Willie's running IAG, the business decisions at BA are down to Keith Williams and the BA Board.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Feb 2014, 18:23
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

AFAIK nothing has changed, it's still 12...

AFAIK nothing has changed, it's still 12 confirmed, options on another 7.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2014, 05:34
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Dairyground

FWIW up until the mid-nineties BA operated a significant number of "tag on" services out of SYD (e.g. AKL, MEL, ADL) using the 747. AFAIK ( i.e what I was told at the time) the reason it stopped ties...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Dec 2013, 21:58
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

Doesn't quiet add up, the only reason for a 45...

Doesn't quiet add up, the only reason for a 45 min stop sounds like a quick refuel aka a "splash and go", but even so "Speedbird 1101" isn't a BA mainline flight number. Only other guess would be a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Sep 2013, 10:56
Replies: 1,689
Views: 897,432
Posted By wiggy

On one or two of the days I have looked at it is...

On one or two of the days I have looked at it is down as a -300.

Changing it to a -200 could cause one or two issues with capacity but as DR has pointed out nothing is definite - on the day it...
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