There has been a smattering of A319s in particular operating routes out of LGW for some time. Usually Scottish Shuttles, but they do make the odd foray into Europe and I presume therefore Jersey too.

There were 2 A319’s at any given time based at LGW for a period a year or more back. They operated specific routes, MAN and GVA being where the flight crew would change over aircraft on night-stops. The aircraft also operated EDI and ABZ and IIRC MAD (certainly something European). Almost certain JER did not feature in the Airbus programme.

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Could this be her Paul?

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The lift for an aircraft is provided by the flow of air around the wing as it moves forward down the runway. If it is standing still, albeit with it’s wheels spinning on a conveyer type runway, there is no forward movement, hence no lift, hence no take off..

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They also have 2 F100’s from SunAdria, a B732 from EAC and a Bae146 from WDL on various short-term leases. I believe these are to cover late deliveries from Embraer.

Althought they seem to have a surplus of aircraft from the BA Connect fleet I guess not many of these have the required capacity to cover for the late 195’s.

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I’ve been asking around at work and as far as I can establish she has been moved because of the nearby building work, apparently she was getting very dirty because of the dust. The intention is to move her back to the same spot in due course.

I would love to see her on a “fake” stand at T5, somewhere it can be viewed normally.

Now that’s the best suggestion I’ve heard. Done as though she’s on stand waiting for her next flight.

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C yas tommz

I’m getting old!

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Mark,

Great report. Good to hear you had such a good time on your flights, and it’s always good to hear good experiences of BA. You can imagine with an airline as big as BA, people are often quick to criticise, but I genuinely believe that most (although admittedly not all) of my crew colleagues do a good job.

One tip for the next time, the “Shaun Hill’s rhubarb tart with ginger sauce and vanilla ice cream” is the single best thing I’ve ever eaten onboard one of our aircraft.

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Airlines are like any service industry… it depends (from both points of view) who you get. Every airline has great crew, average crew and lousy crew… every customer has their own wants, needs and opinions.

Let us know how you get on Dave. I’ll be interested to hear as living near LGW I’ll probably use LS when I visit family in NCL.

they are alot better then BA

Now then! What’s your problem mate? 😉

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