Bits: Alex Cruz interview, Aer Lingus ‘to rejoin oneworld’, Oman Air to Manchester

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• Londonbus says:

  21 May21 May 15:38

  If Mr Cruz wants to crank up premium – the first thing he could do is bring back those Gerberas n First and Club in the loos on Long Haul.

• harry says:

  21 May21 May 20:52

  It’s very odd that you can’t combine HBO with ‘checked luggage’ fares when booking returns – you get the message ‘Cannot combine with outbound selection’.

  Why, BA?

  Easy to get round it by booking 2 single legs, but surely BA would be more helpful to passengers by letting them book what they want as a return.

  • Lady London says:

    21 May21 May 23:53

    + 1.
    actually makes them look like an LCC
    Agree with you harry, too, about the stickiness not just at peak times, but according to season. They’ve just programmed in a massive uplift – that is impossible to shift by any means – for flights with even slightly increased demand due seasonality. In the past few months I wanted to book 4 return shorthaul Europe trips on BA, but wasn’t quick enough for the massive seasonal uplift. So I didn’t book 2 of them at all and booked the other 2 with others.

• Will says:

  22 May22 May 09:11

  I was about to get very excited about the Oman expansion but two major issues:

  1. The 787 is another sardine can show with only 31″ in economy and 3 on the sides so just another crushathon. At the moment the a330 reports to have 34″. Believe me 1″ even can make all the difference as I experienced yesterday on two slightly differently configured Sri Lankan a330s. So it’s a shame Oman has sold out.
  2. They don’t have any partnership with Amex here (UK) or in any major airline alliance. I note the Etihad partnership but sounds complicated.

  The business class looks outstanding and possibly the best in the skies? Perhaps raffles has some speculation about future partnerships or any tie ups with Amex?

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