British Airways

[lbaspotter]

Seem to be another good load on this morning's BA1346 London Heathrow -Leeds/Bradford flight. Flight took around 35 minutes from take-off to landing on runway 32 using Airbus A319, G-EUPF

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Im on the BA1346 this morning. Crew confirm 102 on board and similar number for return flight.

 

[lbaspotter]

Looks like British Airways have being altering the London Heathrow - Leeds/Bradford schedule again. As all the flights which were showing either operated by Airbus A320 or A321 on the online timetable during this winter 2018/2019 season have all now being updated to show as operated by the normal Airbus A319.

 

[White Heather]

Looks like British Airways have being altering the London Heathrow - Leeds/Bradford schedule again. As all the flights which were showing either operated by Airbus A320 or A321 on the online timetable during this winter 2018/2019 season have all now being updated to show as operated by the normal Airbus A319.

Well there's a surprise! Not.

 

[Aviador]

A family member was on yesterdays diverted BA flight. She said after they'd diverted to Manchester they were parked on a remote stand and had to wait for two hours sat on the aircraft before the handling agent finally offloaded them.

 

[White Heather]

Well they get better treatment than that here at LBA. It seems that MAN don't like taking diverts at the moment, sometimes refusing them and then when they do, leaving them stuck on a remote stand for 2 hours. They should have been back in Leeds by then, and to be fair, BA could have flown them over as the fog lifted not long after the diversion!

 

[Aviador]

Well they get better treatment than that here at LBA. It seems that MAN don't like taking diverts at the moment, sometimes refusing them and then when they do, leaving them stuck on a remote stand for 2 hours. They should have been back in Leeds by then, and to be fair, BA could have flown them over as the fog lifted not long after the diversion!

Too true and lets face it, had the diversion been in the reverse direction that is what would have happened, BA would've positioned back. As would TUI.

 

[KARFA]

Too true and lets face it, had the diversion been in the reverse direction that is what would have happened, BA would've positioned back. As would TUI.

to be fair BA have done that in the past, so divert to MAN wait and take on some fuel, then in to LBA. I don't know what the thinking was in this case to take the other option of offloading and positioning down empty.

 

[MickLufc]

Out of interest, how long does it take for them to fly from MAN to LBA?

 

[oldendays]

Rough guess, 15 minutes.

 

[KARFA]

Out of interest, how long does it take for them to fly from MAN to LBA?

I think @oldendays is about right, from memory it was about 12-15 minutes flight time.

 

[MickLufc]

Thanks

 

[lbaspotter]

British Airways have being messing with the summer 2019 schedule with a few flight time changes taking place on the Heathrow to Leeds route again. It looks like the daily morning rotation is going back to its old timings being at least an hour earlier on most days than is now apart from Saturday when it will be arriving around an hour later at mid-day.

Mondays
BA1340 = LHR 08:15 - LBA 09:15 / BA1341 = LBA 10:00 - LHR 11:15
BA1344 = LHR 16:05 - LBA 17:05 / BA1345 = LBA 17:50 - LHR 19:00
Tuesdays
BA1340 = LHR 08:15 - LBA 09:15 / BA1341 = LBA 10:00 - LHR 11:15
Wednesdays
BA1340 = LHR 08:15 - LBA 09:15 / BA1341 = LBA 10:00 - LHR 11:15
Thursdays
BA1340 = LHR 08:15 - LBA 09:15 / BA1341 = LBA 10:00 - LHR 11:15
BA1344 = LHR 15:40 - LBA 16:45 / BA1345 = LBA 17:35 - LHR 18:50
Fridays
BA1340 = LHR 08:15 - LBA 09:15 / BA1341 = LBA 10:00 - LHR 11:15
BA1344 = LHR 16:00 - LBA 17:05 / BA1345 = LBA 17:50 - LHR 19:00
Saturday
BA1340 = LHR 11:00 - LBA 12:00 / BA1341 = LBA 12:45 - LHR 14:00
Sunday
BA1340 = LHR 08:20 - LBA 09:20 / BA1341 = LBA 10:00 - LHR 11:15

 

[a300boy]

They just changed my flight back to Lba from Lhr in May next year.

 

[SNOWMAN]

They just changed my flight back to Lba from Lhr in May next year.

for the better or worse?

 

[a300boy]

It leaves Heathrow an hour earlier so worse for me but might be better for the people who want to get to Lba earlier.

 

[lbaspotter]

How time flys!

It was 6 years ago today since British Airways restored the London Heathrow - Leeds /Bradford route.

 

[a300boy]

It might be less than half the operation we had but at least they are still here !

 

[White Heather]

Yes, as a supposed slot sitter, it has lasted quite a while. If it had really been a slot sitter it would have gone by now as they wouldn't have bothered with just 10 flights per week.

 

[tleeds]

Haven’t seen the BA booked under 100 pax this week at all, so loads have been very impressive especially on the morning rotations!

The 10am Departure is only 30-45mins later than what is used to be a few years ago when we had x3 daily 6/week, so is a massive improvement!

A lot better for pax with connections especially into Central Europe as there’s a wave that leaves between 1130-1330 which pax wouldn’t be able to make on the current schedule.