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Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet said, “I am pleased and excited to share that SpiceJet has secured slots at London
On July 24, SpiceJet had informed the stock exchanges that it has been designated as an Indian scheduled carrier to operate flights between India and the UK as per the air services agreement between the two governments which formed the air bubble in the absence of regular international flights. Commercial international flights continue to be suspended in India till August 31.
On July 23, the airline had received similar clearances from the Indian government to fly as a scheduled carrier to the US. Apart from
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SpiceJet has secured slots at London Heathrow Airport to operate flights effective September 1, 2020, continuing on its aggressive international expansion despite COVID-19 limitations. 'This is presently under the bubble arrangement between India and UK and effective up to the end of summer schedule i.e. October 23, 2020,' the company said in a. BA’s Heathrow slot holding is above 50% for the first time, thanks to bmi. British Airways is the biggest holder of slots at London Heathrow Airport, with 50.6% of the total for the summer 2013 schedule.This is the first summer season for which BA has held more than half of the slots (although it had 52.8% in the winter 2012 schedule) and its increase from 44.1% in summer 2012 is due to the. Obtaining six slots at London Heathrow means that Norwegian has been granted six times per week for the summer 2020 to use the airport’s infrastructure, such as runway, terminal, stands, etc. Norwegian Air UK already operates in London but in a different airport. Initially, the airline requested 42 slots at Heathrow, which was refused by Airport Coordination Limited International, which oversees slot coordination at the three London airports. In June 2019, JetBlue ordered thirteen Airbus A321XLR aircraft, the long-range version of the A321neo, in order to operate trans-Atlantic flights from 2023.
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British Airways (BA) has agreed to acquire six daily slot pairs at London Heathrow to expand its activities at its main operational hub this winter. The slots have been acquired from rival bmi British Midland International, the loss-making operator now controlled by German national carrier Lufthansa. In a brief statement the airline’s parent company International Airlines group (IAG) confirmed it had approved the acquisition. “The slots will be used by British Airways from late October 2011 with the airline looking to expand both its long-haul and short-haul network at the airport.”
BA is believed to be one of a number of companies that are currently interested in acquiring the UK airline. Lufthansa recently hired Morgan Stanley as adviser for a potential sale of the company which made a £106 million loss during the first six months of the year. Despite its poor financial performance the airline is of significant value given its ownership of over ten per cent of the slots at London Heathrow.
MARKET ANALYSIS: LONDON HEATHROW (non-stop weekly flights) | |||||
RANK | AIRLINE | FLIGHTS | % CAPACITY | SEATS | % CAPACITY |
1 | British Airways | 1,930 | 43.0 % | 403,060 | 43.4 % |
2 | bmi British Midland International | 363 | 8.1 % | 44,232 | 4.8 % |
3 | Lufthansa | 244 | 5.4 % | 37,126 | 4.0 % |
4 | Aer Lingus | 152 | 3.4 % | 28,288 | 3.0 % |
5 | SAS Scandinavian Airlines | 136 | 3.0 % | 17,700 | 1.9 % |
6 | Virgin Atlantic Airways | 134 | 3.0 % | 43,304 | 4.7 % |
7 | American Airlines | 106 | 2.4 % | 32,961 | 3.5 % |
8 | Swiss International Air Lines | 84 | 1.9 % | 12,296 | 1.3 % |
9 | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 72 | 1.6 % | 7,534 | 0.8 % |
10 | Air Canada | 63 | 1.4 % | 15,092 | 1.6 % |
(others) | 1,201 | 26.8 % | 31.0 % | ||
TOTAL | 4,485 | - | 929,728 | - | |
bmi is currently the second largest carrier at London Heathrow and as the above table shows, during November, the first month of the new 2011/2012 winter schedule, it will account for 8.1 per cent of the weekly flights and 4.8 per cent of the available capacity. British Airways, as you would expect, dominates the market with a 43.0 per cent share of flights and 43.4 per cent of the total capacity. Lufthansa is the largest foreign carrier at London Heathrow with 5.4 per cent and 4.0 per cent of the flights and capacity, respectively, while Virgin Atlantic Airways, the sixth largest carrier by flights is the third largest by capacity through the operation of only widebodied equipment.