Flights Between EGLL and EGKK
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The only regulars are the occasional change over with the Gatwick based B777s with occasional sub of a Heathrow machine I think. Having said that, I have seen a Gatwick BA B737-400 at Heathrow Maintenance last year.....
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VS also used to regularly do this until the hangar opened last year at LGW. It's actually much quicker to fly them as when they tried using the M25 to taxi them round, it caused the most horrendous traffic jams.
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Not at all. Most of the "Landing Fees" charge banded about is actually made up of Passenger Departure Charges. ( BAA charge a Landing Fee, Parking Fee and Pax Departure Charge, which is lumped together and usually referred to as a Landing Fees in the popular press ).
Just looking at the figures for January 2008, there were 17 Gatwick to Heathrow and 8 in the opposite direction during the month, so nearly one a day. A variety of reasons. Repositioning following inbound diversions seems to be a principal cause (hence the imbalance in numbers). There's a BA 737 to/from a fortnight-long check at Heathrow, and several Virgin 340s and 747s doing the opposite. On 17 Jan evening there were 3 Gatwick to Heathrows, two BA Airbus and a Singapore 747, in the space of 3 hours, after diversions.
Also happens from Heathrow to/from London City, in this case often positioning business jets.
Also happens from Heathrow to/from London City, in this case often positioning business jets.
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Yup, aircraft can often be found making short trips. ATC Lasham at Southend, reguarly has aircraft come into maintenance that come from airprots that are 10-15 minutes away (in the air) such as London Stansted
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BA at LHR don't regularly do any maintenance on 737s . The whole fleet is based at LGW and all minor servicing is done there, with the majors being done at Glasgow. They get sent to LHR for out of phase painting or occasionaly casualty repairs when the limited facilities at LGW are over-whelmed.
BA at LHR don't regularly do any maintenance on 737s . The whole fleet is based at LGW and all minor servicing is done there, with the majors being done at Glasgow. They get sent to LHR for out of phase painting or occasionaly casualty repairs when the limited facilities at LGW are over-whelmed.