[VintageKrug]

This is not caused by generalised low demand.

These cancellations are part of the normal seasonal reductions, largely relating to the Christmas/New Year period when business demand is lower. Similar changes are put in place every year:

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As of 23JUL12, updated list of British Airways’ routine reductions during Winter 2012/13 period on Trans-Atlantic flights as follows. Routes or flights marked with * represents newly added cancellations since last report on Airline Route on 18JUL12.

Note these are routine reductions although some flights are seeing expanded reductions. Pending on operational issues and booking demand, the airline may reinstate some of these cancelled flights.

London Heathrow – Atlanta
24DEC12 – 31DEC12 Day 1 (Mondays cancelled during this period)

London Heathrow – Baltimore
22NOV12, 25DEC12

London Heathrow – Boston
BA239 25DEC12
BA238 26DEC12

BA215/214 19NOV12 – 23NOV12 Day 145

London Heathrow – Calgary
13NOV12 – 04DEC12 Day 26
25DEC12

London Heathrow – Dallas/Ft. Worth
BA192/193 24DEC12

London Heathrow – Denver
19NOV12 – 23NOV12 Day 15
27NOV12 – 04DEC12 Day 2
24DEC12

London Heathrow – Houston
BA196/197
*19NOV12
*27DEC12 – 05JAN13 Day x17 (Mondays and Sundays operating during this period)

London Heathrow – Las Vegas
20NOV12 – 04DEC12 Day 25
12DEC12 – 24DEC12 Day 13
25DEC12 – 31DEC12 Day 12

London Heathrow – Los Angeles
BA268/269
*25DEC12 – 31DEC12 Day x347 (Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays operating during this period)
*28JAN13

BA282/283
*19NOV12
*27NOV12
*24DEC12 – 25DEC12

London Heathrow – Miami
BA204/205
*19NOV12 – 25NOV12 Day 134
*24DEC12 – 25DEC12
*20FEB13

London Heathrow – Newark
BA184/185
15JAN13 – 29JAN13 Day 2
09FEB13
23FEB13

BA186/187
*28DEC12 – 09JAN13 Day 35
29DEC12 – 05JAN13 Day 6
*16JAN13
*23JAN13 – 26JAN13
*27JAN13 – 11FEB13 Day 345
*12FEB13 – 19FEB13 Day x167 (Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays operating during this period)
*22FEB13 – 06MAR13 Day 35
*13MAR13 – 27MAR13 Day 36

BA188/189
*27DEC12 – 04JAN13 Day x167 (Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays operating during this period)
*05MAR13

London Heathrow – New York JFK
*BA113/116
03FEB13 – 16FEB13 Daily (Previously only BA113 displaying daily service cancelled during this period)

BA115/114
*17FEB13 – 02MAR13 Daily

BA173/176
30DEC12 – 20JAN13 Daily
03MAR13 – 29MAR13 Daily

BA177/174
*28OCT12
20JAN12 – 02FEB13 Daily

London Heathrow – Philadelphia
BA069/068
23JAN13 – 02FEB13 Day 36
05FEB13 – 11FEB13 Day 123
13FEB13 – 20FEB13 Day x45 (Thursdays/Fridays operating)
21FEB13 – 22FEB13
26MAR13

London Heathrow – Phoenix
18NOV12 – 23NOV12 Day 157
10DEC12 – 17DEC12 Day 1
24DEC12 – 31DEC12 Day 17
15JAN13 – 05FEB13 Day 2

London Heathrow – San Diego
21NOV12 – 28NOV12 Day 3
24DEC12 – 31DEC12 Day 1
15JAN13 – 22JAN13 Day 2

London Heathrow – San Francisco
BA285/284
19NOV12 – 21NOV12
27NOV12
06MAR13

BA286/287
22NOV12
25DEC12 – 31DEC12 Daily
12FEB13 – 20FEB13 Day 23

London Heathrow – Seattle
10NOV12 – 23NOV12 Day 145
24DEC12 – 25DEC12

London Heathrow – Washington Dulles
BA217/216
24FEB13

BA293/292
*03NOV12
*19DEC12 – 21DEC12 Day 35
*12JAN13
19JAN13 – 26JAN13
*25FEB13
*11MAR13 – 26MAR13 Day 12

BA265/264
*19NOV12 – 23NOV12 Day x467 (Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays operating during this period)
*05DEC12 – 09DEC12 Day 37
*14MAR13 – 28MAR13 Day 4

London Gatwick – Tampa
05FEB13 – 12FEB13 Day 2
05MAR13 – 11MAR13 Day 12

Other notable reductions outside Christmas/New Year period, includes:
London Heathrow – Amman
29OCT12 – 27NOV12 Day 1 from LHR, Day 2 from AMM Cancelled
05DEC12 – 27DEC12 Day 3 from LHR, Day 4 from AMM Cancelled

London Heathrow – Singapore BA011/012 (Chinese New Year Cancellations)
09FEB13 – 16FEB13 LHR departure Cancelled
10FEB13 – 17FEB13 SIN departure Cancelled

Addendum to previous report on 18JUL12:
London Heathrow – Toronto
BA093/092 4-class Boeing 777-200ER continues operation, replacing planned 747-400
BA099/098 4-class Boeing 777-200ER operates from 28OCT12 to 28JAN13, replacing 767-300ER. On 18JUL12, BA was displaying BA098 from YYZ with 767 during this period, which has since been adjusted

Similar cuts is also in effect for European short-haul flights, as well as some long-haul flights on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Note additional changes in the next few weeks remain possible

[flyer2012]

“HonestCrew” you should be ashamed of yourself – what a disgraceful thing to say about Mixed Fleet crew. Get over yourself and stop believing what you hear on BASSA FM. We only have MF because of BASSA’s intransigence in the first place so enough of the smugness thank you.

Amazing information from VintageKrug as ever – quite brilliant, thank you!!

[Tim2soza]

As a passenger, how does one tell Mixed Fleet crew from BASSA ones in the first place? Routes? Different coloured uniform?

[craigwatson]

mixed fleet wear a ridiculous looking hat

[HonestCrew]

Oh dear Flyer2012. How little you know about the reasons for MF.

Let me tell you…. I live in Lisbon, a MF route. Every week I fly to and from LHR. I doubt there is a person on this earth who has flown on more MF flights and quite frankly I am sick of it. I am sick of the cheap service, the mistakes, the misinformation given to passengers, the poor PA’s, the lack of knowledge to answer even the simplest of questions passengers pose.
I see it week in week out.
I have witnessed some medical situations so badly handled you would not believe it.

I give 110% every time I come to work. I want the best for the customers who pay a hell of a lot of money to fly BA. Believe me, if MF was the way forward I’d have joined them!

MF was created during an era of BA’s top brass not giving a monkey’s about customer service and it is crystal clear to those who know the full in’s and out’s of this situation, it is NOT the way forward,

I have no beef with the crew themselves, it is not their fault. There are some good, committed and hard working people in MF. Some passengers may have seen this themselves, but I will stand my ground having flown over 100 sectors with MF crew, it makes me angry, sad and disappointed that BA is going in this direction.

Sorry for this passionate post but when someone says ‘shame on you’ I must pipe up and put things right.

[flyer2012]

Something tells me that “HonestCrew” (?!) and I are not destined to be in agreement on much…

I will just say that this is not the place to air such grievances. It looks and sounds grossly unprofessional. Perhaps we should leave it there..

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