LHR Slots

[Hope777]

Looks like we may have paid upwards of 30 MILLION....


http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?ne...id=yahoofinance

 

[jcw]

Actually it would be more like 60 MM since the pound is worth 2 times the dollar.

 

[PHL Approach]

BMI 'donated' them. Don't know if it was for monetary value.

 

[flyingcat]

BMI 'donated' them. Don't know if it was for monetary value.

You are refering to the first pair of slots. US has now purchased another pair.

Current rumors have CLT gaining LHR service, but then BA runs PHL to LHR twice a day so nothing is certain until announced.

 

[700UW]

Alitalia sells Heathrow slots for record prices

It refused to disclose to which airlines it had sold the slots, but it is understood that Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) , US Airways and British Airways have each bought one slot pair. BA is understood to have paid close to £10m, while the other two deals were closed at around £30m per slot pair.

 

[bigbusboy]

Maybe there is some truth to this....
http://www.usaviation.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=39002

 

[usairways85]

any factual confirmation that US did in fact receive the PHL-LHR slot pair from BMI or was that just the rumor. Because the news that US purchased a slot pair from AZ may just be the PHL-LHR flts and not another slot pair.

If there is confirmation that this is a second slot pair i don't know what route we will see. Regardless US will have to shuffle the widebody fleet as there are none to put on a 2nd LHR flt.

 

[Elevation]

Its worth it, whatever they paid.

 

[legacy-to-LCC]

Its worth it, whatever they paid.

maybe for a real airline it would be worth it, but not for this trailer park with wings!!
kettles with cosmopolitan sensibilities are rare. in fact, i think that's an oxymoron.
LHR is primarily a business route. and, we have nothing competitive to offer the remaining business pax that DoUgIe hasn't already alienated.
past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, so...i am sure team IMPOtempe will screw this route up, too.

 

[zethya]

any factual confirmation that US did in fact receive the PHL-LHR slot pair from BMI or was that just the rumor. Because the news that US purchased a slot pair from AZ may just be the PHL-LHR flts and not another slot pair.

If there is confirmation that this is a second slot pair i don't know what route we will see. Regardless US will have to shuffle the widebody fleet as there are none to put on a 2nd LHR flt.

If US flies CLT-LHR, unlike the PHL situation, LGW will very likely be dropped and there will be no need for additional widebodies (for LHR). Personally, I find it incredible (unbelievable) that US would pay $60M for a CLT-LHR pair of slots.

 

[700UW]

They all ready had to have had the slots when they announced the PHL-LHR flights, the AZ deal just closed this week.

 

[usairways85]

Well someone is also saying on another board that NW could be the purchaser of these slots, so it seems as though we are still unsure of the actual recipients. It makes a little more sense for CO and NW to get these slots, although AZ probably gave them to whoever paid the most.

 

[700UW]

NW got their slots from KL, the Financial Times is the source of my article.

 

[US1YFARE]

Who cares how much they paid...they'll make it up in high fares unreflective of the service levels offered.

 

[FA Mikey]

Its worth it, whatever they paid.

For an early morning arrival, would be worth paying top dollar. But for an afternoon arrival and a late afternoon departure from LHR not so good.