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BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:45 pm
by southflyer
The ACL reports for LCY and LHR indicate BA could increase GLA in W23:
- LHR increase by 167,222 seats (approximately 24 per week)
- LCY increase by 19,306 seats (approximately 5 per week)
In total, it would mean an additional 186,528 seats for winter.
Re: BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:59 am
by FlyGLA
While international expansion is preferred this is not to be sniffed at. Combined BA and easyJet are offering 328,369 additional seats this winter.
If this increase continues into the summer and combined with the Jet2 and TUI increases, could we reach 1,000,000 additional seats for 2024?
Re: BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:43 pm
by FlyGLA
BA increasing GLA-LCY with an additional two weekly return flights for winter 23/24. 32 weekly flights in total.
https://twitter.com/tofly_totravel/stat ... 9038275589
Re: BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:13 pm
by southflyer
New Saturday service, possibly first time this has ever been offered.
Re: BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:36 pm
by southflyer
Re: BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:50 am
by FlyGLA
Thanks for sharing southflyer.
This is great news as it's a significant increase flights and overall passenger capacity. Passenger growth this coming winter has the potential to be very impressive.
Re: BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:03 am
by PiperOne
FlyGLA wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:50 am
Thanks for sharing southflyer.
This is great news as it's a significant increase flights and overall passenger capacity. Passenger growth this coming winter has the potential to be very impressive.
Give or take the odd cancellation, the summer service has typically been 55 flights per week. I would think the extra comes from using slots which are summer only routes to Europe and turning them into additional winter domestics. Interestingly, BA are also taking back slots at Gatwick, which are currently leased to Easyjet, so may have some scope to increase there as well.
Re: BA to increase LHR and LCY?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:13 am
by southflyer
PiperOne wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:03 am
FlyGLA wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:50 am
Thanks for sharing southflyer.
This is great news as it's a significant increase flights and overall passenger capacity. Passenger growth this coming winter has the potential to be very impressive.
Give or take the odd cancellation, the summer service has typically been 55 flights per week. I would think the extra comes from using slots which are summer only routes to Europe and turning them into additional winter domestics. Interestingly, BA are also taking back slots at Gatwick, which are currently leased to Easyjet, so may have some scope to increase there as well.
The 55x weekly came from the network-wide reductions ahead of S23, the original frequency was higher.