After it emerged that British Airways is planning the launch of a subsidiary to run short-haul routes out of London Gatwick from next summer, Routes looks at the carrier’s operations from the UK airport pre-pandemic and the latest schedules filed for 2022.
The Scottish carrier has unveiled its summer 2022 schedule, which includes the restart of several international services as well as frequency increases on scores of UK domestic routes.
After a deal was agreed that could pave the way for Flybe to restart operations, Routes looks at what became of the carrier’s UK network since its failure.
British Airways offered more than 4 million departure seats from London Gatwick last year, but the airline has raised the possibility of leaving the airport as it grapples with the COVID-19 crisis.
Whilst its aircraft may be repainted in Flybe livery, Blue Islands will still remain an independent locally Channel Islands-owned air operator continuing to fly all its own aircraft under the Blue Islands AOC (Air Operator’s Certificate).
Currently Blue Islands operate alternate day direct flights from Jersey to Amsterdam and Paris and twice weekly services to Zurich, which customers, especially the high yield business travellers that help support regional air links, find inconvenient.
UK low-fare regional carrier Flybe is to reopen its base at Aberdeen, begin base operations from Bournemouth and launch a new limited programme of domestic flights from London Stansted in summer 2015 as it continues to work to enhance connectivity within and from the UK.
A report from Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) has revealed that UK low-fare carrier Flybe has secured slot allocations to operate on five domestic air routes from London City from September this year, although neither the airline nor airport has confirmed the plan.
