British Airways Boeing 757 plans
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BA did operate 737's from TLV to LGW from 1993 to 1996. It is a sector of about 6 hours and could only be opertaed using one of 2 high gross weight aircraft that had been acquired by Dan-Air. Prior to the takeover Dan-Air operated that sector every week in a 164 seat configuration. That was quite a challenge for a 737. But they operated NCL-TFS as well in a 170 seat config not using a high gross weight machine.
BA currently have 13 757's based at LHR. 7 of them are less than 10 years old. Other than for fleet commonality/flexibility reasons there cannot be a compelling reason for getting rid of such aircraft. In any event the Airbus order book would make it imposssible to replace them with A321's inside at least 3 years. So even if there was an immediate decision no imminent action is possible.
It is worth noting that their recent adjustments to their order with Airbus mostly cover planned 2008 deliveries.
BA currently have 13 757's based at LHR. 7 of them are less than 10 years old. Other than for fleet commonality/flexibility reasons there cannot be a compelling reason for getting rid of such aircraft. In any event the Airbus order book would make it imposssible to replace them with A321's inside at least 3 years. So even if there was an immediate decision no imminent action is possible.
It is worth noting that their recent adjustments to their order with Airbus mostly cover planned 2008 deliveries.
