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From: William Black on 13 Jun 2010 07:18 On 13/06/10 07:49, Roland Perry wrote: > In message <hv0rq7$mg6$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, at 21:48:07 on > Sat, 12 Jun 2010, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> remarked: >> Strict air-side checks came in after those figures were collected. > > What has got stricter, or are you conflating it with new measures at T5 > where they have a scheme to muddle up different kinds of pax and sort > them out at the gate? I haven't used the hell hole that is Heathrow for two years now. Air-side checks got a lot worse after the 'underpants bomber' didn't quite blow himself up. >> Plus long check-in times have almost killed the domestic flight market >> in the UK. > > We aren't talking about domestic flights here - it's feeder flights to > long haul. The fact that the hub is in UK rather than France, Germany, > Netherlands or even Dubai, is completely irrelevant - all the passenger > has to do is choose which has the relevant flights and most convenience > when changing planes (which will depend on the mix of airlines in many > cases). Many people, including myself, will no longer fly via Heathrow, and take the financial penalty. The reason is that the place is a hell hole. It is manned by rude thieves who can't even keep the place clean. -- William Black These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes their passage does so at his own peril.
From: William Black on 13 Jun 2010 07:19 On 13/06/10 10:48, Joe Curry wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:37:35 +0100, William Black > <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > >>>> Manchester(-LHR) 75% > >>> That one is strange give MAN offers a good range of long haul >>> flights.? > >> But not with BA who just run a shuttle service to Heathrow. > > A discrepancy that Foreign Airlines are taking advantage of.? > >> I fly to Paris on Air France and get my onwards connection from there. >> It's cheaper than BA, more comfortable and the food is better... > > Going Continental appears to be gaining popularity. > That's because people would rather pay extra than fly via Heathrow... I'm one of them. -- William Black These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes their passage does so at his own peril.
From: William Black on 14 Jun 2010 11:45 On 14/06/10 10:21, Joe Curry wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:18:39 +0100, William Black > <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > >> I haven't used the hell hole that is Heathrow for two years now. > > BA don't seem to have got the UK regional message. BA have a huge investment in Heathrow. -- William Black These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes their passage does so at his own peril.
From: William Black on 14 Jun 2010 11:47 On 14/06/10 11:22, Roland Perry wrote: > For example, from Manchester you can fly direct to Cancun, but not > Mexico City or Guadalajara; or to Goa, but not Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, > Delhi etc. The last time I tried you couldn't buy a direct flight from Manchester to Goa unless you also bought a holiday there as well... -- William Black These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes their passage does so at his own peril.
From: William Black on 14 Jun 2010 16:00
On 14/06/10 17:30, Roland Perry wrote: > In message <hv5itu$6vs$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, at 16:47:09 on > Mon, 14 Jun 2010, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> remarked: >>> For example, from Manchester you can fly direct to Cancun, but not >>> Mexico City or Guadalajara; or to Goa, but not Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, >>> Delhi etc. >> >> The last time I tried you couldn't buy a direct flight from Manchester >> to Goa unless you also bought a holiday there as well... > > The airlines concerned will normally sell seat-only (I've bought such > from two of them). Maybe it's something to do with the Indian Tourist > Visa, and they'll only get one for you if they can fill in the "where > I'm staying" stuff for you. I was in India a couple of weeks ago, but on > a conference visa. I have 'right of residence' in India, my wife is Indian. There should be no problem, but I can't find where they sell the tickets. All I ever get offered is tickets on charter flights for holidays. -- William Black These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes their passage does so at his own peril. |