View Full Version : The 777 in Europe
Dirty
29th May 2002, 09:44
Does anyone know of any 777 flights operating internally in Europe/UK???
I only know of Saudi Arabian Airlines offering a daily service between FCO and CDG.....does anybody know of any other services existing anywhere within Europe/UK???
Cheers guys,
Dirty
heinzmanm
29th May 2002, 11:09
Kuwait Airways do ZRH-FRA with the 777 on Wednesday's and Friday's, contnuing to Kuwait.
heinzmanm
29th May 2002, 11:10
Sorry, that was meant to be GVA-FRA!
CloggyUK
29th May 2002, 11:16
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United does i think a daily flight US-LHR-AMS-LHR-US. I think i it origens from chicago. I'm not sure if it is a B772 or a B763.
Varig does flights Brazil-LHR-COPENHAGEN-LHR-Brazil. Those are B772's. Used to be MD11's. Don't know if it is daily though.
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TRUE FAITH
1st Jun 2002, 15:48
I am pretty sure BA have or still do use 777's on the LHR-CDG service.
atco-matic
3rd Jun 2002, 21:12
I can't remember ever seeing BA 777s going to CDG from London... certainly not in the current economic climate!!!!
World Traveller
3rd Jun 2002, 21:51
BA triples do sneak onto European routes, but I think its a case of 'as and when required', not actually timetabled. I have seen one in Hanover!
WT
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TRUE FAITH
4th Jun 2002, 12:17
atco-matic,
I agree it is most unlikely in the present climate.
However if you have a look at www.airliners.net and search for BA 777's at CDG you will see a number of them captured on camera in the past.
Hand Solo
4th Jun 2002, 14:54
BA do oocasionally use 777s and sometimes even 747s on European routes. Reasons vary, including consolidating previously cancelled services, special events (eg sports fixtures) and even shortages of short haul cabin crew.
Apparently a BA777 did DUB-LGW during the EI lockout lately...
BA 777 LHR-CDG and even LHR-ORY was mainly between end 1995 and mid-1997, with several daily flights scheduled on 777s for what I understand was crew training purposes.
Shuttle nine Tango
7th Jun 2002, 02:27
BA 777's were scheduled LHR-CDG in the early days for crew training purposes.
Nowadays used in Euro for service consolidation as was stated earlier.
heinzmanm
10th Jun 2002, 10:14
>I have seen one in Hanover!
The BA 777's were used to Hanover during of the computer fair that took place there over a month ago.
MD11FAN
10th Jun 2002, 21:02
Since we are on the subject of 777s in Europe, I note that Swiss are still running their MD11s/A330s on the first ZRH-LHR flight most days. I flew on an A330 from FRA to ZRH 2 years ago..40 min flight and about 40 passengers!