On 25 Jun, 22:02, "Iain" <iain1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Mike" <travel.lo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 25 Jun, 16:49, a_wilso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >> British Airways have announced that they are scrapping the 6am flight
> >> from GLA-LHR!! They are to combine the 2 early flights and instead of
> >> using x2 A319 they are using a A321 . The new flight arrives in
london
> >> at 0830 and many business leaders have slammed this , especially with
> >> people wanting to attending 9am business meetings !! , Also reduces
> >> the early morning window for longhaul connections. The LGW service
> >> still departs at 615am however , and LCY at 0700am.
>
> > Yes, this may reduce connection possibilities. However BA may think
> > that by moving flights all flights to T5 they will reduce connection
> > times.
>
> Pretty poor form by BA, I would've thought these flights would have been
> some of the busier ones in the day, but I guess they haven't been making
the
> money they wanted (or possibly more likely the slot is required for a
> long-haul which generates more cash!).
>
> Numbers are down on Scottish flights to LHR generally, so maybe it was
> likely there'd be some cuts. In the face of declining pax numbers on
such
> flights, they're probably quite keen to get LHR slots back and try to
push
> the pax onto LGW and LCY flights instead. There are plenty airlines to
LON,
> so the pax can just transfer to BD or EZY instead?
>
> As far as connecting op****tunities go, I'm not that bothered - It will
> hopefully lead more people to avoid LHR and hence attract another
carrier to
> fly to CDG or FRA. With thier flight leaving at 6am ish, KL will now
surely
> offer the earliest connections to most destinations in Europe.
Still a lot of good connections via LHR with Star Alliance using the
BD1 on an early start.
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