In message , at 06:59:29 on
Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Robert Neville remarked:
Actually there is no great concern about Heathrow to London services
other than on the last day of the Olympics when there is a mass
departure. Arrivals are staggered over a much longer period and won't
overload the services. This is based on informed discussions I had
several months ago with a range of people who know what is planned.

Furthermore, it's not like the airlines are putting on extra flights to handle
extra passengers, even if slots were available - and there aren't. Given that
the flights are mostly full already and there aren't larger planes sitting
around waiting to be substituted in, I doubt it's even going to be noticable.

Actually, the major airlines can and do swap aircraft when there's a
"special event" going on. I've been on a 757 when normally there would
have been a 737, for example.

You can't do this unless you have a mixed fleet, of course.

I haven't looked, but are the Easyjet's and Ryanairs adding extra
services to Luton/Stansted (where there are plenty of free slots)
diverting them away from other intra-Europe flights, or is it too short
a period for them to be worried about?
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Roland Perry