Originally Posted by
ExpectmorePayless
It will be interesting to see whether BA would in the coming years consider taking some of the LH aircraft to expand their A380 fleet for key trunk routes and thereby hasten the retirement of the 744. I suspect it depends which routes warrant additional passenger capacity above that offered by the A350 and B777. And where there is only limited demand for cargo carrying capacity.
BA have already been offered AF A380’s which were reviewed and decided against as the Cabin refit costs are astronomical.
Forget 4 engines going forward, the capacity simply won’t be needed.