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Silla Maizey, MD British Airways Gatwick talks about the new route to Las Vegas - Unravel Travel TV

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Silla Maizey, Managing Director of British Airways Gatwick, talks about the decision by British Airways began nonstop service to Las Vegas from London's Gatwick International Airport (29 October 2012). British Airways Flight 2277 arrived at McCarran International Airport's Terminal 3. "We were completely full," said Silla Maizey, Managing Director of British Airways-Gatwick, who arrived on the flight and is spending five days in Las Vegas. The United Kingdom is the No. 1 source of overseas travelers to come through McCarran, with about 418,000 visitors arriving in 2011, accounting for nearly 9 percent of all international travel to Las Vegas. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority officials say British Airways' new Gatwick service is estimated to provide a nongaming economic impact of nearly $41.5 million annually. Randall Walker, Director of the Clark County Aviation Department, and Clark County Commissioner TomCollins, who chairs the LVCVA board of directors, greeted the British Airways crew and the flight's 272 passengers. British Airways is offering the flight three times a week to compete with Virgin's daily service. It's using a 272-passenger, twin-engine Boeing 777 on the route. British Airways will operate its Las Vegas service from Gatwick on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. For the first week of service, flights arrive at 3.06pm (2.55pm on Saturday) and depart at 4.55pm After the switch to daylight-saving time Sunday, flights will arrive at 2.05pm (1.55pm on Saturday) and depart at 3.55pm

Virgin officials have told the LVCVA that its route from Gatwick has done well. It began with flights three times a week but steadily grew to daily service in 2006. The company broadened its presence from the United Kingdom last year when it began flights from Manchester to Las Vegas twice a week.

British Airways, meanwhile, began daily flights from London's Heathrow International Airport in 2009. Through September 2012, British Airways has carried 299,344 passengers to Las Vegas since it started its daily London Heathrow service. For the first eight months of 2012, British Airways flew 151,736 passengers to and from McCarran while Virgin Atlantic on its two routes served 218,206 passengers. Maizey said the Gatwick flight would focus on attracting London passengers. Heathrow is the world's busiest airport and about half of the passengers who regularly fly the carrier to Las Vegas are passengers from other cities connecting through London.

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