BA Connect flights axed
British Airways has cancelled 900 loss-making regional flights as a result
of its sale of BA Connect to UK regional carrier Flybe.
BA Connect’s services have been disrupted since last month, when
time lags to the acquisition deal led to early disruption of the airline’s
schedules.
Now the deal has been finalised, BA has detailed a raft of cancellations
over the airlines’ 4 March-24 March transition period in preparation
for the permanent axing of some of the routes.
BA says: “All of the routes being cancelled are substantial loss
makers for the current BA Connect business. These routes need to be cancelled
to protect the on-going viability of the business.”
Destinations affected by the cancellations comprise: Aberdeen, Barcelona,
Berlin Tegel, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow,
Hamburg, Hanover, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Milan Malpensa, Munich, Southampton,
Vienna and Zurich.
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* Latest News 03-Aug-2006
British Airways announced in November the planned sale
of BA Connect to Flybe. BA continue to make good progress and hope to
be able to confirm more details soon. It is critical to both BA Connect
and Flybe that your experience is affected as little as possible during
the integration of the two airlines.
We would like to reassure you that after the sale is complete Flybe will
offer a range a great products and a high level of service, details
of which can be seen on the Flybe
website.
In the meantime BA connect will continue to operate normally
and you should continue to book as normal.
Most British Airways flights from Birmingham UK are operated
by BA CitiExpress using AVRO RJ100 or Embraer 145 aircraft. Birmingham
to Brussels is operated by SN Brussels using Airbus A319 or AVRO
RJ100 All flights are from Eurohub Terminal 2 with 15 check-in desks and
5 self-service check-in kiosks which are dedicated to British Airways.
Prices advertised by British Airways One Way include tax, airport
taxes, fees and charges.
* Latest News 03-Aug-2006
British Airways will discontinue service from Birmingham to Belfast
on Aug 21st. The airline currently operates 4 flights on weekdays,
3 on Sat and 2 on Sun using mostly ERJ-145s with some flights on
ARJ-100s. Flights to Belfast are operated by Flybe who are adding
extra capacity and will operate up to 7 flights daily Booking and
fares at Flybe.com
More details at BA.com
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