Air France touches down in Split

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British Airways ditches LCC plans

British Airways has abandoned plans to launch a low cost carrier at London's second biggest airport, Gatwick, blaming pilots for its decision to scrap the new initiative. The reversal comes less than a month after British Airways unveiled plans for a short-haul subsidiary to compete with Ryanair and easyJet in an area of aviation that is recovering more quickly from the pandemic than transatlantic and other long haul routes that used to generate most of its profit. It had hoped to start operating by next summer. "We're disappointed that our plans for a new short haul subsidiary at Gatwick have not received [the British Airline Pilots' Association] support", British Airways, which is owned by International Airlines Group, said. It added, "After many years of losing money on European flights from the airport, we were clear that coming out of the pandemic, we needed a plan to make Gatwick profitable and competitive," the company added, saying it would pursue "alternative uses" for slots at Gatwick. In a statement, the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) said that it was unable to reach an "acceptable" agreement with British Airways despite its "best efforts". "BALPA remains open to future negotiations with British Airways to address our members' concerns with the proposal for [London Gatwick] short haul or about any other part of the business", the group added.
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Air France touches down in Split

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Air France introduced new seasonal flights between Paris and Split on Tuesday, making the coastal city its third destination in Croatia following Zagreb and Dubrovnik. Flights will run three times per week until September 1 with a mix of Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft. It follows the introduction of seasonal services to Dubrovnik last year, which are being maintained up to five times per week in 2019. Delta Air Lines is codesharing on Air France's new Paris - Split service. The French carrier competes directly against Croatia Airlines and easyJet on the route.

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Anonymous10:32
Nice to see Delta codesharing.
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Anonymous12:19
Bravo Hrvatska!
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