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iah87 · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2567

BA just announced a surprise destination, Austin which is only about 150 miles from IAH. 787 is supposed to be used on long thin routes, and this is one of those. Can they reintroduce CCU - may be 4 times a week on a 787. The aircraft appears to be the right size, with minimal J and maximum Y.

Nimish · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:13 pm Post subject:

Anything is possible, AUS was certainly out of the blue! A lot would depend though on industry growth in CCU and West Bengal, that would be the most sure shot way of getting direct flights to Europe.
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Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

Seems unlikely with the configuration of the 788 being quite premium heavy at nearly 35J and 25 y+,

but never say never,

AIs config however seems ideal for this route

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ameya · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:33 am Post subject:

For thinner routes, if you have a direct flight, people should ideally have to pay a premium.

If the yields continue to be lower, then this long thing route concept would be a difficult proposition.

Eg is PNQ-FRA flight of LH, where the fares are always higher than BOM / BLR/ DEL - FRA

sabya99 · Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 4:50 pm Post subject:

An all economy class could be the option but will be commercially nonviable. Also BA has to compete with Emirates which could even further bring down the price. May be CCU out of reach of European airlines , let it go for ME airlines.
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