BA164 TLV-LHR 747 Classic?
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BA164 TLV-LHR 747 Classic?
A colleague who was on the above flight last week (either Thu/Fri 27/28 March), was surprised to find the scheduled 777 replaced by a 747, and he was pretty confident it wasn't a 744 (no winglets). I know BA have only 744s in their fleet, so can anyone enlighten me as to what was going on? (No ulterior motive, just overdeveloped curiosity!)
[TightSlot, apologies if this is the wrong forum, but I know plenty of BA crew visit here and I thought this might be an easy one for them to answer.]
[TightSlot, apologies if this is the wrong forum, but I know plenty of BA crew visit here and I thought this might be an easy one for them to answer.]
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Might have been leased in to cover the service. Quite a few cancellations at the moment due to a shortage of long haul cabin crew. Either that or he mistakenly flew El Al!
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Heathrow movements website shows the following B777's operating the BA164 in the last few days.
26th March - G-ZZZC
27th March - G-VIIL
28th March - G-VIIU
29th March - G-VIIY
30th March - G-VIIM
Could your colleague have been on the earlier BA162 flight which is operated by B763 aircraft.
26th March - G-ZZZC
27th March - G-VIIL
28th March - G-VIIU
29th March - G-VIIY
30th March - G-VIIM
Could your colleague have been on the earlier BA162 flight which is operated by B763 aircraft.
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Definately not a classic 747. They haven't been flown by BA since 9/11.
Some went to EAAC and were used around 2003/4 for subcharters for BA but they were to TPA, MCO and ATL from memory. Others went to Air Atlanta for their charters.
As far as I know, none of these are still used for pax ops. If the TLV was subbed out, it wouldn't be on any of these.
Some went to EAAC and were used around 2003/4 for subcharters for BA but they were to TPA, MCO and ATL from memory. Others went to Air Atlanta for their charters.
As far as I know, none of these are still used for pax ops. If the TLV was subbed out, it wouldn't be on any of these.
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Well, he told me he was upstairs and his ticket was definitely BA 
Thanks for your help - I'll speak to him next week to see if I can pry any more details. Like I said, just curious/nosey.
Thanks for your help - I'll speak to him next week to see if I can pry any more details. Like I said, just curious/nosey.
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Was it a twisty stairs with a tiny Upper Deck?
Best question is to ask what terminal he was using in LHR, that could solve this non-mystery.
Me thinks your friend may have been hitting the whisky before hand!!! LOL!
Best question is to ask what terminal he was using in LHR, that could solve this non-mystery.
Me thinks your friend may have been hitting the whisky before hand!!! LOL!
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Mystery solved!
Under close cross-examination he has admitted that it 'might' have been a 777: "One tin can looks the same as another to me."
Sorry for the waste of bandwidth
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