British Airways

[TCX69]

IIL is operated the CUN rotation from LGW today and will then ferry back to LHR tomorrow morning to operate the evening DEL.

[BAladdy]

S16 LGW Shorthaul Schedule Changes

BA have over the last few weeks made a number of changes to there planned S16 LGW shorthaul schedule. Below are detail of the changes made. Further changes are likely in the coming weeks and months.

Suspended Routes

Fuerteventura - 2 x weekly service Suspended from 14APR16 to 16SEP16
Sharm El Sheikh - 2 x weekly service Suspended from 01JUL16 to 14SEP16

Increased Frequencies

For entire S16 Schedule

Faro - Will increase from 15 to 16 x weekly
Heraklion - Will increase from 4 to 6 x weekly
Naples - Will increase from 17 to 18 x weekly
Pisa - Will increase from 7 to 9 x weekly
Seville - Will increase from 5 to 6 x weekly
Turin - Will increase from 6 to 8 x weekly
Thessaloniki - Will increase from 4 to 5 x weekly
Venice - Will increase from 22 to 27 x weekly

For part of S16 Schedule

Arrecife - 02APR-16APR & 17SEP-29OCT will increase from 2 to 3 x weekly
Bodrum - 13JUL-07SEP will increase from 2 to 3 x weekly
Cagliari - 10JUL-11SEP will increase from 3 to 5 x weekly
Faro - 11JUL-12SEP will increase from 16 to 17 x weekly
Naples - 15JUL-09SEP will increase from 18 to 19 x weekly
Salzburg - 13JUL-07SEP will increase from 6 to 7 x weekly
Tenerife - Will increase from 5 to 6 x weekly 27MAR16-02MAY16 & 04JUL16-29OCT16
Tirana - 14JUL-09SEP will increase from 6 to 7 x weekly

Frequency Reductions

For entire S16 Schedule

Barcelona - Reduced from 21 to 14 x weekly for S16 season. Will reduce temporarily to 13 x weekly 13JUL16-17SEP16
Genoa - Frequency reduced from up to 9 x weekly to up to 8 x weekly
Glasgow - Frequency reduced from 27 to 26 x weekly
Nice - Will reduce from 20 to 17 x weekly
Rome FCO - Will reduce from 14 to 7 x weekly.

For part of S16 Schedule

Catania - Will reduce from 8 to 7 x weekly 13JUL16-07SEP16
Dubrovnik - Will reduce from 8 x weekly to daily 27MAR16-06JUL16 & 09SEP16-29OCT16
Malta - Will reduce from daily to 5 x weekly 15JUL16-09SEP16
Marrakech - Will reduce from 5 to 3 x weekly 11JUL16-16SEP16
Verona - Will reduce from 14 to 13 x weekly 28APR16-03JUL16 & 13SEP16-29OCT16

[Charlie Roy]

I guess BA's Barcelona and Rome reductions are due to Vueling also being on these routes...

[BAladdy]

BA's first 787-9 (G-ZBKA) is due to arrive at LHR later this morning. The aircraft is the first of 22 787-9's that BA currently have on order. According to the nyc787 blog BA is scheduled to take delivery of a further 16 787-9's over the next 13 months.With aircraft shown on there site as being delivered as follows (These dates are of course subject to change):

G-ZBKA - 30th September 2015
G-ZBKB - mid/late October 2015
G-ZBKC - mid/late October 2015
G-ZBKD - mid November 2015
G-ZBKE - early December 2015
G-ZBKF - late January/early February 2016
G-ZBKG - early February 2016
G-ZBKH - early February 2016
G-ZBKI - early March 2016
G-ZBKJ - late April/early May 2016
G-ZBKK - mid June 2016
G-ZBKL - early July 2016
G-ZBKM - late July/early August 2016
G-ZBKN - mid to late September 2016
G-ZBKO - late September/early October 2016
G-ZBKP - Early November 2016

[cornishsimon]

Didn't BA change the -9 order and swap some 4 class -9s for some 3 class -8s ?


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[BAladdy]

Didn't BA change the -9 order and swap some 4 class -9s for some 3 class -8s ?

This has not yet been confirmed.

IAG could confirm the conversion of 787-9 orders to 787-8's either when the announce there Q3 results on the 30th of October or during there Capital Markets Day on the 6th of November

[CabinCrewe]

wonder if they would ever have a 3 class 789?! Given that BA love their subfleets

[BAladdy]

I don't think you will see a 3 class 789 anytime soon.

I wouldn't be surprised if BA decide to convert some or all of the 9 RR powered 777's that are currently in the 4 class (12F/48J/32W/127Y) layout to a 3 class (48J/24W/203Y) layout.

[sunday8pm]

Could anyone in the know confirm the 787 and 767 schedules for LHR-YYC this winter?

[kcockayne]

Anyone on this forum know how to spell "their" ie belonging to them,
the correct way ? & not "there" ! Eg. Over there ie somewhere else.
Basic English language. What on Earth are we coming to ?

[BAladdy]

Could anyone in the know confirm the 787 and 767 schedules for LHR-YYC this winter?

The last 767 departure to/from YYC is currently planned for the 4th of December.

[Swedish Steve]

Didn't BA change the -9 order and swap some 4 class -9s for some 3 class -8s ?

Yes. The next B787-8 will arrive in Sep 2017 after the first 16 B787-9.

[sunday8pm]

Originally Posted by BAladdy

The last 767 departure to/from YYC is currently planned for the 4th of December.

Thanks. I'm hoping the change of aircraft makes life easier for BA on YYC, they'll need it with the arrival of Westjet at LGW.

[toledoashley]

Did the last two 737's route directly to Victorville yesterday via Goose Bay & Rockford, or did they night stop?

[DaveReidUK]

They departed at around 11:20L and were due to stop 3 times: Keflavik, Goose and Rockford, so I would imagine one of those stops included some crew rest.

[BAladdy]

S16 LHR Shorthaul New Routes and Frequency Increases

BA have today announced that they will add three new shorthaul routes from LHR for S16 and increase frequency on others.

New Routes

From April 29, BA will begin flying four times a week to Menorca, twice-weekly flights to Biarritz and from May 2nd BA will begin flying 2 x weekly to Palermo

Biarritz

BA0382 LHR 16:25 BIQ 19:15 37

BA0383 BIQ 20:10 LHR 21:00 7
BA0383 BIQ 20:15 LHR 21:05 3

Menorca

BA0494 LHR 16:10 MAH 19:30 x247

BA0495 MAH 20:20 LHR 21:50 156
BA0495 MAH 20:25 LHR 21:55 3

Palermo

BA0610 LHR 15:15 PMO 19:10 6
BA0610 LHR 15:20 PMO 19:15 2

BA0611 PMO 19:55 LHR 21:55 6
BA0611 PMO 20:00 LHR 22:00 2

Increased Frequency

Berlin - Will increase from 45 to 47 x weekly from April 30th.

Budapest - Will increase from 3 to 4 x daily from May 3rd

Gibraltar - Will increase from 9 to 11 x weekly from May 1st. Double daily
frequency will operate Friday to Monday

Krakow - Will increase from 4 x weekly to daily from May 7th.

Olbia - Seasonal service will resume April 30th. Flights will increase from 2 weekly operate during S15 to 4 x weekly from May 3rd.

Palma - Will increase from daily to 9 x weekly from April 30th. Flights will operate 2 x daily on a Thursday and Sunday and will operate daily the rest of the week

Split - Seasonal service will resume April 30th with frequency increased from 2 to 4 x weekly.

Stockholm - Will increase from 41 to 47 x weekly from May 3rd. With a new daily 18:20 departure from LHR and a new 08:40 departure ex ARN added

Venice - Will operate 2 x daily from 3rd May. Up from 11 x weekly during S15. Flights will depart LHR at 08:55 and 20:15 daily with return flights departing VCE daily at 07:30 and 13:35

Terminal Change:

Hannover - Flights will switch from T3 to T5 from March 29th.

Further Schedule changes are highly likely in the coming months.

[davidjohnson6]

BALaddy - many thanks for your post; informative as ever. Presumably with the slots situation at LHR there will be at least some service reductions - do you happen to have the details ?

[stab3.5up]

Have BA announced any increase on UK domestic flights. It looks from the BA app that a new 2030 departure from BHD which would mean an additional LHR rotation. Looks like it's the BA1424/1425

[BCALBOY]

No frequency increase just some tweaking of timings in Winter schedule.

[j636]

BA relaunch daily LGW-JFK from 1 May.