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BA to fly to U.S. bypassing U.K. Airports
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BA to fly to U.S. bypassing U.K. Airports
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spotter1102
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Boston and NY is my guess, since these flights would try to rely almost entirely on O&D traffic.spotter1102 wrote:Which destinations can we expect for BRU ?
San Francisco ? Denver ? Dallas ? Boston ? Miami ? or other ?
With all these carriers about to serve the BRU - North East US, it could become even cheaper to go to the US.
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I agree with your O&D deduction, pres.AFApresident wrote:Boston and NY is my guess, since these flights would try to rely almost entirely on O&D traffic.
With all these carriers about to serve the BRU - North East US, it could become even cheaper to go to the US.
BA knows already now, what EU station has the most transits in LON onto BOS or NYC.
Taking out a LON-BOS or NYC will free a BA slot for a more profitable destination, and for that 'new' destination will use those free seats on their LON-feeders, (formerly used for the BOS or NYC flight).
By this, BA will enlarge its offer in such outstation(s). Indeed, such N. Atlantic operation will bring more than a non-stop flight to a station.
But BA not 'playing in their own stadium', will that not move security problems abroad? Although there are no direct threats against Speedbird reported in the UK, will they not get more eligible terrorist target abroad? I'm aware BA is already operating from a lot of EU airports. But these US-flights will have real iconic value. Such flights will also command higher security levels at such EU airport, cq also higher costs. What airport is candidate for that?
I don't see any BA transtlantic flights from BRU soon. They will rather start at more heavily populated continental platforms such as CDG or FRA. BRU may be in the cards, but only after proven success of the formula elsewhere. Starting flights out of BRU now may harm their flights out of LHR.spotter1102 wrote:Which destinations can we expect for BRU ?
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speedbird1
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Amazing isn't it. 'British' Airways expands transatlantic services but manage to find locations even further south than London to do it. Maybe its time for a name change to EU Air or nowhere in Britain except London Airways.
Continental and others have shown the transatlantic to the regions works but BA? Nah. Not London enough. Or Paris or Brussels it seems. And they could fly into AA hubs to ensure it isn;t just O&D traffic - much like what Continental does in reverse.
What I don't really understand is why they would take on AF in CDG? Lufthansa in FRA or even KLM in AMS? They couldn't possibly beat them for frequencies or connections. What about BRU? More realistic but surely SN would have done it already if it was going to be that profitable??
Continental and others have shown the transatlantic to the regions works but BA? Nah. Not London enough. Or Paris or Brussels it seems. And they could fly into AA hubs to ensure it isn;t just O&D traffic - much like what Continental does in reverse.
What I don't really understand is why they would take on AF in CDG? Lufthansa in FRA or even KLM in AMS? They couldn't possibly beat them for frequencies or connections. What about BRU? More realistic but surely SN would have done it already if it was going to be that profitable??