Looking at the schedule which 330-Purser has posted makes me wonder: the aircraft is on the deck in LHR for three >24-hour periods each week. What's it going to do during this time? Is it going to position up to MAN to operate BD flights from there? Is it going to be used on heavily-loaded BD shorthaul flights from LHR?
Are BD going to persuade UA to wetlease it for a couple of their own transatlantics? Or is dreadful utilisation just going to be the price that BD pays to supposedly establish themselves in LHR long-haul?