G-euna Ba A318
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Interior is 32 seats arranged 2-2, all forward facing, lie-flat. They are quite similar to the Thai Airways J seat (in design not colour) but they extend flat.
The shot below slipped into a Investor Day presentation and was hastily removed, but not before it spread onto the t'interweb:
There is also a cellular data network (GPRS style) available so passengers will be able to use data services such as Blackberry and datacard modems, but no Wi-Fi and no voice calling.
The shot below slipped into a Investor Day presentation and was hastily removed, but not before it spread onto the t'interweb:
There is also a cellular data network (GPRS style) available so passengers will be able to use data services such as Blackberry and datacard modems, but no Wi-Fi and no voice calling.
It looks very good, but it does remind me of my dentist's chair. It's the way the tray is laid out over the top of the seat.
Good luck to BA, they deserve a break. I hope the operation works out unlike Open Skies which seems to have gone very quiet at the moment.
Good luck to BA, they deserve a break. I hope the operation works out unlike Open Skies which seems to have gone very quiet at the moment.
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Club World Seating
If I remember correctly on the standard Club World configuration for a 744, the adjacent seats face in opposite directions but you still have to step over somebody to get to the loo.
The flights will clear US Immigration at Shannon.
Has the route this flight will take been discussed?
For people in central London LCY isn't much more comvenient than LHR.
All this to avoid Terminal 5, it doesn't seem worth it.
The flights will clear US Immigration at Shannon.
Has the route this flight will take been discussed?
For people in central London LCY isn't much more comvenient than LHR.
All this to avoid Terminal 5, it doesn't seem worth it.
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For people in central London LCY isn't much more comvenient than LHR.
However, if you market it as "non-stop from JFK to the City of London", you may get a different answer.
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Can an A318 even reach NYC from London?
Honest to God...
For people in central London LCY isn't much more comvenient than LHR.
How long's the tech. stop in SNN? 45 mins? So I reckon you save about an hour to 90 mins.
And you don't have to mix with hordes of the great unwashed at the airport.
And you don't have to hang around in an airport lounge at LHR (nice though BA's lounge is, where time is money it's best avoided).
No. This is a nice product for those business persons in the City who do still have an expense account.
Whether the financial crisis has killed the market, though - now that's the question!
p-k-b
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Bear Behind
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If the aircraft can't do the mission, then this service won't exist. Because it can't. The aircraft can't do the mission.
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The mission is not LCY - NYC non-stop.
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p-k-b
If the aircraft can't do the mission, then this service won't exist. Because it can't. The aircraft can't do the mission.
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The mission is not LCY - NYC non-stop.
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p-k-b
For a tech stop, don't just include the time taken on the ground. You also lose time (versus an aircraft which is already in the cruise) when you are descending and slowing for landing, and also climbing and accelerating to the cruise again. (Although things such as short taxi times at LCY may help to offset some of this).
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Pretty certain I saw a BA A318 over my house just now - twice actually! I live roughly under the departure flightpath on easterlies. Wonder if BA are undergoing training at LCY??
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The runway at LCY is pretty tight, there are two bridges, including the Sir Steve Redgrave Bridge, close to the end of the runways, you would certainly notice a jet taking off and landing. LCY is pretty quiet at weekends perhaps something happening then
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This service is squarely aimed at the Canary Wharf type punter and will save a hell of a lot of time over using T5. JFK immigration twenty minutes? You havin' a larf there Guvnor? And the rest.
Time is money, as is a stress-free flight allowing the users of the service to spend the minimum time in the bottlenecks. That's the whole reasoning behind the service, you pay for the convenience and it repays that fare in productive time gained. The Business Class traveller from the City won't be bothering with trains and the like either so that sweaty, congested trip in a cab to Heathrow is also avoided.
Time is money, as is a stress-free flight allowing the users of the service to spend the minimum time in the bottlenecks. That's the whole reasoning behind the service, you pay for the convenience and it repays that fare in productive time gained. The Business Class traveller from the City won't be bothering with trains and the like either so that sweaty, congested trip in a cab to Heathrow is also avoided.