Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 3580 posts, RR: 12 Posted (3 years 1 month 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3537 times:
From 26th March, British Airways' London-Newark route will be downgraded from 3 B777-200's to 2 B777's and 1 B767-300. The downgraded flight will be BA187 departing 18:40 and arriving 20:50, returning the following day at 08:00am. The flight will also not operate on saturdays (from London).
On top of this, Toronto flights will be operated by 3 B777's, compared to the 2 777's and a 747 of summer this year.
What are the reasons behind this? I realise that an evening New York flight isn't going to be too popular with the business travellers. Also, what route is the extra B747 going to operate?
Feroze From India, joined Dec 2004, 755 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 month 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3459 times:
Quoting B742 (Reply 1): A shame not to see the 744 in YYZ also, is this for the second daily BOM or DEL flight?
Rob!,
The new flights to BOM (W05, daily) and DEL (S06, daily) are scheduled with 772s, as are the BLR ops. The additional MAA flights (up from 2x to 6x) are operated with 744s....hence the need to free up metal.
BHMNONREV From Iraq, joined Aug 2003, 1016 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (3 years 1 month 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3241 times:
I thought the reason BA got rid of the 767 on the North Atlantic in the first place was to standardize the aircraft cabins. Otherwise, they would still be flying to BWI...
Daron4000 From United States, joined Mar 2005, 637 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (3 years 1 month 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3196 times:
Well BA does the same thing they are doing with Toronto to Chicago, two cities very near to each other. In the summer, BA 296/297 is a 747 and in the winter, it is downgrading to a T7, which is funny, because when I flew it back in July/August, they were fully packed!
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 3580 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (3 years 1 month 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3152 times:
Quoting BHMNONREV (Reply 8): Otherwise, they would still be flying to BWI...
Baltimore and Detroit will both be B767 operated next summer also, though i think they are over the winter too.
Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 7): The evening flight is perfect for me. That way you can put in a full day in London before you fly home. I think most biz travelers would agree.
I see your point, but surely most biz passengers doing that would take the later JFK flight. An 18:40 flight means getting to the airport at 16:20 latest, which means getting on a train from Paddington at about 16:00 + getting to Paddington etc, so not really a full days work. But i see where you're coming from
Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2004, 3231 posts, RR: 22 Reply 11, posted (3 years 1 month 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3148 times:
Quoting BHMNONREV (Reply 8): Otherwise, they would still be flying to BWI...
And they are...a friend flew LHR-BWI in Club World last week. A 2-2-2 config which looks really good from photos I've seen. He also had the new safety video, the animation is in the style of Hed Kandi and includes some footage of T5.
From what I've seen the 767 looks good up front, might even try it next time I book a trip to Washington.
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Starlionblue From Greenland, joined Feb 2004, 12876 posts, RR: 57 Reply 14, posted (3 years 1 month 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 3043 times:
Quoting Planesarecool (Reply 10): Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 7):
The evening flight is perfect for me. That way you can put in a full day in London before you fly home. I think most biz travelers would agree.
I see your point, but surely most biz passengers doing that would take the later JFK flight. An 18:40 flight means getting to the airport at 16:20 latest, which means getting on a train from Paddington at about 16:00 + getting to Paddington etc, so not really a full days work. But i see where you're coming from
Yeah it does tend to cut into the day. However too late isn't perfect either. If you have to work the day after you get home, arriving at your door at midnight is no fun. If it's a Friday I'd rather have time for a very late dinner with my wife.
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Concorde001 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1224 posts, RR: 3 Reply 17, posted (3 years 1 month 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2470 times:
Quoting Willyj (Reply 4): And if the 763s are reconfigured with the new Club World and World Traveler Plus, then there won't be any middle seats in either of those cabins
There will be middle seats in these cabins!
Here are some pictures of one of BA767s with the new interior!
Club World
Concorde001 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1224 posts, RR: 3 Reply 18, posted (3 years 1 month 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2409 times:
Quoting Willyj (Reply 4): And if the 763s are reconfigured with the new Club World and World Traveler Plus, then there won't be any middle seats in either of those cabins.
I'm so stupid! I just realised what you meant by 'middle seats' - i.e a seat in between two! Sorry!
Orion737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (3 years 1 month 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2412 times:
Hope the reliability of BAs RR7673s improves then. Those 767s are still with BA partly because there would be little chance of selling them on with their RR engines. They are dogs, particularly the one 767 which operates the MAN-JFK route, which is often going tech.
BHMNONREV From Iraq, joined Aug 2003, 1016 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (3 years 1 month 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2362 times:
Very nice looking cabins. I never understood why BA took the 767's off the BWI run in the first place, it seems like this aircraft is perfectly suited for this market.
With the mediocre loads BA is seeing on the LGW-DFW flights is there any chance the 767 could take over this route?? Or is this strictly LHR based??
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