Interesting choice of words there…”pre-reclined”…I wonder who in Spirit’s marketing department came up with that one?:D:rolleyes:

Quite simple really, because it costs alot more to operate aircraft at the sort of times when people “want” to fly. Scheduled airlines will be able to manage it, but on the whole they will charge alot more for their tickets.

Charter airlines are much like low-cost airlines in the sense that they need to maximise the utilisation of the aircraft during the day so that it reduces the amount of time they spend on the ground sitting around doing nothing, hence why you have such early departure and late arrival times.

Another option could be Qatar Airways via Doha…with economy fares from £435rtn, however to get this fare flights are limited to the below.

LHR – DOH on QR002, departing 21:30, arriving DOH 06:25 +1 day (Airbus A340-600, 2-4-2 config, although it goes to 2-3-2 towards the back!)
DOH – BKK on QR610, departing 08:00 +1 day, arriving 19:00 +1 day (Boeing 777-300ER, 3-3-3 config, although Rows 17 & 43 are 2-3-2!)

BKK – DOH on QR613, departing 09:15, arriving DOH 12:15 (Boeing 777-300ER, same as above)
DOH – LHR on QR017, departing 16:35, arriving LHR 22:00 (Airbus A330-300, can’t tell seating config as they appear to have so many different ones for this aircraft type!)

Interestingly, paying just an additional £36 opens up a few more flight time options, but I’ll leave you to see for yourself!

Also, the travel dates I put in to get the above results were 15th-21st June.

Hope this helps, PM me if I can be of any further assistance.:)

When it comes to travelling to somewhere like the USA, there are just so many different options to choose from it really is a case of looking at all of them and making a decision for yourself.

I do have two questions for you…

1. What matters to you most, the type of aircraft you fly on or how much you pay?

2. Do you want to fly direct, or would you mind connecting via somewhere?

(The reason I ask Q2 is because if your answer to Q1 is “the type of aircraft you fly on”, then why not look to fly to MIA on CO, DL, UA or US via their hubs because that way you’ll get to travel on several different types of aircraft, and you may also find it a bit cheaper than flying direct…the trade-off being that you have to connect, which means you’ll have to pick your luggage up at first point of arrival in the USA!)

Also, just for your info, I believe that VS currently operate a 747 on their LHR-MIA flights, so it really depends on when exactly it is that you want to go as to what type of aircraft it will be.

PM me if you want any further help.;)

That’s such a shame…as CO are the only transatlantic link that BRS has.

I thought that BRS was one of their most popular regional routes to/from the UK?

Bet that will be annoying for the locals as it now means they will have to travel along the M4 in order to get to LHR.

I would suspect you are right that the 757 will probably be transferred over to LHR.