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flyer55
26th Sep 2005, 10:45
Does anybody know if BA are ordering the Dreamliner 787 ?
Re-Heat
26th Sep 2005, 10:52
No they are not yet.
Kalium Chloride
26th Sep 2005, 11:01
You might want to consider changing the thread title lest you irritate a lot of people who might think BA has actually ordered the thing.
akerosid
26th Sep 2005, 11:14
Although it's true BA hasn't ordered it yet, Rod E. is reported in Air Transport World daily news as expressing interest in it. Boeing is studying new versions of the -900 variant, which are also of interest to EK and Qantas.
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=2490
Human Factor
26th Sep 2005, 11:44
BA will have to order something new for longhaul in the next couple of years. One rumour suggests the 747 Advanced, although I think a combination of 777-300s and 787s would be more likely.
From an Airbus point of view, it would presumably be some combination of A340s, A350s and A380s. Personally I think that's unlikely, although I would expect to see a few A380s at some point.
...most recent BA words on the record
http://www.flightinternational.com/Articles/2005/07/26/200517/BA+ponders+long-haul+options.html
False Capture
26th Sep 2005, 13:03
Flyer 55, why not stick a question mark at the end of the thread title? This will make it sound more like the question you asked and less like the statement/announcement it implies.:8
apaddyinuk
26th Sep 2005, 14:24
Well a strong rumour seems to exist that the airline are about to order between 15 and 20 A380's in the coming months! But just rumour!
G-CPTN
26th Sep 2005, 14:36
>Well a strong rumour seems to exist that the airline are about to order between 15 and 20 A380's in the coming months!
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Will A380s be so much quieter than B747s so as to end noise complaints?
JW411
26th Sep 2005, 14:40
Does anyone out there really care?
Whatever equipment BA finally orders will still be Gate Gourmet limited!
ilovegordon
26th Sep 2005, 14:59
Habitually the world's favourite is Boeing biased. Having all the wings manufacturing in UK, BA is never an big fan of the Europen Inc. (A320 by-product of BCal??).
Those (now & then) occupying 10 Dowing St would rather say English to Oval Office then to the EC neighbour.
Kempus
26th Sep 2005, 15:11
Just to throw a spanner in the works, a painting of a 787 in BA colours has been commisioned by an Aussie bloke in Waterworld.
Watch this space, or the canvas!