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Old Oct 24, 2014, 4:53 am
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Note: Now that the change to FLY is complete, BA internal codes will not normally be publicly displayed.

Codes in alpha-numerical order

10D+- A320 - GAT*
18A - A318 - EUN*
19A - A319 - EUO*, EUP* (new short haul cabin)
20A - A320 - EUU*, EUY*, TTO* (new short haul cabin)
20E+- A320 - GAT*
21B - A321 - EUX* (new shorthaul cabin)
32A - A320 - EUYO-Y (sharklets)
32G - A320 - EUU*, EUY* (180CM Space-Flex rear galleys)
32N - A320 NEO - TTN*
32Q - A321 NEO - NEO*
351 - A350 - XWB*
38A - A380 - XLE*
74V - B747-400 - BNLY, CIVA/B/C/D/E/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/T/U (mid-J NF)
74S - B747-400 - BYGA/B/C/D/E/F/G, CIVF/G/H/I/R/S/V/W/X/Y/Z (super high-J)
76B - B767-300 - BNWA/B/X/Z, BZHA-C
76Z - B767-300 - BNWI/M/T/W/Y

77C and 77Y - B777-200 - VIIA-H/J-N/S
77G - B777-300 - STB*
77J and 77K - B777-200 - YMMA-B/E/R-U
77M - B777-200 - RAES
77R - B777-200 - VIIV, W, Y
77S - B777-200 - YMMB/C/D/E/F
77T - B777-200 - VIIO/P/R/T/U/X
77X - B777-200 - ZZZA-C
77Z - B777-200 - YMMG-L/N-P
78B - B787-8 - ZBJ*
789 - B787-9 - ZBK*
781 - B787-10 - ZBL*
M0A - A320 - MID*
M0C - A320 - MEDK
M1B - A321 - MED*
M9A - A319 - DBCA-F/J/K
M9C - A319 - DBCG-I

By aircraft type

A318
18A - A318 - EUN*

A319
19A - A319 - EUO*, EUP* (new short haul cabin)
M9A - A319 - DBCA-F/J/K
M9C - A319 - DBCG-I

A320
10D+- A320 - GAT*
20A - A320 - EUU*, EUY*, TTO* (new shorthaul cabin)
20E+- A320 - GAT*
32A - A320 - EUYO-Y (sharklets)
32G - A320 - EUU*, EUY* (180CM Space-Flex rear galleys)
32N - A320 NEO - TTN*
M0A - A320 - MID*
M0C - A320 - MEDK

A321
21B - A321 - EUX* (new shorthaul cabin)
32Q - A321 NEO - NEO*
M1B - A321 - MED*

A350
351 - A350 - XWB*

A380
38A - A380 - XLE*

B747
74V - B747-400 - BNLY, CIVA/B/C/D/E/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/T/U (mid-J NF)
74S - B747-400 - BYGA/B/C/D/E/F/G, CIVF/G/H/I/R/S/V/W/X/Y/Z (super high-J)

B767
76B - B767-300 - BNWA/B/X/Z, BZHA-C
76Z - B767-300 - BNWI/M/T/W/Y


B777
77C and 77Y - B777-200 - VIIA-H/J-N/S
77G - B777-300 - STB*
77J and 77K - B777-200 - YMMA/R-U
77M - B777-200 - RAES
77R - B777-200 - VIIV/W/Y
77S - B777-200 - YMMB/C/D/E/F
77T - B777-200 - VIIO/P/R/T/U/X
77X - B777-200 - ZZZA-C
77Z - B777-200 - YMMG-L/N-P

B787
78B - B787-8 - ZBJ*
789 - B787-9 - ZBK*
781 - B787-10 - ZBL*

+ - The new arrivals at Gatwick in the G-GAT* series have been variously reported to be coded 10D or 20E.
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 8:10 am
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All the known internal codes for mainline aircraft

Going to Venice this week, it started out as a 737 and we chose our seats, then it changed to an A319 and we re-picked seats again, now its at T-72 and I went online to check seats and is shows "M9A".

Do you think this could be a Titan operated flight?
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 8:13 am
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I Googled it and "M9A" is "Airbus A319 – Former BMI Airframe (G-DBC*)".

It came from this intriguing site!
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 8:21 am
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Good effort - cheers!

Was looking at the cheap upgrade but if it is a BMi aircraft then there is little point because it will have the recaro seats.
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I believe this is the full list with credit to baw217:

18A - Airbus A318
19B - Airbus A319 (G-EU**). Can also be 19C.
M9A - Airbus A319 (G-DBC*)
M0A - Airbus A320 (G-MID*)
B0A - Airbus A320 (G-MEDK)
20D - Airbus A320 (G-EU**/G-TT**)
21A - Airbus A321 (G-EUX*)
M1A - Airbus A321 (G-MED*)

73A - Boeing 737-400
74C - Boeing 747-400 (Mid-J). Can also be 74D, 74I or 74J.
74G - Boeing 747-400 (High-J). Can also be 74A
47A - Boeing 747-400 (High-J Lite). Can also be 47B, 74E or 74K.
76B - Boeing 767-300 (Short Haul)
76Z - Boeing 767-300 (Long Haul)
77X - Boeing 777-200 (G-ZZZ*)
77A - Boeing 777-200IGW (G-VII* 3 Class Configuration)
77C - Boeing 777-200IGW (G-VII* or G-RAES 4 Class Configuration) Can also be 77D or 77E.
77F - Boeing 777-200ER (G-YMM* 4 Class Configuration)
77S - Boeing 777-200ER (G-YMM* 3 Class Configuration)
77N - Boeing 777-300ER

ER7 - Embraer 170
ER9 - Embraer 190
S20 - SAAB 2000

75V - Boeing 757-200 (F-HAV*)
75X - Boeing 757-200 (F-GPEK)
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I've got 73A and 734 operating my LGW-ALC return this weekend, so presumably there's a further differentiation between 737-400s as well?
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 8:52 am
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Originally Posted by callmedave
I've got 73A and 734 operating my LGW-ALC return this weekend, so presumably there's a further differentiation between 737-400s as well?
Flights a long way out will typically show the normal aircraft identifier (734, 744, etc) and then a few days before it will change to the specific configuration (73A, 74C, 74G, etc).

You will likely see your inbound change to 73A between now and OLCI.
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 8:55 am
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In god knows how many years of flying BA I have never noticed the aircraft designator change. Thanks for the info! ^
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 9:17 am
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This is the kind of stuff FT is great for. Thanks for the info, nux and Dave_C!
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In god knows how many years of flying BA I have never noticed the aircraft designator change. Thanks for the info! ^
I think that this has only started happening recently.
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Originally Posted by Dave_C
I think that this has only started happening recently.

I've seen it on ExpertFlyer a fair bit within t-72 of a flight. Really only ever paid attention to the 777 designators though.
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by Dave_C
I think that this has only started happening recently.
Originally Posted by evanderm
I've seen it on ExpertFlyer a fair bit within t-72 of a flight.
It's been on EF for a long time, but it's only recently started showing on ba.com.

The change seems to occur at the time when the flight is edited on the day three days before the flight (eg Monday for a Thursday flight). All of the other T-3d things seem to happen at this time.
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 11:29 am
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discovered it on my flight to PFO last Sat....

It was on an airbus (ex BMI as we had the middle seat in CE covered with the drinks shelf contraption......)
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Great stuff! I am on M0A - Airbus A320 on Friday, and there's a distinct B-seat on the front row of economy. Is this a feature of the ex-BMI aircaft?
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Old Apr 24, 2013, 12:56 pm
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Great stuff! I am on M0A - Airbus A320 on Friday, and there's a distinct B-seat on the front row of economy. Is this a feature of the ex-BMI aircaft?
There is a bassinet at the front attached to the bulhead but that's all I can think of. I personally think the interior of the BMi airbus looked much nicer, I don't know if they stripped the brown recaros out yet though as haven't flown on one since they fully merged
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Great stuff! I am on M0A - Airbus A320 on Friday, and there's a distinct B-seat on the front row of economy. Is this a feature of the ex-BMI aircaft?
If you mean at the front of ET, then yes there is! With their convertible seats in CE the B and E seats are squished leaving the aisle in-line, so no need to alter the first row of ET.
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