Anyone know where BA are parking all their new A380's and 787's? They have even taken a few new A320's yet I haven't seen any retirements. Surely stand space at LHR, in particular T5, is maxed out even without these new arrivals?
Rivet joint,
The new A320s have simply displaced Airbuses to LGW and/or coincided with heavy maintenance checks for others in the short haul fleet. 1 737 has already left LGW with another (G-DOCV) due to leave this week.
787s have been on crew training until recently so there were standby 767s (for once!). The long haul 767s are now covering some of the short haul 767 flying now that the 787s are on L/H duties; which has allowed G-BZHB to go for repaint. The long haul fleet will then begin shrinking when the winter schedule kicks in.
As for the 747s, the first will leave the fleet next month now that the LAX (and HKG tomorrow) services are in full swing.
Relatively speaking, there has only been an extra few aircraft when you take into account increased maintenance away from base (Cardiff and Glasgow). BA have plenty of parking around Engineering so no big deal.
Champ
