Anyone know why Qantas are sending an a380 via Singapore to Gatwick?
Is it a charter, if so for whom?
OK, as someone who knows very little about flight paths and physics of planes, why do flight heights vary. Today I took ba94 and was watching the moving map. Initial climb was to 32000ft. Part way across the Atlantic we dropped to 28000ft for about 3 hours and then when approaching west coast of Ire...
Jump to postJet2 has a positive public image in the uk. Ba less so Maybe in the Midlands/North, it is largely unknown in the south apart from a few Stansted services 16 aircraft based at Stansted with 240 weekly flights is more than a few stansted service. Based in west London most of my work colleagues use je...
Jump to postJet2 has a positive public image in the uk. Ba less so
Jump to poststl07 wrote:I want them to bring back the even smaller a319 flight from St. John’s to London
anyone know why BA has been sending the 787-10 to YUL on a consistent basis the last month? Interior mods on the -8s and 9s perhaps? Seems to me it's a very premium heavy configuration for YUL. Especially considering first class is almost always sold as business when it comes to YUL and Canada in g...
Jump to postanyone know why BA has been sending the 787-10 to YUL on a consistent basis the last month? Interior mods on the -8s and 9s perhaps? Seems to me it's a very premium heavy configuration for YUL. Especially considering first class is almost always sold as business when it comes to YUL and Canada in g...
Jump to postA few years ago now, lgw had a mass terminal swap moving ba and others into the south terminal so that all easyjet operations could be in the one terminal (North terminal) I notice that this summer easyjet now have a small number of flights from the South terminal too. Surely they don't want to retu...
Jump to postI'm booked on ba 94/95 in December. Prefer the 787
Jump to postI was unable to check last night but with the concert in Windsor Castle being directly under a lhr flight path how did this effect operations at lhr?
Jump to postdavidjohnson6 wrote:Westjet used to fly non-stop London Gatwick to St John's. It didn't last
Montreal is not renowned for shopping or bargains. You can pick up some decent stuff in The Bay but apart from that it's the same chain stores as on uk High streets. Transat started year round flights to yul from lgw last year (changing from summer only). I am surprised that the east coast of Canada...
Jump to postAir India, delta, lufthansa. Gatwick is seeing the return of some of the bigger boys and not just all low cost LGW is largely a low cost/leisure airport, not a premium hub like LHR. AI is serving secondary Indian cities out of LGW (AMD, ATQ, GOI, COK) while focusing BOM and DEL services at LHR. Ove...
Jump to postAir India, delta, lufthansa. Gatwick is seeing the return of some of the bigger boys and not just all low cost
Jump to postDom perrignon is made by Moet, its not a separate champagne company
Jump to postHad no clue LCY had restricted operations on Saturday. Wonder what the origin was behind this decision to be made in the first place. I guess BA aircraft that depart on Saturday from LCY before 12:30 stay on the ground in Europe until the next day? Wonder how the schedule works out. They tend to fl...
Jump to postI used to transfer through schipol quit a lot and was always surprised that departing and arriving passengers weren't separated. I went back again after 10 years this weekend and its still the case that they're not separated. Is it not an eu regulation that arriving and departing passengers should b...
Jump to postDeparting from schipol next Sunday. Straight after doing a marathon. Not looking forward to queueing
Jump to postNumerous media sources are reporting that as part of the security operation for the queens funeral that a no fly zone will be in operation over London on the day of the queens funeral.
How will this effect operations at lhr and other London airports?
For me this topic and discussion turned out to be interesting to read. Out of curiosity i put my Summer '01 OAG book out and looked up how daytime flights over the pond have been about 20 years ago. Here's what i found: Boston-London: BA 238 BOS 0825 LHR 1950 747 AA 156 BOS 0900 LHR 2040 AB6 Chicag...
Jump to postThe high quality of service that Jet2 provide costs money. In January 2023, when the UK decides to book its summer holiday... will people continue paying the premium that Jet2 will have to charge to provide that better service ? Or will people decide to save some cash and go with Easyjet Holidays i...
Jump to postTheir holiday business makes up most of their passengers and it doesn't have any physical presence such as high street shops. These high street shops must be a huge cost for tui and in the past Thomas Cook and first choice. I've gone on 5 orv6 holidays with them and the load factor of the flights ha...
Jump to postI am somewhat surprised YYC is getting cut considering all the oil traffic and potential for leisure traffic into the Rockies but I guess YVR is enough - doesnt BA and WestJet partner too? If not there's always AA. YVR was always curious to me as they used to do the A388 in the summer and 744 outsi...
Jump to postBefore the 787 ba used 767 on yul in the winter and 777 in the summer
Jump to postI flew yesterday. Masks mandatory as per UK legislation. No middle seats blocked. Food and bev service as normal No queueing for toilet - have to wait until vacant before leaving seat. On exiting we were told to only stand up once the row in front had exited the aircraft (no one did, it was the stan...
Jump to postI had 3 holidays booked with jet2 this summer. All cancelled (1 for next week was cancelled with 6 days notice).
They refund quick but I can't trust a company that cancels your holiday with 6 days notice.
chunhimlai wrote:Gatwick is the only airport in London which have enough space to build 6 runways
I lived about 40kms west of LHR but it was significantly quicker (by public transport) to reach LGW. Once there I didn’t find LGW anything special. It was fine. LHR in my experience was equally fine but also nothing special though more interesting for an AVgeek obviously :) I'm 20 mins for Heathrow...
Jump to postPeople have been predicting the demise of Gatwick for decades but it always grows.
9/11, open skies was meant to see the demise of gatwick
If ba Is not back at gatwick they will increase the presence of level there Wizz is after some gatwick slots I still see Gatwick being a mix of legacy carriers such as Emirates, Qatar, tap, icelandair, turkish etc low cost such as air transat, west jet, easy jet Secondary national carriers such as p...
Jump to postWhy would they knock down 2 terminals that they've spent over £1billion refurbishing in the last 5 years? "Post covid-19 travel with limited space" Is that your long term outlook? Social distancing for the next 10 years plus? Read again, I am talking about South Terminal is not designed f...
Jump to postLGW needs to reinvent itself. Possibly to accept the fate of a single runway airport with a brand new terminal to replace the North and South terminal, plus a low cost terminal in where the North terminal is now. The South Terminal today is definitely not designed for post Covid-19 travel with the ...
Jump to postVirtually all major legacy carriers will leave Gatwick Airport this year. Norwegian are all over the place and TUI is seeking help from the German government. It looks like LGW will become yet another low cost hub for London. I cannot understand how London will be able to sustain so many low cost h...
Jump to postSpaceshipDC10 wrote:jamsco99 wrote:now the only 747 s are yul are the occasional KLM or royal air maroc.
Sorry to tell you that, but now it's only in your mind since neither of AT or KL are still operating the 747.
used to love seeing these parked at yul. now the only 747 s are yul are the occasional KLM or royal air maroc.
Jump to postBorder with USA is still completely closed to all but some commercial traffic. Its not closed for air transportation just ground crossings FYI The US is still essentially still closed to air travel, as a 14 day quarantine upon return doesn't work for many unless they are unemployed, or working from...
Jump to postmattyfitzg wrote:You’ll never know true inconvenience unless you’ve flown to/from Luton!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/02/eerily-quiet-just-21-passengers-at-gatwick-in-one-day-as-air-traffic-plummets-coronavirus I'm not too sure what the short term future will be for gatwick, with virgin and delta pulling out and news that wizz want to gain more slots a...
Jump to postA few years ago I flew with tui and announced that the plane is fitted with cctv. It clearly wasnt.
I assume it is just a way to scare people to behave. I think it was a greek island to lgw flight
although not many aircraft, virgin still has quite a big presence at gatwick. a lounge that is only a few years old and i think they have a big maintenance hanger too virgin holidays used to be based in crawley too (not sure if they still are) Millions of £ or $ the fact remains SRB has put million...
Jump to postalthough not many aircraft, virgin still has quite a big presence at gatwick.
a lounge that is only a few years old and i think they have a big maintenance hanger too
virgin holidays used to be based in crawley too (not sure if they still are)
What is the possible future for a KLM-Air France deal with Virgin Atlantic? KLM is still one of my top picks for UK regional airlines (e.g. Flybe-style). since flights over the North Sea and Norwegian Sea to isolated areas in Scandinavia and the islands of the Atlantic Ocean are still very much nee...
Jump to postUnless already confirmed, I assume this means delta wont launch their lgw flights now
Jump to postI've read of Facebook (yes I know) that easyjet are no longer offering refunds for cancelled flights and are only offering a credit note.
My argument is that this cant be true as its illegal and EU airlines must offer a full refund if they cancel a flight.
Can anyone shed any light on this ?
A lot of us who don’t live next to Heathrow are pretty exasperated by this whole situation. Just build the damn expansion already. I can understand those living next door to LHR being against it though. You mean the people who decided to move next door to an international airport,complaining about ...
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