>> Short haul BA is totally carp these days. Every aspect of their service is pure
>> Ryanair. Their only advantage is that they invariably have the most convenient time slots for
>> me flying from LHR or LGW.
For me, convenient departure times from either LGW or LHR, and ideally more than one flight a day a, to an airport convenient to my destination trumps pretty much every other consideration when booking flights. I’ve never found BA to be particularly expensive, and whether it’s provided free or not I never eat on short haul flights so I’m not too fussed by the removal of free food in economy... though ‘business’ class is usually not much more than £50 extra when booked with a hotel.
BAs long haul service/product is a bigger bugbear for me, but then at least it’s usually priced competitively to compensate. I’d have more faith in BA sorting out IRROPS than I would Ryanair mind you, and having been badly burnt twice by Virgin in the past when their planes went tech I’d prefer a carrier with a few more options and a larger fleet! Even Norwegian has almost as many Dreamliners as Virgins entire wide-body fleet... and i imagine serves fewer destinations with them, so a more robust schedule...it’s probably about as financially stable as well ;)
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