British Airways introduce il Buy on Board e densifica le cabine


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BA announces new Gatwick routes to fill Monarch’s slots – bookable now on Avios

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It is worth noting up front that BA is using Titan Airways to operate some Gatwick services this Summer. These flights are clearly marked at ba.com. It simply does not have enough available aircraft to use the Monarch slots, and this is not helped by the late delivery of the new Airbus NEO aircraft and the need to send the older Heathrow short-haul planes off to be ‘densified’. The plan to take six short-haul Qatar Airways appears to have been dropped.

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The announcement yesterday primarily covered routes which were Monarch’s heartland. The following changes will kick in from the start of the summer timetable on 25th March:
Malaga – increases to 35 from 27 Gatwick flights per week
Alicante – increases to 22 from 14 Gatwick flights per week
Faro – increases to 21 from 17 Gatwick flights per week
Tenerife – increases to 13 from 6 Gatwick flights per week
Madeira – increases to 9 from 6 Gatwick flights per week
Lanzarote – increases to 5 from 3 Gatwick flights per week
The following brand new Gatwick routes will also be launched, although none are new to the BA network:
Gibraltar
Palma
Mahon
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13900 ha detto:
Le ultime dal fronte dicono che per febbraio-aprile non ci dovrebbe essere bisogno di QR (notizia interna di ieri, ma da confermare nelle prossime settimane). Alcuni voli sono comunque gia' con Titan.
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Eccone un riassunto da airlineroute, che a pero' parla del periodo fine maggio-fine settembre:
Sull'Italia risulta Bari.

British Airways outlines S18 leased Titan Airways A320 operations

British Airways in summer 2018 season is leasing Titan Airways A320 aircraft to support its operation at London Gatwick, operating on short-haul routes between late-May and late-September 2018. Following routes will see a mix of British Airways and Titan Airways A320 operations.

London Gatwick – Alicante
London Gatwick – Bari
London Gatwick – Dalaman
London Gatwick – Dubrovnik
London Gatwick – Faro
London Gatwick – Funchal
London Gatwick – Lanzarote
London Gatwick – Larnaca
London Gatwick – Malaga
London Gatwick – Paphos
London Gatwick – Rhodes
London Gatwick – Tenerife South
London Gatwick – Thessaloniki
 
AZ209 ha detto:
Eccone un riassunto da airlineroute, che a pero' parla del periodo fine maggio-fine settembre:
Sull'Italia risulta Bari.

British Airways outlines S18 leased Titan Airways A320 operations

British Airways in summer 2018 season is leasing Titan Airways A320 aircraft to support its operation at London Gatwick, operating on short-haul routes between late-May and late-September 2018. Following routes will see a mix of British Airways and Titan Airways A320 operations.

London Gatwick – Alicante
London Gatwick – Bari
London Gatwick – Dalaman
London Gatwick – Dubrovnik
London Gatwick – Faro
London Gatwick – Funchal
London Gatwick – Lanzarote
London Gatwick – Larnaca
London Gatwick – Malaga
London Gatwick – Paphos
London Gatwick – Rhodes
London Gatwick – Tenerife South
London Gatwick – Thessaloniki
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Ma perché BRI? Bah non capisco questa scelta, dato l’innumerevoli inglesi che vedo nelle mie zone d’estate
 
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BUY BA, FLY A DIFFERENT AIRLINE: WHAT AWAITS MANY GATWICK PASSENGERS THIS SUMMER

Flight plan: Seating diagram for Titan Airways Airbus A320, which will cover some BA operations this summer / Titan Airways
Carrier needs to lease planes and crews from its rivals

As British Airways prepares for its biggest summer programme of flights from Gatwick for a decade, The Independent has learned that thousands of passengers will find themselves buying BA tickets but flying on a different carrier.
The airline’s parent company, IAG, paid over £50m for slots at the Sussex airport previously owned by Monarch, which closed in October.

Permission to land and take off at specific times is granted on a “use it or lose it” basis, so BA will be expected to operate 28 per cent more flights to fill the slots. The airline has already announced plans for more than 15 per cent additional arrivals and departures, including increased flights to Spain and Portugal.

Without a commensurate increase in the number of aircraft and staff based at Gatwick, the airline will have to bring in planes and crews from elsewhere — a practice known as “wet leasing”.
A spokesperson for British Airways said: “Some routes will be operated by BA planes, other services will be operated by BA CityFlyer aircraft and other wet lease carriers on our behalf.
“Customers will be notified ahead of their flight which of these carriers will operate their flight.”
One of the airlines will be Titan Airways, based at Stansted airport. It has covered for British Airways on an ad-hoc basis, for example during last year’s Mixed Fleet cabin crew dispute at Heathrow.
Titan is expected to operate some longer-distance European services from Gatwick, including routes to Larnaca and Paphos in Cyprus, Dalaman in Turkey, the Canary Islands and Madeira.

The airline flies Airbus A320 and A321 jets, matching BA’s short-haul fleet, as well as Boeing 737s, 757s and 767s. BA’s current two-class system will be operated on the Gatwick flights.
One member of British Airways cabin crew at Gatwick, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: “Passengers are already angry about ‘Buy on Board’ [the switch to paid-for food and drink in economy class], and it’ll be even worse when they find they’re flying on an airline they don’t know.”

A frequent flyer on BA, who also asked for anonymity, said: “Many people will have made an active choice to fly BA because they have faith in their pilots.”
But Victoria Moores, European editor for Air Transport World, said: “Wet leasing is a perfectly normal for airlines. If airlines kept spare aircraft in their fleets, that would be expensive, potentially pushing ticket prices up.
“By bringing in aircraft from elsewhere when they need them, airlines can stay agile, seize opportunities and add flights when there is demand. That is what BA is doing here; they are seizing the opportunity of these slots to grow their business.

“It is better for the airline and the customer when they fly their own aircraft, so this is likely to be a short-term solution until they can fly the routes themselves.”
Malcolm Ginsberg, editor in chief of Business Travel News, said: “When passengers arrive to board and aircraft through an airbridge the majority have not a clue what they are getting on.”
Last summer during the cabin-crew dispute, British Airways covered some flights using aircraft and crew from Qatar Airways — which owns one-fifth of IAG, BA’s holding company. BA had applied to the Civil Aviation Authority to deploy the Qatari airline again this year, but the application has now been dropped.
The Monarch slots can be used for any destination, but British Airways has chosen to add flights to a number of destinations previously flown by the defunct carrier, with new flights from Gatwick to Palma, Menorca and Gibraltar duplicating old Monarch routes.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel...rkey-cyprus-canaries-a8148081.html#r3z-addoor
 
Sarà per le file dalla 12 in poi, in arrivo anche prese elettriche (dalle file 1 a 12) e USB (solo USB per le file dalla 13 in poi). Più il wi-fi 4G se la compagnia produttrice riesce a risolvere un "piccolo" problema di autorizzazioni. Le prime file manterranno i sedili attuali, quelle successive useranno gli stessi Recaro di Swiss, LH e altri.

Sinceramente sono felicissimo per la morte del recline, mai più viaggi con le ginocchia dietro le orecchie per colpa di qualche egoista che pretende di 'dormire' su un salto di un'ora e mezza.
 
13900 ha detto:
Sarà per le file dalla 12 in poi, in arrivo anche prese elettriche (dalle file 1 a 12) e USB (solo USB per le file dalla 13 in poi). Più il wi-fi 4G se la compagnia produttrice riesce a risolvere un "piccolo" problema di autorizzazioni. Le prime file manterranno i sedili attuali, quelle successive useranno gli stessi Recaro di Swiss, LH e altri.

Sinceramente sono felicissimo per la morte del recline, mai più viaggi con le ginocchia dietro le orecchie per colpa di qualche egoista che pretende di 'dormire' su un salto di un'ora e mezza.
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Sul medio raggio il recline non ha senso. Va abolito e basta. Applausi a 13900.
 
A proposito del recline, FR lo fece eliminare quando inizió ad acquistare i nuovi 738 (seguita a ruota da U2) per un solo motivo: ridurre il peso dell'aereo, e risparmiare carburante. Successivamente, sempre per il medesimo motivo, si fece consegnare gli aerei senza oscuranti.
Leggevo giusto ieri incidentalmente un articolo nel quale si parlava di una compagnia aerea (non ricordo quale) che ha fatto eliminare carrelli e forni. Avanti di questo passo, il primo che apre una startup per brevettare e fare certificare in ambito aeronautico i seggiolini da stadio fará bingo!
 
13900 ha detto:
Sinceramente sono felicissimo per la morte del recline, mai più viaggi con le ginocchia dietro le orecchie per colpa di qualche egoista che pretende di 'dormire' su un salto di un'ora e mezza.
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La cosa 'buffa' (ma non tanto) e' che uno come me con una protesi alla gamba destra (sotto al ginocchio) corre il rischio di rimanere letteralmente incastrato se quello davanti abbassa lo schienale. Mi e' capitato almeno una mezza dozzina di volte negli ultimi tre anni.
 
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La cosa 'buffa' (ma non tanto) e' che uno come me con una protesi alla gamba destra (sotto al ginocchio) corre il rischio di rimanere letteralmente incastrato se quello davanti abbassa lo schienale. Mi e' capitato almeno una mezza dozzina di volte negli ultimi tre anni.
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Silvá, é la panza, fattene una ragione!
 
BA a partire dal 17 gennaio prossimo modifica il catering in World Traveller, reintroducendo tra le altre cose i pretzel con il primo servizio bevande e il secondo pasto nei voli più corti (come verso la East Coast degli States o il Medio-Oriente) che fino ad oggi era sostituito da un piccolo snack.
Questo il comunicato ufficiale della compagnia:

British Airways is today announcing a multi-million pound investment in its World Traveller (long-haul economy cabin) catering, introducing an exciting and expanded new menu, which provides more quantity and quality to both meals and great snacking options throughout the flight.

Options now include:

· Pretzels with the welcome drink

· Four-course meal with starter, main, dessert, cheese and biscuits, accompanied by a bread roll and bottle of water

· Second meal or substantial snack depending on the length of the flight

· Regional meal options served according to destination

· Magnum ice-creams

· Tuck box with chocolates and crisps

· Hot breakfast on longer overnight flights

· Graze movie-snack box on longer* flights

· Complimentary drinks from the bar

Previously customers travelling in the cabin were served a complimentary snack, a three-course-meal or a light meal, depending on the time and length of their flight as well as a complimentary bar service of hot and cold drinks.

The new catering arrives from January 17, and the menus that will change every six months.

Carolina Martinoli, British Airways’ director of brand and customer experience, said: “Our customers tell us that when they’re taking a long-haul flight, great food and beverages make a real difference to them. It’s a huge driver of customer satisfaction so we want to make sure we deliver a great experience. With this multi-million pound investment we’ve focused on introducing more quantity and quality to the catering, delivering tasty meals and great snacking options throughout the flight.

“Our new four-course main meal has been developed by our team of chefs to be full of flavour at 35,000ft and we’ve created regional options depending on the route. The second meal option is either a tasty sandwich or a more substantial pizza wrap, both served with additional snacks, depending on the length of the flight.”

“Our customers have also told us they want to be able to save some items for later in the flight, so we’ve replaced the water cup with a bottle of Highland Spring on the first meal, and added Graze snack boxes on our longest flights. We’re also offering Magnum ice-creams on daylight flights from London and a Tuck Box on inbound and overnight flights.”

The airline’s customers will be welcomed with pretzels and a drink. Once they are settled in, they will be served a four-course meal such as a starter of couscous salad, followed by a main course of chicken casserole with an ale sauce, colcannon mash and seasonal vegetables, or a vegetarian tomato, farfalle and vegetable dish. Dessert will be a Pots & Co salted caramel and chocolate mousse, followed by biscuits and cheese. The meal will be accompanied by a bread roll and a bottle of Highland Spring water.

On the shorter daylight long-haul flights to destinations such as New York and Dubai, fliers will also receive a sandwich such as egg and cress with a chocolate or Nutri-Grain bar. Those on longer daylight flights to destinations such as Cape Town and Hong Kong will receive a hot meal, such as a pizza wrap or a regional option, with a pot of pasta, a chocolate brownie and a drink as well as a smokehouse BBQ crunch Graze movie-snack box. A hot English breakfast will also be served on these longer flights that operate overnight.

Customers on daylight flights from London will be offered a range of Magnum ice-creams, while those on night flights will be offered a tuck-box with options such as Dairy Milk Buttons, Twix, Kit-Kats and Mini Cheddars, which will also be available in the galley for them to help themselves to.

The airline is also serving regional main meal options around its network, such as chicken in spicy cheng du sauce on flights to and from to China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, kathrikai milagu seeragam and channa dal on flights to and from Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai and acchari veg and dal palak on flights to and from Bangalore and Delhi. On flights to the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia,) customers can enjoy chicken in spicy Arabic sauce.

Regional breakfasts will also be served including Chicken Congee for Far Eastern routes and an Indian option featuring: Idli Shanna, Sambhar, upma and dosa.

The popular meal options for customers with special dietary requirements will continue to be available to book on ba.com/managemybooking more than 24 hours ahead of their flight departing.

Travellers looking for a special treat can also pre-order meals on flights from Heathrow up to 24-hours before their flight. Options include a Gourmet Dining meal for £18.00, Taste of Britain and Taste of the Far East for £16.00 and a Great British Breakfast, a Healthy Choice meal or a Vegetarian Kitchen option all for £15.00.

British Airways is investing £4.5 billion for customers over the next five years, covering the installation of the best quality WiFi and power in every seat, fitting 128 long-haul aircraft with new interiors and taking delivery of 72 new aircraft. The airline is also investing £600m specifically in Club World, including outstanding catering and luxurious White Company bedding - plus, from 2019, a new seat with direct aisle access. This year British Airways will start services to six new routes including Nashville and The Seychelles.
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Questo miglioramento del catering sul lungo raggio in economy penso sia un modo per differenziarsi maggiormente dalle varie low cost di lungo raggio dove il catering è tutto a pagamento..
 
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