Just wondered why Royal Jordanian chose to fly to Stansted as their new London airport, over Gatwick. I know Gatwick is busy but surely it has enough slots for a 4 x weekly service? Plus, it would have joined BA and a few other Oneworld airlines so I assume passengers would have been able to use th...
Jump to postAAMDanny wrote:Does anyone know if all the B777-300's have had the cabin refit with the new Club seats?
G-ZBJA is heading to CWL today. This should be the first 787-8 heading for refit. Will G-ZBJA be repainted as well? I’m curious to see how the B787’s will look in BA’s in-house livery design, as the tail is different than on the Boeing-painted frames. Aside from the new Club World seating what does...
Jump to postG-ZBJA is heading to CWL today. This should be the first 787-8 heading for refit.
Jump to postI know this may seem like a really bizarre question, but as an ‘economy class pleb’ who has never flown anything more premium than Y+ on AC, I am always perplexed by how many bloggers, YouTubers, commenters, and A.Netter’s/FlyerTalk members seem to be frequent fliers with miles to burn. I am always...
Jump to postThe configurations listed here are up to date:
https://www.planespotters.net/airline/British-Airways
But to help you with the -200ERs specifically:
8F: G-RAES G-VIIA G-VIIB G-VIIC G-VIID G-VIIE G-VIIF G-VIIG G-VIIH G-VIIJ G-VIIK G-VIIL G-VIIM G-VIIN G-VIIS
14F: G-VIIV G-VIIW G-VIIY
2023 thread about to close out. Is anyone able to update the longhaul fleet CW/First refit list ? Happy new year. 65 aircraft: 28 Boeing 777-200ER (15 are GE powered and configured 8F 49J 40W 138Y and 13 are RR powered and configured 48J 40W 184Y). 13 Boeing 777-300ER configured 8F 76J 40W 130Y (Ne...
Jump to postbaje427 wrote:Does anyone know what happened at UVF yesterday lots of North American flights stopped in SJU before continuing.
skipness1E wrote:If G-VIIV/W/Y are getting Club Suites they'll be staying at LHR surely?
BA174 wrote:Do BA still have a 777 under maintenance in TLV due to the shortage of in-house engineering resource?
All great discussion. I'll put it to rest. New order is for 18 aircraft, We're in contract negotiations for 78X, should be final for press release soon. All these units and last order for 6 will be delivered as updated IGW frames. We'll also be firming 6 latest options from last month. Will take 78...
Jump to postBA777FO wrote:The A359 may well work at Gatwick but a whole new type for LGW also seems unlikely.
In my experience, immigration at BGI is one of the quickest in the region. Good point! Hopefully delivery of bags too! hehe Immigration is so efficient, that one could be left standing for ages waiting on bags. AA1818 Was there a few weeks ago, and yes they are a lot quicker, so much so that I was ...
Jump to postIs there any chance that BA will stop using the cattle bus to move their First Class passengers to the remote stands? Having experienced this farce of FC service to EWR a while back and queing up stairs in the drizzle of LHR it seems such a poor show. Would you rather be delayed for hours waiting f...
Jump to postAn Air Antilles Twin Otter suffered an accident not too long ago and lost it's left wing on landing colliding with a helicopter. It was caught on livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15pVqwQb7A0 That’s crazy. Hopefully nobody’s hurt. I wonder what caused the loss of control.. Seems to be a l...
Jump to postClose up photos of the damage:
https://twitter.com/StimpflingEric/stat ... 8019390931
An Air Antilles Twin Otter suffered an accident not too long ago and lost it's left wing on landing colliding with a helicopter. It was caught on livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15pVqwQb7A0
Scotron12 wrote:F cabin on a BA 787-10 are only 4 seats.
FL430 on the Finnair A350 HEL-LHR a couple months ago. Previous was FL420 on a BA 777 over the Atlantic flying LGW-ANU.
Jump to postI was simply disputing that a product guarantee on specific routes can't be done. It's not so much that it can't be done, but the fact that swaps to aircraft with the old seat can still happen for operational reasons. Magnum9's initial query was why G-VIIV operated flights to JFK, BOS, and IAD: Why...
Jump to postAll very valid, but BA used to guarantee flat beds on certain routes when they were first introduced. So it can be done. It would require however that they care about delivering a great customer experience - all they care about now is doing the minimum they can get away with. But then what happens ...
Jump to postWhat are BA's B772 aircraft registrations with latest premiums cabins? 4 class with Club Suite: G-RAES G-VIIA G-VIIB G-VIIC G-VIID G-VIIE G-VIIF G-VIIG G-VIIH G-VIIJ G-VIIK G-VIIL G-VIIM G-VIIN G-VIIS 3 Class with Club Suite: G-YMMG G-YMMH G-YMMI G-YMMJ G-YMMK G-YMML G-YMMN G-YMMO G-YMMP G-YMMR G-Y...
Jump to postTHIS! Finally, someone else who understands what I’m talking about doesn’t require molecular physics, and did at a point *guarantee* the new Club Suite on certain routes. But BA is such a dumpster fire they couldn’t even make it work because they have ZERO interest in delivering great customer serv...
Jump to postA simple assumption? Huh? BA has 43 777-200ER’s. Approx. 5 of those are LGW based and the other 38 are LHR. How can a simple assumption conclude that of the ~38 frames based at LHR that any one plane shuttles back and forth to JFK? BA has *more* than enough slack and 777-200ER capacity with the new...
Jump to postInsightful, I never would have guessed. The truth is - Given BA only have a few LHR based 777’s not converted and a large 777 fleet that is, there’s no way BA couldn’t pull a 777 from any of the 2nd tier cities they serve with 777’s like PDX, DEN, PHX, BDA, NAS/GCM and send those to their tier-1 pr...
Jump to postWingtips56 wrote:Seat Guru shows
VS Four of 11 (EX LHR) shared between SVD and GND Yes, this winter will see 3x weekly LHR-BGI-SVD and 3x weekly LHR-BGI-GND all operated by subsidiary Virgin Atlantic International using the 333. VS has 5th freedom and BGI-SVD return and BGI-GND return are bookable. wow... a A333 between BGI and SV...
Jump to postWhy is BA operating one their three 777’s with the old CW config to arguably 3 of their most important US stations - JFK, BOS & IAD (G-VIIV)? Isn’t JFK specifically a station that BA guarantees all new club suites service? https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GVIIV Because flights are operated s...
Jump to postThis is interesting… G-VBOB, the latest A35K which was only delivered on 24 May, suddenly entered service yesterday as VS 41/42 to/from SFO! She was only 2 days in induction and interestingly she has the leisure 16J UC cabin vs the normal 44J config as used on the long haul flights! That’s a 28 sea...
Jump to posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37bM_ilXkSI This seemed like clickbait, but I was curious and from at least a non-expert perspective this looks quite unusual. However, maybe someone here can explain since this has to be an approved procedure, or at least something that isn't as bad as it looks. To ...
Jump to postNight flight to Rio at long last , great move. EZE via GIG makes so more sense than via GRU. Anyone know if this a densified 777 or more spacious one? 3-class, 272-seat 777-236ER will be used on this service. I'm willing to be corrected but as the seating capacity is Club World (48), World Travelle...
Jump to postJust seen on Flightradar24 that BA Regional do a service from London City airport to Southampton. I find it crazy that these flights even exist when you consider there is a direct train from London Waterloo straight to Southampton. How can an airline even see this as beneficial/profit to their netw...
Jump to postgregpodpl wrote:I know - but you can still pay 5k usd for a flight and have to pay extra for seat selection - which is just absurd.
BA is charging for seat selection for longhaul business class - so they are doing everything they can to charge you extra. Only during check in it's free. This only happens when you buy the cheaper fare classes. Its free on the more expensive fare classes and for people with the relevant Elite stat...
Jump to postI'm back to complain about airfares. I see Caribbean posting alot of ads today on their facebook.. JFK to Georgetown, a 5 hour flight from as low as USD $440 Then you have Grenada to Barbados, 1 hour (on a prop, faster by jet) for USD $355. There was a lot of other 1 hour intra-caribbean flights. A...
Jump to postPhilippine333 wrote:Any BA flights to BKK this year? IIRC, the return was scheduled in March 2023. Can that happen?
I don't know if it deserves it's own thread but I'm disappointed in BA's decision to ban staff from posting on social media while "professionally engaged in the job". People like Capt. Dave are great brand ambassadors who provide interesting and insightful posts on what it's like to be a ...
Jump to postDo you know which 777s have been reconfigured please? Boeing 777-200ER 8F 49J 40W 138Y: G-RAES G-VIIA G-VIIB G-VIIC G-VIID G-VIIE G-VIIF G-VIIG G-VIIH G-VIIJ G-VIIK G-VIIL G-VIIM G-VIIN G-VIIS 48J 40W 184Y: G-YMMG G-YMMH G-YMMI G-YMMJ G-YMMK G-YMML G-YMMN G-YMMO G-YMMP G-YMMT Boeing 777-300ER 8F 76...
Jump to postClub Suite update Total completed: 51 aircraft: 25 Boeing 777-200ER (15 are GE powered and configured 8F 49J 40W 138Y and 10 are RR powered and configured 48J 40W 184Y). 10 Boeing 777-300ER configured 8F 76J 40W 130Y 3 Boeing 787-10 configured 8F 48J 35W 165Y 13 Airbus A350-1000 configured 56J 56W ...
Jump to postIn 2019 I booked a LHR-MAD return in the hope of flying BA's new A350 in the new Club Suites. It was a bit of a gamble as at the time of booking it was rumoured to operate the 777 rotation they had at the time or the first rotation of the day. I ended up booking both of the rumoured rotations as an ...
Jump to postFuling wrote:817Dreamliiner wrote:Pretty sure it's been fully dropped now.
On what basis?
Pretty sure it's been fully dropped now.
Jump to postGround Control may have cleared him to cross. We don’t know, yet. Possible. May be a case of Ground right hand not knowing what Tower left hand was doing. Not sure if works differently elsewhere, but where I am runway crossing clearances are given by the tower controller not ground. It will be inte...
Jump to postaa1818 wrote:
Is it in the air yet?
AA1818
First flight of Antigua Airways sheduled on 31 october from lagos nigeria according to this news source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02qPHuewvLtdpotW4p4UDznMQ1wsLhbF8FN8WdVmgCVC32zCSg68DFmQnXbfGVwh37l&id=100064119607825 Today is the day! :duck: Cheers, AA1818 Indeed it is: ...
Jump to postClub Suite update Total completed: 48 aircraft: 25 Boeing 777-200ER (15 are GE powered and configured 8F 49J 40W 138Y and 10 are RR powered and configured 48J 40W 184Y). 9 Boeing 777-300ER configured 8F 76J 40W 130Y 2 Boeing 787-10 configured 8F 48J 35W 165Y 12 Airbus A350-1000 configured 56J 56W 2...
Jump to postI thought the original plan was "by Royal Train" along the East Coast Main Line from Edinburgh to London. Historically correct and much more environmentally friendly than a C-17 Those plans were scrapped due to safety fears along the route: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09...
Jump to postFirst Virgin Atlantic A330neo in full livery: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52339005299_7b2d7c28ab_b.jpg F-WWCG / G-VJAZ Airbus A330-941 Virgin Atlantic s/n 2018 * Toulouse Blagnac 2022 * by @Eurospot , on Flickr Some more in their twitter post: https://twitter.com/VirginAtlantic/status/156723...
Jump to post8herveg wrote:Sorry if this question has already been answered, but are the Gatwick B777's getting the Club Suites? If so, when?