[Redjohn]

If there is any way that BA would re-start no stops to the Seychelles, it should be encouraged. If any BA person is listening, your B767-300’s are perfect in current config to operate the route, which has plenty enough hotel capacity to cater for a 2x weekly non stop operation. You’d have feed from Europe and your front end would be full every time you flew. Beyond that, Gatwick is a brilliant airport, vastly improved and compared to the horror of LHR T1, a place of tranquility and ease and I’m talking South not North Terminal here!

[jet72uk]

SEZ has been rumored but that’s as far as it goes. I can’t help thinking there is going to be a big announcment soon in terms of LH route increases ex LGW

[VintageKrug]

I would concur.

Interesting if this involves the longhaul 767 fleet; BA must be getting some compensation re: delay of 787 deliveries and this might make such routes viable.

[Eastbourneguy]

I see the 2012 longhaul routes / flights have been published for Gatwick – No sign of any new routes

The Summer 2012 Gatwick longhaul timetable to commence 25 March 2012 has been released. The Boeing 777-236ER fleet will remain at nine aircraft. Montego Bay is dropped from the network with the final flight to operate on 24 March 2012. A second Orlando service is introduced three days per week.

The full schedule is detailed below:

Monday:

BA2037/BA2036 Orlando

BA2063/BA2062 Mauritius

BA2155/BA2154 Bridgetown

BA2157/BA2156 Antigua – San Juan

BA2159/BA2158 St Lucia – Port of Spain

BA2167/BA2166 Tampa

BA2233/BA2232 Bermuda

BA2263/BA2262 Kingston

Tuesday:

BA2037/BA2036 Orlando

BA2155/BA2154 Bridgetown

BA2157/BA2156 Antigua – St Kitts & Nevis

BA2159/BA2158 St Lucia – Port of Spain

BA2167/BA2166 Tampa

BA2233/BA2232 Bermuda

Wednesday:

BA2037/BA2036 Orlando

BA2039/BA2038 Orlando

BA2043/BA2042 Male

BA2155/BA2154 Bridgetown

BA2157/BA2156 Antigua – Grenada

BA2159/BA2158 St Lucia – Port of Spain

BA2167/BA2166 Tampa

BA2233/BA2232 Bermuda

BA2263/BA2262 Kingston

Thursday:

BA2037/BA2036 Orlando

BA2063/BA2062 Mauritius

BA2155/BA2154 Bridgetown

BA2157/BA2156 Antigua – Punta Cana

BA2159/BA2158 St Lucia – Port of Spain

BA2167/BA2166 Tampa

BA2233/BA2232 Bermuda

BA2263/BA2262 Kingston

Friday:

BA2037/BA2036 Orlando

BA2043/BA2042 Male

BA2155/BA2154 Bridgetown

BA2157/BA2156 Antigua – Trinidad & Tobago

BA2159/BA2158 St Lucia – Port of Spain

BA2167/BA2166 Tampa

BA2233/BA2232 Bermuda

Saturday:

BA2037/BA2036 Orlando

BA2039/BA2038 Orlando

BA2063/BA2062 Mauritius

BA2155/BA2154 Bridgetown

BA2157/BA2156 Antigua – St Kitts & Nevis

BA2159/BA2158 St Lucia – Port of Spain

BA2167/BA2166 Tampa

BA2233/BA2232 Bermuda

Sunday:

BA2037/BA2036 Orlando

BA2039/BA2038 Orlando

BA2043/BA2042 Male

BA2155/BA2154 Bridgetown

BA2157/BA2156 Antigua – Punta Cana

BA2159/BA2158 St Lucia – Grenada

BA2167/BA2166 Tampa

BA2233/BA2232 Bermuda

[BGIWorldTraveller]

I’m a bit peeved that they’ve cut BGI’s flights from 12 to 7 for Summer 2012 hence the BA2153/BA2152 rotation will be no more. But they’ve increased the services to MCO…

Why give Virgin so much control of the LGW-BGI market? Bad bad idea BA!

[DisgustedofSwieqi]

BGIWorldTraveller

You’ll just have to lump it and fly via MIA with AA, won’t you!

That is IAG thinking, I believe.

[BGIWorldTraveller]

What I mean is, BGI is their most profitable Caribbean route… those 5 extra flights did quite well in April, July and August. It’s May and September when they performed poorly…. Just seems like a backward movement!

[DisgustedofSwieqi]

BGITWT

I am being slightly ironic, but the point is that when airlines merger, they usually wish to deliver efficiencies and just expect the pax to lump it!

After thirty odd years of dealing with BA, it is not a new experience 🙂

[openfly]

So these are the long-haul schedules for LGW in 2012. Thanks for the info.

I was under the impression that VK had announced all the new routes last month. Was he incorrect in his emphatic statement of fact?..I cannot believe so. Perhaps BA did not see his/her announcement!

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