British Airways to fly nonstop Austin to London

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 09/03/2013 at 09:25 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Planespotting at KAUS is set to get a lot more interesting....

British Airways just announced that starting in March, it will fly nonstop between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and London Heathrow. This will be the airport’s first international destination other than Mexico.

British says it will fly the 787 Dreamliner five days a week initially, then increase to daily later in the year. ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > ttyymmnn 09/03/2013 at 09:42

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I feel like one 787 can carry more people than the entirety of KAUS can support...

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 09/03/2013 at 09:46

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I'll ask the obvious...why?

But we're trendy!

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Slave2anMG > For Sweden 09/03/2013 at 09:51

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Must be something corporate heavy there. Raleigh-Durham (KRDU) has supported a daily nonstop to London (first LGW, now LHR) for over 20 years based primarily on IBM, GSK and another couple of companies committing to purchasing X number of business class and first class seats. Damned convenient when I was going over there 8-10 times a year...

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 09/03/2013 at 09:55

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Dell, Apple, Samsung, AMD, etc. I suppose there might be new business as a result of COTA as well. But I think this is huge for KAUS.

ttyymmnn > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 09/03/2013 at 09:57

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KAUS has been making noise about becoming more of an international airport for some time. There is talk of further expanding the terminal, and even adding another runway. They've got the room for it. But it seems like the only expansion that can really take place is int'l flights. I've been spotting down there numerous times, and unless you're there early in the morning or late afternoon, the airport is dead.

Grindintosecond > ttyymmnn 09/03/2013 at 11:09

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I fly to Austin semi-regularly so ill post a pic from the ramp whenever I see one for yall.

Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents > ttyymmnn 09/03/2013 at 13:31

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With two huge-ass airports in DFW and HOU, I wonder if more international airlines will follow BA.