Do so, because if he’s trying to say Ba only made money from PAX on concorde then he’s either not doing a very good job, or he’s been smoking some wierd stuff… ask him if I can get some 😉

I expect they will be saying the same about you :diablo:

Several of us have.

BA make good money on their premiere service. There is a lot of business travel between LHR and JFK.
BA do not realy need to fly cargo on the route. They do so to maximise profits. I’m no BA expert but I can tell you, you are wrong on this one. 😉

I tell my Friend at BA that 😀
Kevin

Oh come on, you don’t believe that do you?

tell me other wise then

Not on LHR-JFK.
Plenty premium pax.

BA can fly a 777 on the route with just the Business cabin full and make money. OR so I’m told.

The only aircraft that BA had that made money on the passengers was Concorde,

On the LHR-JFK route its the premium pax that make the money. Cargo plays a role… but not as much as you seem to think.

It makes the difference between a profit and a loss ,

Now are you sure you just don’t prefer BA not operate them because they’re Airbuses Sandy? 😉

Indeed frequency is extremely important, however 10 services a day to NYC is more than enough frequency, if BA wanted to preserve slots at heavily constrained LHR then A380s would be great, even 4 frequencies from one airline ona long haul route si very good. Typically high frequency Long Haul services includes a single daily service, and this is typically sufficient for the business traveller, many of whom spend at least 3 days at a long haul destination. This is not day return trips we’re talking about here in Europe. BA could operate A380s and increase the number of connecting passengers, but the cost and effort involved in that would not be worthwhile…but only at this stage. I think BA will eventually look at higher capacity aircraft again.

Ba have said they will not be looking at the A380 for atleast 3 years, why by this time most problems with the ac will have been sorted and secondly their 747 are a long way from being replaced , only when they 747’s are to be replace will they even considere the A380 along with any sucssesour to the 747 if any

But BA focuses on premium service. Frequency is part of that service.
Flying an A380 half empty is not viable when you can fly a 777 full.

One thing that seems to overlooked by most is these aircarft don’t just carry passengers, if they have a half passenger load ,it means more cargo can be loaded , therfore profit
Most airlines dont make much money on the passengers, but they do make a lot on the cargo
Kevin