BA has suspended its daily flight between Gatwick and Manchester from 30 October 2022.
British Airways has suspended its route from London Gatwick to Manchester.
The daily connection between Gatwick and Manchester is suspended from Sunday 30 October 2022.
The route which is operated by Heathrow based aircraft & crews as a “W pattern” has a troubled history. It was originally due to start in March 2021. It was delayed by a year. It is now suspended entirely.
Continue reading “British Airways Suspends London Gatwick – Manchester”Welcome to London Air Travel’s weekly briefing on air travel around the world, as published every Monday at 06:00 BST.
Welcome to London Air Travel’s Monday Briefing for the week beginning 11 July 2022.
After a four year absence the Farnborough International Air Show returns next week.
This is traditionally when airlines that like to show off their buying power unveil headline grabbing aircraft orders.
With Airbus recently securing significant orders from Qantas and 3 airlines in China, attention is focused on Boeing.
Boeing confirmed yesterday its 737-10 and 777-9 aircraft will be on display at the show, both on the ground and in the air.
Continue reading “London Air Travel’s Monday Briefing – 11 July 2022”British Airways has agreed with its trade unions a new pay deal for ground staff at London Heathrow.
British Airways has averted a strike by ground staff at London Heathrow at the start of the school holidays.
Around 1,200 BA ground staff who primarily work on check in had voted in favour of strike action in a dispute with the airline over pay.
BA has now reached a new agreement with the GMB and Unite trade unions. This will be subject to a ballot by their members. As this will come with a recommendation to accept the offer, there should be a vote in favour.
Continue reading “British Airways Averts Heathrow Ground Staff Strike”BA’s franchise partner SUN-AIR will restart flights from London City to Billund on 5 September 2022.
British Airways franchise partner SUN-AIR will restart flights from London City airport to Billund on Monday 5 September 2022.
SUN-AIR is BA’s last remaining franchise partner following the collapse of Comair. It had suspended all scheduled flights due to COVID-19. The airline is operating a charter flight between Manchester, Cambridge and Gothenburg.
SUN-AIR will fly between London City and Billund up to 6 times weekly between Monday and Thursday.
Continue reading “British Airways Relaunches London City – Billund”René de Groot is to join British Airways as Chief Operating Officer from KLM.
British Airways has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer.
René de Groot is to join BA as COO from KLM.
René, a former airline pilot, has been with KLM for 32 years and is currently COO. René will leave KLM on 15 July and join BA in October.
BA is restructuring its Operations division. Jason Mahoney, formerly COO, becomes Chief Technical Officer. BA had wanted to bring someone from outside the airline as a new COO.
Continue reading “British Airways Appoints New Chief Operating Officer”Virgin Atlantic will fly from London Heathrow to Tampa, Florida 4 times weekly from 3 November 2022.
Virgin Atlantic has launched a new route from London Heathrow to Tampa, Florida.
Virgin will fly to Tampa from Thursday 3 November 2022. Flights will initially operate four times weekly and increase to daily from Monday 28 November 2022. The service will operate year round.
The city of Tampa on the Gulf Coast of Florida is Virgin Atlantic’s third destination in the state, after Miami and Orlando. Passengers visiting Florida can of course mix arrival and departure airports.
Continue reading “Virgin Atlantic Launches London Heathrow – Tampa”Welcome to London Air Travel’s weekly briefing on air travel around the world, as published every Monday at 06:00 BST.
Welcome to London Air Travel’s Monday Briefing for the week beginning 4 July 2022.
One of the biggest complaints by UK airlines against the government are excessive delays in security vetting checks for newly recruited employees.
On Sunday, The Department for Transport followed up its “22 point plan” for air travel with a release claiming that Accreditation Checks are completed in around 5 days on average. Counter Terrorist Checks are completed in under 10 days on average. This is said to be a reduction from 20 days.
As we are now in the first week of July with the start of the school holidays imminent, it remains to be seen what impact this has on the summer season.
Continue reading “London Air Travel’s Monday Briefing – 4 July 2022”London City Airport has launched a consultation on plans to extend the airport’s operating hours, including all day on Saturdays.
London City Airport has launched a consultation on plans to extend its operating hours, including all day on Saturdays.
The airport, which first opened in 1987, has long been a popular choice for passengers seeking to avoid the crowds of Gatwick and Heathrow.
Due to the airport’s location in London’s Royal Docks, it has a number of operating restrictions to limit noise for local residents and those who live under its flight paths.
These include:
BA’s parent company International Airlines Group has ordered more Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
British Airways’ parent company International Airlines Group has ordered more Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
IAG has today, Thursday 30 June 2022, converted options from a previous order into a firm order for 11 Airbus A320neo and 3 Airbus A321neo aircraft.
This is on top of an order in March this year for 6 Airbus A320neo & 2 Airbus A321neo aircraft.
These 22 aircraft will be delivered in 2024 and 2025. IAG has not stated which airlines in the group will receive them. They will be used to replace existing Airbus A320 family aircraft.
As with existing new Airbus A320 family aircraft the configuration will be standardised to enable aircraft to be moved around the group.
Continue reading “British Airways’ Parent Orders More Airbus Short Haul Aircraft”AA flights to Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and New York JFK will move back to Terminal 3 from Tuesday 12 July 2022.
The short notice rearranging of Oneworld alliance airline flights at London Heathrow continues.
To recap, BA is consolidating all long haul and most short haul flights at Terminal 5 from Tuesday 12 July, leaving a small number of routes at Terminal 3. To accommodate this, Iberia will move back to Terminal 3.
The final piece of the jigsaw is complete. American Airlines will also consolidate all London flights at Terminal 3.
Continue reading “American Airlines Moves Heathrow Flights To Terminal 3”