Jul 4, 2013, 12:23 pm
Last edit by: BotB
The below calendar shows the historical information collected for the dates the new BA A380's flew on the short haul route between LHR and FRA. To see the dates the A380 and 787 flew in August 2013 and for further information, history, and other bits, please do read this post (or sit back with a good drink and read the whole thread!)
The quick and dirty guide:
A380 flew each day in Aug. except Wed. afternoons and did not fly at all on Saturdays. The A380 schedule was quite certain until the 23rd Sept. after which the timings proved to be very uncertain, however, there were some dates with the A380 between the 24th Sept. up until the 18th Oct. so many were lucky and did get the chance to fly these great new birds.
The 787's flew each day in Aug. from the 9th up to the 31st. From the 1st Sept. the flights to ARN (BA 780/781) returned to 767's . The training flights for the 787's are over.
Historical Calendar for those interested
A380 Timings Sept Oct Final by BA_pics, on Flickr
Please do update this wiki or thread with new/correct information if you should have any, especially for the dates with '?' showing as I could not find any info on those dates. Thanks, we hope you found this info useful and managed to get on one of the flights.
A380-787-training-flights-meetup-do-thread might be of interest to find out who indeed did fly and when!
Final update: 20/10/2013 @ 13:00 BST. Reason: Final Update (barring filling gaps)
The quick and dirty guide:
A380 flew each day in Aug. except Wed. afternoons and did not fly at all on Saturdays. The A380 schedule was quite certain until the 23rd Sept. after which the timings proved to be very uncertain, however, there were some dates with the A380 between the 24th Sept. up until the 18th Oct. so many were lucky and did get the chance to fly these great new birds.
The 787's flew each day in Aug. from the 9th up to the 31st. From the 1st Sept. the flights to ARN (BA 780/781) returned to 767's . The training flights for the 787's are over.
Historical Calendar for those interested
A380 Timings Sept Oct Final by BA_pics, on Flickr
Please do update this wiki or thread with new/correct information if you should have any, especially for the dates with '?' showing as I could not find any info on those dates. Thanks, we hope you found this info useful and managed to get on one of the flights.
A380-787-training-flights-meetup-do-thread might be of interest to find out who indeed did fly and when!
Final update: 20/10/2013 @ 13:00 BST. Reason: Final Update (barring filling gaps)
New aircraft 'training' flights : B787 to Stockholm and A380 to Frankfurt
Jul 20, 2013, 3:40 pm
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The whole point of these flights is crew familiarisation, so I would assume they will use both decks.
Jul 20, 2013, 3:58 pm
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No, the whole point is to build flightdeck crew landings. The product onboard will be a SH product, they will only sell the normal config of the previous aircraft (so will only part fill the plane) and will, I believe, put CE in the WTP seats, not the CW seats. That's what I have heard anyway.
Jul 20, 2013, 4:10 pm
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If they put CE passengers in the WTP seats that seems a strange call.
55 W seats on the upper deck, with a further 104 Y seats up there does not a 767 make.
18,000 avios +£50 for a r/t to FRA? and end up in W? Mmmmm.
55 W seats on the upper deck, with a further 104 Y seats up there does not a 767 make.
18,000 avios +£50 for a r/t to FRA? and end up in W? Mmmmm.
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Jul 20, 2013, 4:29 pm
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I'm on one of the highlighted services, it would be strange way to lose my WTP virginity, but I wouldn't mind! Air France, when they trialed their A380s (and my goodness, a long time ago!) put us in the appropriate cabins, or upgraded us if with FlyingBlue status.
Jul 20, 2013, 4:33 pm
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Has everyone suddenly forgotten the difference between SH and LH? 
You're not really suggesting CE (which is what they would have booked) is anywhere near CW, are you?
If anything WT+ is closer to the CE experience than CW is. Indeed, if they end up in CW and this is their first time, they're in for a shock next time they book CE...
If anything WT+ is closer to the CE experience than CW is. Indeed, if they end up in CW and this is their first time, they're in for a shock next time they book CE...
Jul 20, 2013, 4:38 pm
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I obviously agree with you on that last point. But to the irregular traveller it may actually seem to them that they are sitting Premium Economy (with an empty Club section in front of them) and they would also be correct in coming to that conclusion.
Jul 20, 2013, 4:43 pm
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Don't get me wrong, I sure hope they put CE in CW
, but I would understand it if that might not be the case, it would be fair enough really.
Jul 20, 2013, 5:32 pm
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Apparently one of the reasons FRA was chosen for the A380 rotation was that it's a route with one of the highest number of gold card holders. It would be a very odd commercial decision not to showcase the new CW cabin when you have a captive audience of many of your best customers ....
Jul 20, 2013, 5:45 pm
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Booked my trip to (hopefully) take advantage of both the 787 and the A380 over bank holiday weekend. LHR-ARN on the fore mentioned BA780 and back FRA-LHR on the BA911 a day later. Flights in between ARN-FRA using Air Berlin ARN-TXL-FRA for a whopping 9000 avios plus £22.60 in cash plus another £60 for the Rad Blu at Arlanda.
Jul 27, 2013, 1:22 pm
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http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/...ion/boeing-787
(near the bottom, where it says Flight Information for our Boeing 787: London - Newark
HTH
Jul 27, 2013, 1:30 pm
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As BA seem to consider going from CW to CE on the DME route is not a downgrade for EU compensation purposes as they're both 'business class' I would urge anyone with a CE ticket to apply for EU downgrade compensation if sat in the WTP cabin.
They can't have it both ways!
They can't have it both ways!
Jul 27, 2013, 2:29 pm
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The compensation obsession on this board is becoming extremely tiresome.
Jul 28, 2013, 11:53 pm
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When trying to book an A380 flight with Avios on for example the 902 and straight back on the 903 I get a message saying that the connection time must be more that 120 minutes between flights.
As 902/903 should be the same aircraft I guess this should not really be a problem? But then I am unfamiliar with FRA T2. Will you have to go out and back through passport control or flight transfers? Or will you just walk off the plane and be able to join the queue at the same gate for your return flight?
If it is not a problem I guess one can book two singles, or is there another way?
As 902/903 should be the same aircraft I guess this should not really be a problem? But then I am unfamiliar with FRA T2. Will you have to go out and back through passport control or flight transfers? Or will you just walk off the plane and be able to join the queue at the same gate for your return flight?
If it is not a problem I guess one can book two singles, or is there another way?