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Megatop Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: British Airways India Winter 2007 Update ! |
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BLR - Daily 747-400 from current daily 777.
MAA - 5 / week 777-200 - no change.
CCU - 3 / week 777-200 - no change.
DEL - 2 x Daily 747-400 from current 2 x daily 777.
BOM - Daily 747-400 + Daily 777-200 - no change.
HYD - No news |
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avbuff Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: British Airways India Winter 2007 Update ! |
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i really think at least one of the european airlines should consider a destinations in kerala
I really think BA should commence LHR - COK or LHR - TRV |
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B772 Member
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 167
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: British Airways India Winter 2007 Update ! |
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This is likely to be further updated. BA have announced intentions of enhancing services to CCU. Their have been the odd reports in the media that 4 new direct services to DAC will be launched with a halt at CCU in both directions. IF this happens BA will become daily non stop to Kolkata.
Megatop wrote: | BLR - Daily 747-400 from current daily 777.
MAA - 5 / week 777-200 - no change.
CCU - 3 / week 777-200 - no change.
DEL - 2 x Daily 747-400 from current 2 x daily 777.
BOM - Daily 747-400 + Daily 777-200 - no change.
HYD - No news |
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: British Airways India Winter 2007 Update ! |
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Megatop wrote: | BLR - Daily 747-400 from current daily 777.
MAA - 5 / week 777-200 - no change.
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Wow - what a shift in power between BLR and MAA this winter!!! I think soon we'll have MAA passengers flying into BLR to connect to Europe/USA
Anyway - this is great news for BLR - now 2 daily passenger 744s (LH and BA), should finally help reduce prices ex-BLR. |
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malQ Member
Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 713 Location: Delhi, India
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: British Airways India Winter 2007 Update ! |
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Nimish wrote: |
[Wow - what a shift in power between BLR and MAA this winter!!! I think soon we'll have MAA passengers flying into BLR to connect to Europe/USA
Anyway - this is great news for BLR - now 2 daily passenger 744s (LH and BA), should finally help reduce prices ex-BLR. |
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Well, I remember a day and age when pax from MAA and BLR headed for (say) Australia or Far East would typically head for CCU and fly KLM from there. this would be, what, mid-'70s, not too long ago . . . |
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victor2alpha Member
Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 120
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yeyeyeye 744 to BLR!! Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.. I normally see their flight depart ( that only if RWY27 is in operation..) around 7ish here.. I guess they kinda run late most of the time.. _________________ victor2alpha |
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VABBy Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 823 Location: DEL
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Bt isnt a transit visa for transfers at LHR deters ppl. I mean isnt that an added hassle and expense _________________ Expeditors- You'd be surprised how far we will go for you www.expeditors.com |
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blrsea Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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VABBy wrote: | Bt isnt a transit visa for transfers at LHR deters ppl. I mean isnt that an added hassle and expense |
Not if you have a valid US visa and travelling onwards to USA. I myself have flown through LHR and haven't had any issues as I had a valid US visa |
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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victor2alpha wrote: | Yeyeyeye 744 to BLR!! Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.. I normally see their flight depart ( that only if RWY27 is in operation..) around 7ish here.. I guess they kinda run late most of the time.. |
OMG - totally forgot about that! Yes indeed - this might actually motivate me to wake up early some days just to watch the BA 744 roar past. I'd love to spot that beauty - and given BA and it's propensity for delays, it shouldn't be too difficult |
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G-BYGB Member
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1813 Location: Bangalore/Delhi
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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WOW! Unbelievable considering its been only one and a half years since BA started its non-stop BLR-LHR flight.It shows that BLR is bcoming a prefered destination than MAA,not only for passengers but also for airlines as well.Hope we can see AF,SQ and TG operate their flight with B744 some day.It'll be even more great. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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Megatop Member
Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 257 Location: Bangalore
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:44 am Post subject: |
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dears G-BYGB & nimish,
yes, BLR is happening.
just browsed thru the latest edition of the Harvard Bus. review, was amazed to find BLR in bold typeface on the world map showcasing BA's latest club world product, among the likes of HKG, CHI, BOS, TYO & SIN. MAA & CCU were missing from the map, even BOM & DEL were'nt highlighted.
the flamboyant launch of BA's blr flight at heathrow crying out 'BA galore' is proving worthwhile for them, with an upgrade so early that even LH took 5 years to do.
clearly, BA with a better product & a more professional crew is winning head-on over LH at BLR & even AF is enhancing its service with a 777-200 having a F cabin starting winter.
LH has managed to maintain its stronghold at MAA with BA scaling back its 6 weekly 744 service during winter 2005 to a 5 weekly 772 starting summer 2006.
& when BA moves to T5 at LHR, we can expect a changi & Sq like offering under a single roof without a nightmarish terminal change.
a BA 744 take-off from BLR at dawn is indeed an awesome sight, but i doubt prices would head downward.
also, we cannot expect SQ / TG to operate 744s to BLR, AF has a chance in the years to come,
SQ's seriously considering a second departure from BLR in the morning. we need to contend with LH & BA at the moment. |
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TKMCE Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: |
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It is not that BA suddenly woke up to higher potential of BLR over MAA. They as well as VS knew this long ago. Only stumbling block was the restrictive India UK bilateral which was held up primarily over more Air India access to Heathrow.
Full marks to Praful Patil, who has opened up the bilaterals with many many countries during his tenure. Far more than any of his predcessors.
While Lalu is getting all the credit for his liberalisation (if any) of the railways, I feel Praful Patel has done far more in the aviation side. |
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: |
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Megatop wrote: | the flamboyant launch of BA's blr flight at heathrow crying out 'BA galore' is proving worthwhile for them, with an upgrade so early that even LH took 5 years to do. |
Indeed - they spent a fair bit of money branding the Bangalore launch - and I hear they did a similar activity at the US/UK end as well (not just in India). And the speed of the service upgrade is clearly an indicator (the best possible) that the service is doing better than their initial expectations.
Megatop wrote: | clearly, BA with a better product & a more professional crew is winning head-on over LH at BLR & even AF is enhancing its service with a 777-200 having a F cabin starting winter. |
Here I'll have to disagree slightly - while BA has a better product and better crew - they have a huge disadvantage in terms of LHR. The amount of bags and misconnects at LHR is just too large to be ignored, and some folks I know avoid flying BA just due to the problems at LHR.
Megatop wrote: | & when BA moves to T5 at LHR, we can expect a changi & Sq like offering under a single roof without a nightmarish terminal change. |
Yes - this is a much needed step forward for BA, and should help address some of the concerns I just mentioned.
Megatop wrote: | SQ's seriously considering a second departure from BLR in the morning. we need to contend with LH & BA at the moment. |
SQ will do reasonably well with a second BLR departure, however they probably will need to scale back to 2 772s instead of the current 773. Once again if loads/yields are high enough, it might be time to upgrade to the 773 ex-BLR. Is there any chance of SQ using MI to launch the second flight, hence adding only limited capacity? |
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blrsea Member
Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 182
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:51 am Post subject: |
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I flew SEA-LHR-BLR recently on BA and the service was good, flights were on time, and luckily made it through with my bags intact
AF needs to change its flight out of BLR to similar time like BA to provide more connections to US. |
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Karan69 Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Megatop wrote: | the flamboyant launch of BA's blr flight at heathrow crying out 'BA galore' is proving worthwhile for them, with an upgrade so early that even LH took 5 years to do. |
LH probably dint upgrade because at the time they dint have the right aircraft to dump and also when they started on almost monopolistic conditions they got a good yield for their service and hence would only require filling in 60-70% of the aircraft,
but with more players like BA , LH needed to upgrade capacity which resulted in diluting yields, and
BA and LH do have deep pockets, so you rather not let any one else enter that market by briging down the price initially and then increasing price when your competition is taken care of
this has happened in many cases the most recent one being BA doubling BOM to 744s in the process diluting yields and taking care of BMI--on most of the dys their 744 would only go out with barely 100-110 seats in all cabins, i am sure MEL could vouch for this .
And once BMI was eliminated they convininetly removed the 744 for a 772 and then have decided not to upgrade it again with the season change this year showing how strategic their move was.
Nimish wrote: | And the speed of the service upgrade is clearly an indicator (the best possible) that the service is doing better than their initial expectations . |
That and also one of the reasons is what i mention in the last paragraph with BMI perhaps this time they intend to keep out other European competitors ffrom entering, with Open Skies setting in soon and about to dilute their yields further on their prime US sectors they have todevelop and penetrate and sort of monopolise new Indian/Chinese/African Markets.
Nimish wrote: | The amount of bags and misconnects at LHR is just too large to be ignored, and some folks I know avoid flying BA just due to the problems at LHR.. |
Yup that is correct a recent report suggested that BA looses 23 bags per 1000 pax among EU carriers [not lccs] the next one was Alitalia and KLM with 19.6 bags.
Karan |
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Megatop,SQ's flights from BLR are always full.So it is possible for SQ to operate B744 atleast thrice a week , along with B777-300ER on the remaining days for their daily flights to BLR.Last year one of their senior staff told me that they will soon upgrade it to a larger acft.That could b a B744. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Even though the services of BA are good,I still can't imagine how people can afford to pay so much of money to fly by BA. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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AFAIK BA is by far the costliest airline in Europe if not the world. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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blrsea Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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G-BYGB wrote: | Even though the services of BA are good,I still can't imagine how people can afford to pay so much of money to fly by BA. |
It is not always expensive. It goes up pretty high on weekends, but on weekdays it is not bad. For e.g. in March when I wanted to fly SEA-BLR, LH cost around $1300, SQ around $1400-1500, AI around $1200+ and BA $1450 for my dates. BA was the shortest for me SEA-LHR-BLR and took around 22 hours journey. If I had to fly LH, it would have been SEA-SFO/PDX/ORD-FRA-BLR and it would have added another 5-8 hours to my flight. Same for AI, but I didn't want to trust AI as I had to go to work the next day.
Lot of my friends' parents took BA as the price difference is around Rs 5-8k and the short length with only one plane change makes up for the cost. |
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superman Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Surprisingly BA is showing the best fares currently on the BOS-BOM sector for fares starting in fall. I guess they are dropping fares to attract those pax who are hesitant to go through the hassle of transferring through LHR and also those from countries that need Airside Transit Visa. _________________ I love to fly. |
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Megatop,another thing I forgot to mention is that SQ operates its flights to HKG on 744 and the journey time is 3:40 which is similar to that of BLR.So I don't see why SQ will not operate its flights with B744,not only to BLR but also to other Indian metros as well. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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Nimish Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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G-BYGB wrote: | AFAIK BA is by far the costliest airline in Europe if not the world. |
BA may be costly in Europe, but it's one of the cheapest out of BLR. Fares on BA are always 5-10K cheaper than on LH/SQ (for BLR-SFO sector and based on data when I last checked). However LH/SQ still manage to go full due to their consistent and efficient offering and great service on SQ.
G-BYGB wrote: | So I don't see why SQ will not operate its flights with B744,not only to BLR but also to other Indian metros as well. |
Is that for the terminator flights to HKG, or are you referring to the SIN-HKG-SFO type flights (that require a 744ER)?
AFAIK, SQ has got rid of all it's non-ER 744 models, and the ER models are used for long haul routes like LHR, SYD, SFO etc. |
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malQ Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: |
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We have about 4-6 people a month on BOM-SFO, and of late, date to date, we seem to be achieving the same levels with both SQ and BA. So we prefer BA because (a) it saves time and (b) the young people who travel seem to be happier with BA.
That's about as simple as it gets. |
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Megatop Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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G-BYGB,
SQ's HKG flights are heavily patronized by premium paying pax for the front-end cabins of 744 sky suites & of late the 777-300-ER.
i doubt flights to/from india get the same patronage, btw, the 744 terminator to HKG is timed in the afternoon, when none of the SIN-india flights depart & the other 744 service is a different issue altogether, with the perennial full flights onward to SFO.
i perceive their 777s are better than the rickety 744s, with slightly better legroom & a wider aisle.
SQ's plan for India is to go twice daily to BLR, MAA, DEL & BOM(which it already does) & daily to HYD & CCU by 2009, according to a recent press statement.
BA's not the most expensive atleast to LON, CHI, NYC, BOS, WAS, at the moment.
but it is exorbitant to DEN, SEA, TPA, MCO, PHX, BWI.
SQ's services from BLR are'nt just full, they're overbooked frequently.
& malQ,
A lion's share of BLR-Bay Area traffic is commanded by SQ & LH. the likes of BA & TG have miniscule portions for themselves, unlike BOM, where a lot of west coast traffic uses the ubiquitous trans-atlantic route.
& karan,
LH's market skimming strategy is now rolled back atleast for Y class as seats are easy to secure with a decent advance booking period.
also, the news of all airlines upgrading BLR leaves me to ponder over AI's plight at BLR. what a disgrace, there is'nt even a schedule or aircraft change for the past 5 years. it has now lost its lucrative DXB route to EK as it did with SQ to SIN in 03 & ended with a codeshare. shame. |
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stealthpilot Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: |
Anyway - this is great news for BLR - now 2 daily passenger 744s (LH and BA), should finally help reduce prices ex-BLR. |
Don’t count on it
G-BYGB wrote: | along with B777-300ER on the remaining days for their daily flights to BLR.Last year one of their senior staff told me that they will soon upgrade it to a larger acft.That could b a B744. |
A 77W would be great, but they don’t have them just lying around I am sure those aircrafts being delivered are already assigned to longer haul destinations.
Megatop, your posts are very informative. _________________ eP007 |
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Nimish Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Megatop wrote: | also, the news of all airlines upgrading BLR leaves me to ponder over AI's plight at BLR. what a disgrace, there is'nt even a schedule or aircraft change for the past 5 years. it has now lost its lucrative DXB route to EK as it did with SQ to SIN in 03 & ended with a codeshare. shame. |
Ah yes indeed. But then AI is AI, there's no expectations left out of them. |
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: | Megatop wrote: | also, the news of all airlines upgrading BLR leaves me to ponder over AI's plight at BLR. what a disgrace, there is'nt even a schedule or aircraft change for the past 5 years. it has now lost its lucrative DXB route to EK as it did with SQ to SIN in 03 & ended with a codeshare. shame. |
Ah yes indeed. But then AI is AI, there's no expectations left out of them. |
We might see a nonstop AI BLR-LHR flight,once when they get their new acfts. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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malQ wrote: | We have about 4-6 people a month on BOM-SFO, and of late, date to date, we seem to be achieving the same levels with both SQ and BA. So we prefer BA because (a) it saves time and (b) the young people who travel seem to be happier with BA.
That's about as simple as it gets. |
I guess than there are lot of people who don't mind spending a lot of money for the sake of better service. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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Nimish Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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G-BYGB wrote: | We might see a nonstop AI BLR-LHR flight,once when they get their new acfts. |
I'm guessing that by then we'll have 9W already flying BLR-LHR, and BA upgraded to a daily 744. AI will have to make do with the crumbs left over. |
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Megatop Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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nimish,
no concrete info abt 9W's BLR-LON flt. guess its just a rumor.
9W is no far from AI when it comes to serving BLR. with kingfisher giving 9W sleepless nights at its home turf, 9W is slogging out of BLR. KF is constantly adding new flights from BLR by the month, while the last increase by jet was abt. a year & half back. infact, its has reduced flts to DEL, MAA, HYD from blr.
im pretty sure BA will do whatever it can to monopolize the BLR sector. BA will have the cake for itself & eat it too, being the entrenched player.
& not to forget, BLR & BOM are different markets altogether, with differing consumer buying preferences. BLR is more of a loyalty & quality based environment, while BOM is more of a price sensitive setting. |
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Jaysit Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Megatop wrote: |
& not to forget, BLR & BOM are different markets altogether, with differing consumer buying preferences. BLR is more of a loyalty & quality based environment, while BOM is more of a price sensitive setting. |
Huh?
Its because BLR is served by a handful of carriers, while consumers in Bombay have a choice of up to 40 international airlines, most offering daily services, not to mention Air India.
Its not an issue of loyalty and quality. Its an issue of choice. |
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Whether or not 9W and AI will operate int'l services from BLR ,it is clear that foreign carriers have targeted BLR as a imp destination and they want to reap the benefits from it as soon as possible. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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the_380 Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Its not an issue of loyalty and quality. Its an issue of choice. |
Not to forget its a bigger market also.
Quote: | Whether or not 9W and AI will operate int'l services from BLR ,it is clear that foreign carriers have targeted BLR as a imp destination and they want to reap the benefits from it as soon as possible. |
What i feel is BLR has a more of a typically professional crowd mostly in softwares which come in and go. I might also be wrong because i've not seen much of the city. _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld
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G-BYGB Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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Are AI and 9W waiting for the new int'l apt at BLR which is to be operational from apr next year? _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos |
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stealthpilot Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Megatop wrote: |
& not to forget, BLR & BOM are different markets altogether, with differing consumer buying preferences. BLR is more of a loyalty & quality based environment, while BOM is more of a price sensitive setting. |
Jaysit wrote: |
Its because BLR is served by a handful of carriers, while consumers in Bombay have a choice of up to 40 international airlines, most offering daily services, not to mention Air India.
Its not an issue of loyalty and quality. Its an issue of choice. |
the_380 wrote: |
Not to forget its a bigger market also.
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Well well, some people are getting a bit defensive huh hehehehe nobody’s implying that BLR has more demand or business traffic than Bombay.
I think his opinion was just that BLR had higher prices and that BA can monopolize the route. Obviously it's because there’s a lot more choice at Bombay. In the future the gap between the cities will fall though. _________________ eP007 |
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Megatop Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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dear stealthpilot,
thanx,
u did my job, u replied on my behalf & in the positive. a response that was long pending from my side.
i cannot better appreciate ur understanding of my comment on blr vs. bom.
the_380 & G-GYGB, agreed with ur inputs.
maybe someone's oblivion to the south based lucrative markets of blr, maa, hyd has marred the initiative of expression in the forum & its intended motives.
regs. |
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Jaysit Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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stealthpilot wrote: |
I think his opinion was just that BLR had higher prices and that BA can monopolize the route. Obviously it's because there’s a lot more choice at Bombay. In the future the gap between the cities will fall though. |
Its not an issue of being defensive or not.
Its absurd to hint that BOM is more price sensitive, while BLR is more focussed on service. The reality is that with BLR, there is more demand than choice, and the choices are basically between an two relatively expensive tickets!
But with the way BOM is going with its airport expansion and city planning, I wouldn't be surprised if both BLR and HYD will overtake BOM. In addition, although BLR and HYD have their own political problems with economic growth being trumped by regional politics, BOM has a bigger hurdle with the Shiv Sena's stranglehold on corruptive politics.
If BLR can get its infrastructural issues dealt with, the new airport may propel BLR as the # 1 city in India to do business in. But who knows with India? |
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stealthpilot Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:13 am Post subject: |
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Jaysit wrote: |
Its absurd to hint that BOM is more price sensitive, while BLR is more focussed on service. |
Agreed, but we were only talking about BA's flights.
Considering everything then yes, I wouldn’t say BOM is more price sensitive. _________________ eP007 |
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