Hi.

I am in ageement here, fantastic results made possible by cutting back on unprofitable routes and being more cost effective.

I am not a B.A.basher and have always been proud of our national airline, and get annoyed when I hear B.A. being called ” London Airways”

B.A. would not be announcing these impressive results if it was still operating regional services out of places like Leeds, Inverness, Liverpool etc, and international flights from Glasgow etc.

Hats off to Wille Walsh for not taking his bonus.

Future Heathrow Problems

Hi all.

In my opinion, even after the fall out from the laughable T5 problems are solved, I can see B.A. flights being delayed even more than they have been up to now.

If using 27L / 27R for departures, all B.A. flights leaving T5 will have a very long taxi to the departure runways where lots of other aircraft will be waiting to depart, add this to the fact that some passengers will have to be bussed to the aircraft at T5, it makes you wonder if ANY B.A. flight will leave on time.

Lets face it, Heathrow even with T5 is a dinosaur, cramped, a lack of runway capacity, over crowded and run by BAA ! A new airport should have been built years ago at the Thames estury.

As usual, this country can not get it right, from MRSA in Hospitals, the criminal Justice system, immigration, asbos, etc etc….its just a long list of total incompetance, a laughing stock…..the GREAT has definately gone from our country.

re

I also recently flew on an A340-600 and during some moderate turbulance over the south china sea, it felt like the plane was not in one piece !! sounds hard to believe, but it felt like a bending motion, I have heard that Airbus have incorperated some kind of damping device whereas during turbulance the computers ride with the turbulance and make minor adjustments to trim to help the aircraft through it.

I can not really see aircraft getting much longer, but who knows.

Did you experience what I felt in the A340-600 ?

Regards
Nordjet415

Oh dear, yet more attacks on B.A….Ooooppss, London Airways.

Do the previous posters believe that B.A. should operate out of other regional airports such as Inverness, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool etc etc…..???? well they used to operate from many regional airports but made cuts to save itself from massive losses.

British Airways is British Airways, always will be and will never be London Airways, the fact that B.A. no longer operate from most regional airports is not a reason to call it London Airways. I suggest you dig out some 1970s and 80s timetables where you will see how many regional airports B.A. used to operate from.

Regards
Nordjet415

re philippines

Yes president Gloria Macapagal of the Philippines is doing a European tour.

Shame there is no direct air link between the 2 countries.

Re B.A.

well, my answer to that is, ( to those calling B.A London Airways )

If B.A had carried on basing aircraft at places like Leeds, Liverpool, Isle of Man, Cardiff, Inverness, Jersey, Guensey and so on, the airline would probably not be around today.
Like most, B.A. have made cuts and left the the thinner routes to other carriers.
I agree there should be some B.A. expansion from Manchester, but where to ? Maybe Los Angeles and perhaps Bangkok.
I remember B.A doing a Larnaca schedule but eventually this was blocked by the greedy Cypriots who were protecting Cyprus Airways, but they do now fly to Paphos in the guise of GB Airways.

B.A. has its critics, but its continual profits are due to careful planning, getting rid of loss making routes and minimising waste. You only have to look at Airlines like Alitalia, Olympic and some of the U.S. carriers ( who are up to their eyes in debt) to see why they are in this position and B.A are not.

Perhaps we should ask Willie Walsh to send a few B744s to man to open up new long haul routes purely for us enthusiasts !!

On a more serious note, the latest Manchester Airport magazine actually states that the airport flies to more destinations than any other airport, so I really dont see what the problem is. B.A. know what they are doing and as far as I am aware, will continue to support Man.

Regards

Nordjet415

RE 787

Like all new and untested airliners, there are always delays, but the 787 will fly, there is no way it will never fly

Regards

Nordjet415