Apparently the issue is not with duties. So what would be the supply problem in case of hard Brexit? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/03/05/airbus-may-need-stockpile-parts-beat-brexit-customs-delays/ Airbus barks a lot about Brexit, but has always been a bit vague about the reason behind i...
Jump to postgardermoen wrote:Only in America.
Enough said...
Curious if airlines will start to load schedules post-Brexit as if status quo or what? We're only a few weeks away from the schedules being loaded for that point. As I understand it, airlines are loading normal schedules but are adding additional terms and conditions, exempting them from compensati...
Jump to postNot all of us (myself included) voted for Brexit. There are many of us Brits who see Brexit as a bad idea, so less of the tar brushing please! Technically speaking, the majority did not vote for Brexit (so I find the people shouting "we voted out" on all the fora very annoying). With such...
Jump to postLets not get hung up on what " 51% UK owned" is because AA, United and Delta need Heathrow as much as BA and Virgin need JFK. Brexit and the EU have to work together for everyone sake, the EU is just trying to "screw" the Brits. I love how every time some issue with Brexit or th...
Jump to postSorry but that is utter nonsense. There are court cases being pursued at the moment, but as things currently stand I am British, living in another EU country, and I am going to have to choose between remaining British and losing my EU free movement rights, or taking citizenship of the EU country I ...
Jump to postDont forget that proposed post-Brexit citizenship rules will allow dual EU/British citizenship......... Sorry but that is utter nonsense. There are court cases being pursued at the moment, but as things currently stand I am British, living in another EU country, and I am going to have to choose bet...
Jump to postLets not get hung up on what " 51% UK owned" is because AA, United and Delta need Heathrow as much as BA and Virgin need JFK. Brexit and the EU have to work together for everyone sake, the EU is just trying to "screw" the Brits. BA and especially VS need the US (not sure why you...
Jump to postIt is rumored that the Dutch (and nobody else) are hiring and training hundreds of new customs service staff these days in preparation for Brexit. Good for them, but maybe of little use if the UK continues to ignore the issue. Not rumour, fact. NL doesn't have the space to have goods vehicles queui...
Jump to postThe ever hapless May just cited the US-Canada border as her model for the Irish border IIRC, she should come over and see how it works. Often hours of waiting. Goods move back and forth only at the whims of certain Presidents and Canadians, changeable at the flit of a tweet. Borders are expensive, ...
Jump to postI don't think the actual shipping bit is the issue. With the UK outside the customs union suddenly the amount of paperwork needed for each shipment will increase. Plus any extra taxes or fees that are put in place. As for moving it out of the UK? Sure, it'll be a huge pain if they decide the best c...
Jump to postGalwayman wrote:The US would be stupid not to take advantage of the mess the U.K. has got itself into...
I have flown AMS-CAN a few times on CZ, always a Dutch crew member on board working mostly in C class. Talking to one, she explained that she had also worked on the CAN-MEL route a few times.
Jump to postNichCage wrote:KLM is the only airline serving MME, so what market do they serve there?
This, and all of the other "problems" that have made the news is what now makes flying an absolute nightmare. The entire experience, from walking into the airport until getting out on the other end is becoming more and more intolerable. A month ago I flew from LHR to New Zealand with Emir...
Jump to postTime will tell whether they alienate their customers by charging such high fees but I think that it will have a negative impact. Charging such high fees? €4 or sometimes €2 is a high fee? What would you call a low fee then? In any case it won't have a negative impact, Ryanair is one of the best run...
Jump to postAll this rant for a 4 Euro fee. In any case I can't see the trauma when a couple or a group of friends are separated for two hours in a plane. With children or someone with a disability OK, but the other cases... you pay 4 euros and that it is. And that is the whole point. This is about people who ...
Jump to postI'm not sure easyjet is any better here. I recently booked 3 tickets GVA-ORY, 6 months in advance. During the reservation process, 90% of the seats were empty, and there was tons of empty half-rows. I didn't pay to select seats. We ended at the last row of the new seat configuation's A320 (186 pax)...
Jump to postI might -or might not- pay the extra, if I need to be seated next to a companion... but that is not the point... It's vary naïve for some to say 'pay more', 'choose with your wallets' and fly another airline. The choice is simply not there guys... With such a high load factor, of course they are lo...
Jump to postThe new system should make this easier, as it preserves more empty rows and more options for 2 empty seats next to each other. Actually, this is incorrect. The old algorithm auto-allocated each row left to right, from A to F. So, even if you checked in close to the departure date/time, chances were...
Jump to postThis forum is ridiculous in its stupidity. Absolutely. There appear to be some serious cases of paranoia around here. In many European cultures it is normal to be shaking hands many times a day, and in some, kissing as a daily greeting too. People survive, and actually in some of those cultures peo...
Jump to postVarsity1 wrote:Pay low dollar for crews, get low dollar outcomes.
The UK has been obsessing about it for decades but it's a complete red herring. For one thing the UK is not as special as its voters seem to think - every country in the world has changing populations and no it's not like everyone on Earth is dying to get to a small North-Western corner of Europe. ...
Jump to postFree movement has to go as its the reason we brexited to begin with. Going off-topic - but free movement allowed me (a British Citizen) to study in one other European country and then end up working in another European country. I have spent most of my life outside the UK and - since I have paid tax...
Jump to postWell, if the Daily Mail is to be believed, the pax didn't have sex and it was just a lap dance. But.... the pax involved were trash anyway so to speak. The male getting off ran off on his six month preggers wife to go boozing, and the woman was a 39 year old mother of three who headed out for holid...
Jump to postWell, if the Daily Mail is to be believed, the pax didn't have sex and it was just a lap dance. But.... the pax involved were trash anyway so to speak. The male getting off ran off on his six month preggers wife to go boozing, and the woman was a 39 year old mother of three who headed out for holid...
Jump to postI live in Edinburgh and used the airport a lot over the last thirty years. The days of BCAL 1-11's to Gatwick, the Heathrow route with BA/BMI and sporadic domestic local and holiday flights has grown in traffic terms exponentially and it really hasn't grown the infrastructure to cope, Flew EDI-LHR ...
Jump to postthe company provided The Irish Times with a statement which said customers who do not wish to purchase a seat “are randomly allocated a seat, free of charge. ... When pressed as to why readers were reporting a change in policy the company subsequently claimed that as more people were flying with th...
Jump to postSo to get this straight, Ryanair is not saying couples cannot sit together? Seems like more overblown reactions on here from people "who would never dare step foot on FR." Reality is this is exactly the publicity that has contributed to their growth, why they fly more EU travelers than an...
Jump to postgatibosgru wrote:AJCNL wrote:(a) pay a small fee to book specific seats
This is the "small" fee for a seat selection on a Y, RT BOS-LHR-PRG on BA: $162
So to get this straight, Ryanair is not saying couples cannot sit together? Seems like more overblown reactions on here from people "who would never dare step foot on FR." Reality is this is exactly the publicity that has contributed to their growth, why they fly more EU travelers than an...
Jump to postWhen thinking about booking with Ryanair, I simply factor seat selection (and, depending on where I fly, luggage, meal, etc.) on their overall price and compare it against other airlines. if they are cheap after this, so be it - I book it. They are pretty efficient anyway. No Delays and you get to ...
Jump to postluv2cattlecall wrote:It sounds more like they're holding back more desirable (window/aisle) seats for those willing to pay.
I guess I don't understand? I thought if you wanted to be seated together that you paid to reserve specific seats? I just booked a RT on Frontier (first time on an ULCC) and even though I'm traveling alone I opted to pay $12 each way for a window seat. I figured if I didn't select a seat it would j...
Jump to postEurope is small. Who cares? You'd care too if you were travelling with your family and young children. Plus I'd remind you that flights down to the Canary Islands or Cyprus from Northern Europe are 4-5 hours. From a topic on our company intranet message boards, Jet2 are also scattering pax about th...
Jump to postI actually think there's something sweet about the king flying a nationally-built plane on the national airline. It would obviously be a different security situation if it were NL's PM. Why so different for the PM? Honestly nobody would be agitated if Rutte was flying the plane either, assuming he ...
Jump to postIf the POTUS wanted to be a FO on a Delta 737, the Secret Service would be swarming around that plane. That's why it would be a dumb idea indeed: Having a regular flight with no paying pax because all seats are taken by the Secret Service... My understanding is that the US does not even let POTUS n...
Jump to postI am having a hard time understanding the security detail that would be around a high ranking government offical. If the POTUS wanted to be a FO on a Delta 737, the Secret Service would be swarming around that plane. The Dutch monarch is not a government official, he is head of state. As for the se...
Jump to postI have flown with easyjet only a few times, but each time I'm amazed how wide the aisle is. Easyjet use the same seat width on their A320's as British Airways and most other legacy carries use on their 787's. On the A320 family the result is a very wide aisle, actually 40 % wider than on the 787. T...
Jump to postThx Karel. Does that then suggest the 'de boarding' /turnaround issue is now not such a concern? For sure the economics must be amazing if you can fill it on a regular basis. Not so long ago EasyJet were primarily a 319 customer so it's quite a big change of heart I feel. I've noticed on my recent ...
Jump to postWhat makes Nigeria - in specific - so different? Ever had the displeasure of visiting Nigeria? I have, Lagos to be precise. It's an absolute armpit of a nation and city. A couple of things you need to know about Nigeria: a) The fastest growing 'industry' is the Lutheran Evangelical Church. b) There...
Jump to postI dropped off some friends at London Southend Airport on Sunday afternoon, but whereas most airport terminals have a road/drop-off zone built right in front of the terminal, London Southend Airport doesn't. The only official option is the drop off zone which is situated within the short stay car pa...
Jump to postBecause British don't want to in a common market together with Europe and that include common aviation market, so my bet is that what they would ultimately sign would be a bilateral instead of open sky, which mean it is unlikely to have no restriction in flights operations between EU and UK, and as...
Jump to postSo many absurd things being posted in this thread. To suggest that there will be no effect at all from Brexit is nonsense. To suggest that the entire system will collapse including overfly rights is equally nonsense. An agreement will be put together, and this is probably the one area where that cou...
Jump to postStill quite surprised that they are not connecting AMS-BIQ. The catchment area is significant (Biarritz + San Sebastian areas) and current connectivity is very poor (most of AF's flights from BIQ to go ORY and the AMS flights are mainly from CDG). Passengers need to travel to BIO (1-2 hr drive) and...
Jump to postRumors are around, that TUIfly will start soon AMS-LPA/TFS with Surinam's sole A340... http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/surinam-airways-met-a340-voor-tuifly-naar-canarische-eilanden Well the delay stats for those flights are going to be interesting combining TUI and SLM, i...
Jump to postHi The A321LR is coming online pretty soon and probably many airlines will use it on routes requiring range close to the limits of the type making weight restrictions (unsold seats) likely to be necessary in some cases. Do you think it could make a 1-3-1 layout in economy viable? This way the horri...
Jump to postI'm sure that BA will one day resume service, but it is not going to happen while Mugabe or his ZANU-PF party control the country. It's possible under MDC leadership the country may turn around, but it's going to require time and effort to undo the damage of the last 40 years of mismanagement. Unti...
Jump to postiahcsr wrote:All food is offloaded after every flight.
180Y configuration, buy-on-board menu, pay for checked baggage, what will be the remaining differences with EZY and other LCC's eventually? Why should there be a difference? The succes of EZY shows that they are giving the travelling public what they want, why should BA not also give the travelling...
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