No baby 'buses for BA
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No baby 'buses for BA
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- British Airways Friday said it is to switch its current aircraft order with Airbus to receive 10 A321 aircraft instead of 12 A318 aircraft and three A319 aircraft.
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As a BA shareholder and long term a/c enthusiast; this news makes me think(once again) do the BA management know what they are doing?.. Just consider the utilisation of the 757 and 767 fleet over the last few years.
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Just out of interest, what happens with regard to the crewing of the RJ100s. Presumably, the LGW based RJ crews will be retraining on mainline 737s/A320s out of LGW/LHR, but what about the Manchester based crews? Will they have to convert from 737s to RJs, or will some crews move from LGW to MAN with the aircraft?
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757 no BA should not be getting rid of them, but they are getting on a bit. BA was one of the launch customers for the 75 so the older ones needed to go.
With the A319/320 the 321 will enable pilots cabin crew to fly the "whole" fleet so saving money in the end.
With the A319/320 the 321 will enable pilots cabin crew to fly the "whole" fleet so saving money in the end.
