British Airways considers quitting Gatwick airport permanently – report

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• Sam G says:

  20 Jun20 June 08:48

  It could make sense for IAG as a group to put some resources in instead of BA though vs using the resources elsewhere in Europe and letting Wizz and all take the slots. London is still a great aviation market long term

  Perhaps BA long haul and Vueling short haul

  • ChrisW says:

    20 Jun20 June 11:00

    Vueling had an awful reputation though doesnt it??

    • WillM says:

      21 Jun21 June 06:47

      I’ve heard of this bad reputation that Vueling has, but I’ve flown with them dozens of times and never had a bad experience myself. Clearly IAG are aware of this, otherwise they wouldn’t have launched Level as a separate brand.

• Sam G says:

  20 Jun20 June 08:49

  No idea on yields but I have noticed that the LHR flights have been going out with huge CE cabins and quite often busy up front and quiet down the back.

  • Tariq says:

    20 Jun20 June 10:54

    Probably says more about the demographic that can afford and are inclined to travel right now during hostile restrictions.

    • Phillip says:

      21 Jun21 June 08:15

      You’re forgetting that BA has been selling Club flights for absolute peanuts between last autumn and March. Having booked a number of £180-199 return fares to places like Cyprus, some had got cancelled, so I am now using them for more peak periods currently retailing back up to £700-800! BA will be accommodating both changed tickets and taking in passengers willing to pay over the odds! I don’t think it’s just a case that there are so many people able and willing to pay the higher prices. I’d say a mix of both. That said, pre-Covid, there were many occasions I recall some routes during busy periods had extra large Club sections! Whatever makes the most profit!

• George K says:

  20 Jun20 June 09:02

  From (deep) south London I’m closer to Heathrow than I am to Gatwick, but I still prefer the latter in terms of accessibility via rail. Losing it as a BA base would be a loss as far as I’m concerned…

• Paul says:

  20 Jun20 June 09:15

  LGW, particularly North Terminal, was once very nice, then it was expanded and they made a pigs ear of it. I used it last August and it was a vile experience even empty.
  South terminal the previous February was a building site and appeared

• Lynne says:

  20 Jun20 June 09:20

  Living in the Channel Islands its much better for us to stay at Heathrow much better for connecting worldwide for us as easy jet got the slots still to Gatwick there’s no problem for us much prefer Heathrow

  • planeconcorde says:

    20 Jun20 June 12:52

    Totally agree. But if BA do drop Gatwick then in the short term it’s good for the Channel Islands. But long term when Heathrow becomes slot constrained again we could loose the Heathrow connection yet again and there is a risk we will have no BA flights. However the third runway may change the route viability equation.

    • Phillip says:

      21 Jun21 June 08:17

      So HAL are working their political arguments for expansion back up again?…

• Laura says:

  20 Jun20 June 09:39

  Think I’m in the minority, but I much prefer flying from Gatwick than Heathrow, so this is a shame

• Peter Clancy says:

  20 Jun20 June 09:44

  For most families travelling from the South East, East Anglia and nearby areas, LGW is a far more comfortable experience than LHR and I suspect many would look for other LGW using airlines if BA pull out. Goodbye LGW, goodbye BA?

• gordon chalker says:

  20 Jun20 June 09:47

  Cost cutting and shoddy service has turned the “worlds favourite airline” into broken airways, Let’s see if Sean Doyle can turn it around ?

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