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Jul 7, 2011, 5:23 pm
#16
BristolTraveller
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I'd be a lot happier if LH came back to BRS than adding "yet another London airport" to the list...
*grumble* *grumble*
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Jul 8, 2011, 12:49 am
#17
CAlex
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Very good news! LGW is much more accessible than LHR, and more important, fewer delays!
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Jul 8, 2011, 3:39 am
#18
captainiglo
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+ a lot of Star Alliance connections now become possible with the following airlines already flying to LGW 
:
SAS
US Airways
BMI
TAP
Air Malta
Adria
Croatia
Ok, no destinations that are not available from FRA.....
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Jul 8, 2011, 6:31 am
#19
hugolover
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Hi,
No bmi I'm afraid.
Regards,
Jul 8, 2011, 4:10 pm
#20
BA6501
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Although bmi does feature in the 'Which Terminal?' list at LGW...
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Jul 8, 2011, 4:37 pm
#21
Passmethesickbag
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This is actually a clever idea, and I hope that it works out. LHR is a worldwide hub in itself, and connects to numerous others (not only FRA but also CDG, AMS, ZRH and a whole bunch of smaller ones). LCY essentially connects to the same European hubs as LHR. But LGW, now that almost everybody else has pulled out except the LCCs, doesn't connect to any hub worth the name at all - LH's arrival will suddenly create one-stop connections to the world. And as others has pointed out, it is infinitely easier for a lot of us who don't live in central London to get to. For me (unless I go by car), LHR is two trains and a bus ride away, and LGW is a train, a tube, and the DLR. LGW is a direct train route. And I'm sure others who have flown out of LGW since they were liberated from the tyranny of BAA have noticed the change in atmosphere as well (e g friendly security screeners who actually *smile*...). I for one intend to use this connection as often as possible. The one thing I'm going to miss from taking LH out of LHR is their excellent *G/First check-in setup. I just wonder what they're going to do about lounge access at LGW...
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Jul 8, 2011, 4:52 pm
#22
hugolover
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Originally Posted by BA6501
Although bmi does feature in the 'Which Terminal?' list at LGW...
For charters I'd assume. Don't forget bmi carries out a lot of charter flights.
Last edited by hugolover; Jul 8, 2011 at 5:25 pm
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Jul 8, 2011, 5:13 pm
#23
Rambuster
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LH used to service STN too, for a short while at least.
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Jul 9, 2011, 3:27 pm
#24
alex1948
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Originally Posted by Rambuster
LH used to service STN too, for a short while at least.
If I remember correctly, LH used to operate STN-FRA. There was also a STN-MUC service which Bmi operated on behalf of LH.
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Oct 24, 2011, 3:30 am
#25
Passmethesickbag
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Why no contract lounge at LGW?
I'm really chuffed that LH are starting service to LGW, and keen to show this by giving the route as much business as I can. But, given that LH seems to be willing to pay for qualifying passengers to use a contract lounge at pretty much every other airport in the world, why haven't they signed up with one at LGW? The website says "Unfortunately there is no lounge offer at this airport" for every category - including F and Hon passengers! Those are weasel words. It says the same thing about LCY, where I have much more sympathy as there aren't any lounges. But this doesn't apply to LGW, which does have lounges which are manifestly used by other *G carriers (e g US which uses the No 1 lounge). Come on LH, we all want your LGW experiment to work out - show that you've got more to offer business travellers than Easyjet!
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Oct 24, 2011, 5:41 am
#26
oliver2002
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
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HON/SEN get a refreshment voucher in LCY, more significantly I think the fact that there is no LH staff anymore in LCY and everything is handled by Aria may be a much more significant issue. Just think irregs...
The GG pages for LGW are under update... its seems the designated/planned service is the Servisair lounge for HON/SEN/C pax. I suppose you have to wait for service to commence next week?
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Oct 24, 2011, 8:05 am
#27
Passmethesickbag
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So a few days before the start of service they still haven't signed the contract? The German psyche has obviously changed a lot since I last checked....
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Oct 24, 2011, 8:15 am
#28
oliver2002
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I'm sure they have squared everything away but not published anything... big company, ground handling is one department, website maintenance and TA GDS info pages probably in the hands of marketing...?
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Oct 24, 2011, 11:23 am
#29
pdsuk
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
HON/SEN get a refreshment voucher in LCY, more significantly I think the fact that there is no LH staff anymore in LCY and everything is handled by Aria may be a much more significant issue. Just think irregs...
The GG pages for LGW are under update... its seems the designated/planned service is the Servisair lounge for HON/SEN/C pax. I suppose you have to wait for service to commence next week?
My bolding
Actually -- they are excellent with IRROPs
LH are very lucky to have an excellent team of Aria people at LCY
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Oct 25, 2011, 6:34 am
#30
TRAVELSIG
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
HON/SEN get a refreshment voucher in LCY
To be fair, there are no lounges (for anyone) at London City. IIRC Tyler Brule likes to write about this every once in a while if you want some support from the "other" FT (Financial Times):
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/1230f...#axzz1bnQxS2D9
The voucher used to be 5 GBP IIRC so it was possible to get a nice bottle of water.
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