Originally Posted by
Hartington
The press reports all say 31 aircraft are being retired. Do (did) BA really have that many on the books when COOVID appeared? How many were actually operational?
I believe BA had 32 in service at the time the borders started closing, but one (G-CIVM) had been due to retire within a couple of months, and so was scrapped in the middle of March instead, which then took the number down to 31 at the start of the UK lockdown.