A350 into LHR?
Did I see a white A350 (possibly Finnair) going into LHR this morning (30th Nov) ??? It mint have been a 787, but didn't look right.
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Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack
(Post 9594276)
Did I see a white A350 (possibly Finnair) going into LHR this morning (30th Nov) ??? It mint have been a 787, but didn't look right.
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Thankyou Dave, that's funny that the type has been operating for a couple of months already and i didn't notice! Probably saw the Qatar and Ethiopian examples and thought they were B787's. I didn't realise that both airlines had both types on their fleets..
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.....and so will Virgin and BA in a couple of years. Their's will be the A350-1000 which is of similar size to the 777-300.
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Ethiopian have been operating A350s in there for a few months, saw one overhead Purley a while back, thought "'ello, winglets...?" Qatar's are quite regular going over the top, dunno if they are going into Heathrow.
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
(Post 9594688)
Qatar's are quite regular going over the top, dunno if they are going into Heathrow.
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So they are, just noticed one lifting off on ADS-B Exchange... :ok:
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Cathay ones into Gatwick now as well.
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Finnairs have been operating for nearly a year now into LHR and Ive seen 2 QR examples on the ground at the same time in the last couple of nights, although saying that last night only one appeared and the other flight was a 787
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Until I moved out of London 3 weeks ago I only spotted one A350 (Finnair) heading to LHR, I was keen to identify at least one before I left! LHR-bound planes pass over my old home at about 4-5000 ft, and from that angle and height it is not easy to distinguish A350 from B787.
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Originally Posted by Wycombe
(Post 9594680)
.....and so will Virgin and BA in a couple of years. Their's will be the A350-1000 which is of similar size to the 777-300.
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Yes, QR001/002 swapped from a 777 to an A350 at the beginning of this month (though yesterday evening's flight was a B77L), adding to the existing QR015/016. Both flights from now on are timetabled as A350.
Finnair operated their first scheduled A350 into LHR in October 2015. |
Don't count on BA operating the 350 any time soon. Rumour control has it that when the Training Dept asked the beencounters for the dosh to buy a 350 Sim they were told that there was no need in hurrying to buy such a Sim.
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On watching the aforementioned Finnair A350 float past me this misty morning, I was taken by how much it seemed to resemble the 777 from a gauge perspective, rather than it's nemesis, the 787.
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Originally Posted by beerdrinker
(Post 9600606)
Don't count on BA operating the 350 any time soon.
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Originally Posted by crablab
(Post 9601567)
Be a pity if they don't - I understand it is a very nice aircraft to fly in.
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