Cobalt Air to launch Heathrow to Larnaca flights with a new business class seat

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• Tariq says:

  25 Jan25 January 05:51

  Will we see the percentage entries by carrier choice or is that for the sponsor’s eyes only?

  • Raffles says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:19

    Virgin won comfortably. We are not publishing the full split it or the reasons behind it because it would be unfair to the company that funded it.

    • Intentionally Blank says:

      25 Jan25 January 09:17

      I’m not, obviously, privy to the results, but the fact that a mainly BA readership chose a different airline speaks volumes about the level of service on BA

    • Andrew says:

      25 Jan25 January 10:06

      Surely it would only be unfair if the funding company was near the bottom of the list? If Virgin funded it they’d love to have the results published.

  • Vasco Alves says:

    25 Jan25 January 09:43

    I didn’t win, but I picked Virgin too.

    • DPS says:

      25 Jan25 January 10:20

      So did I – Virgin Atlantic has consistently invested in Economy so as to upsell happy customers to Premium and Upper Class while BA patronises World Travellers implying it’s all about low fares.

    • Mike says:

      25 Jan25 January 18:28

      I didn’t win either but I picked Virgin too.

• Catalan says:

  25 Jan25 January 06:37

  BA’s mid-haul fleet would fit perfectly on the Larnaca route.

  • Andrew says:

    25 Jan25 January 11:18

    True – it’s just a shame that a few of those ex-bmi A321s have been/are being converted to standard short haul configuration.

  • Gavin says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:11

    They’ve used it for the early flight on summer Saturday’s before.

• Mike says:

  25 Jan25 January 06:50

  OT – Air France Premium Economy sale is on Book by 21/02/18. I find AF PE quite acceptable for long haul holiday travel seat not bad at all, fast track in airport, priority boarding and option to pay to enter AF lounges. Whole package much better than BA PE. Plus a lot easier from the regions as you fly via Paris rather than have to get to Heathrow.

  • JamesB says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:13

    My partner tried it last year and and was quite impressed, only criticism was very poor sear recline. On paper, I think it looks the best of all PE offerings unless NZ PE is still kicking around but then that’s not going to be of much use to many people here.

    • Simon says:

      25 Jan25 January 11:05

      AH, NZ PE that used to be great! The food was just the J food too. I think it declined a bit when they introduced the funky (space?) seats and it’s own food, still much better than BA’s offering tho. Not been on it since the latest revamp. I miss going to NZ [sigh]

      • JamesB says:

        25 Jan25 January 12:06

        NZ was my favourite airline ever, I used to fly to LAX in Business First or whatever they called it, crew were awesome. My last flight with them was about 2012 I think, just beforebtgey dropped their 744s. I would still fly them if they would bring back HKG.

• TripRep says:

  25 Jan25 January 06:59

  “We are not going to say if Virgin was the airline who sponsored the competition or not”

  I’d truly be amazed if it wasn’t…

  • Eli Goldberg says:

    25 Jan25 January 07:28

    I voted virgin,
    Anymore readers wanna share who they voted for?

    • James A says:

      25 Jan25 January 08:08

      Virgin also here. I doubt BA or any of the US airlines would run this kind of data collection competition, it must be Virgin.

      Fancy sharing the results Rob even if you don’t want to share who commissioned it?

      • Prins Polo says:

        25 Jan25 January 09:11

        Virgin as well – just like 95% of the posters here.

        Isn’t it sad and ironic on a blog where 95% are BA Executive Club members?

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    26 Jan26 January 10:19

    I chose BA 🙂

    There was a reason, I’ve never flown long haul economy with BA before and thought if it was free it would be worth a try. On longhaul I’ve only flown Club World or First.

    I have actually flown economy on Virgin Atlantic before, back in the days that my bmi gold card would give me Clubhouse access. I wouldn’t fancy T3 without lounge access. Before I had status I found T5 a much more pleasant experience than T3.

    Another benefit of BA would be their frequent schedule, there’s probably not much difference in economy products so the schedule means you’re more likely to find a convenient flight time.

    If the prize had been business class tickets I would have chosen Virgin Atlantic as I’d like an excuse to visit the LHR Clubhouse again and I’ve not tried their Upper Class product.

    I can’t remember what the other options were, I think they were only direct options so KLM, AF, etc wouldn’t be an option. I may have opted for KLM to see how they’ve changed since the days I used to fly them regularly..

• Chris L says:

  25 Jan25 January 07:34

  Here’s hoping BA will be forced to up their game LHR-LCA, and preferably by Easter 😉

  • Fabrice B says:

    25 Jan25 January 08:43

    Hi, whats the rumoured replacement aircraft then? i’m wanting to do this route for a mileage run but if they’re going to upgrade the aircraft to something with flat beds i’ll wait!

    • Chris L says:

      25 Jan25 January 09:33

      I’ve heard rumours of a 777 but that’s partly wishful thinking on my part 🙂 I’ve also heard A321neo when they arrive which would be disastrous, with their Easyjet seating!

• vol says:

  25 Jan25 January 07:36

  I voted Virgin.

  • Lady London says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:57

    I must be the one that voted Norwegian.

• Gavin says:

  25 Jan25 January 07:38

  Cobalt have seen off Aegean on this route despite A3 having one of the best soft product offerings for business class in Europe. Cobalt have far better flight times as well, the 3am arrival into Larnaca was very painful.

• Deenesh says:

  25 Jan25 January 07:43

  I’d like to see the breakdowns and selection of reasons for choosing. Personally I chose DL simply because they are the only airline I’ve not flown longhaul out of the choices available and wanted to experience a new airline. Boring but a simple and genuine reason for my choice.

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