dolfinco

I received a notification of a change to an A321 a while back but didn't realise it was a change of seating configuration and from what I can now see this is flat bed business seats instead of the normal Club Europe seats. This is OSL to LHR btw.

However my positional flight from LHR to OSL also in business looks like a normal club Europe set up.

A few questions hoping for some help

1) Am I looking at it right and that the A321 is as I describe

2) is this a frequent change of plans or is there certain times of day when it's always the 321.

3) if the answer is yes to above can anyone confirm what time it flies from LHR to OSL

corporate-wage-slave

1 and 2) Quite possible for the mid haul to go to OSL, this has been spotted elsewhere, even on UK domestics. It's an occasional event, not something that happens routinely.

3) A date would help.

rossmacd

Maybe they are up-gauging the frames used on the OSL rotation due to the increased passengers and money they are making

dolfinco

The LHR to OSL is on 5th April.

BA6501

MEDF & MEDG are getting converted to SH config in the near future. This might be why their current seatmap is appearing.

lorcancoyle

Wow, that's some advance notice! I might not get my hopes up it will stay that way though. I did like it a few years back on the T1 DUB flights when you could take a decent gamble usually on which flight would get the lie flat seats. Even a couple of occasions when the IFE was turned on

corporate-wage-slave

OK, so from that I've worked out you are referring to BA762 departing LHR to OSL on 5 April at 07:50, in which case that leaves Oslo as BA763 at 11:50, with a 50 minute turnaround. You can work this out via Flightradar24, or by logically working it out from the timetable. It indeed shows the midhaul CW seating. And as lorcancoyle rightly indicated, I would not bet the farm on this being maintained in the schedule. At T-3 it may well go back to something less exotic.

timezonehopper

I was surprised to see one of these mid-haul A321s on DUS-LHR last Tuesday (19th). I was a little miffed that my repeated attempts to POUG this sector had been unsuccessful.

sammyg901

There is a post somewhere, the early OSL rotation and a few others are scheduled as midhaul a
321 this summer prior to their conversion to short haul next year. Though I can imagine some swapping for maintenence reasons etc

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26010583-post7.html

travelwithross

Also flying on ABZ and domestic routes if you look for it.

AAtticus

BA0763 OSL-LHR on 28/4 seems to have this configuration as well.

TCX69

Indeed you are. BA762/3 OSL will be operated on this Midhaul aircraft daily from 28th March. 2 of them will be doing other Shorthaul flights this summer too:

BA776 LHR0650 – ARN0920 Mon, Sat
BA777 ARN1015 – LHR1305 Mon, Sat

BA342 LHR0650 – NCE0855 Sun
BA343 NCE0955 – LHR1210 Sun

BA762 LHR0650 – OSL0900 Daily
BA763 OSL0950 – LHR1220 Daily

BA640 LHR0715 – ATH1050 xSat/Sun
BA641 ATH1145 – LHR1545 xSat/Sun

BA233 LHR0845 – DME1440 xMon/Fri
BA232 DME1545 – LHR1755 xMon/Fri

BA145 LHR0955 – GYD1935 xSat
BA144 GYD2050 – LHR2240 XSat

BA235 LHR1055 – DME1655 Daily
BA234 DME1825 – LHR2025 Daily

BA640 LHR1300 – ATH1635 Sun
BA641 ATH1730 – LHR2130 Sun

BA556 LHR1320 – FCO1550 Daily
BA557 FCO1645 – LHR1925 Daily

BA149 LHR1415 – BEY2100 Daily
BA148 BEY0825 – LHR1135 Daily

BA147 LHR1440 – AMM2150 Daily
BA148 AMM1110 – LHR1445 Daily

BA1316 LHR1705 – ABZ1840 xSat/Sun
BA1317 ABZ1930 – LHR2100 xSat/Sun

BA237 LHR2130 – DME0320 Daily
BA236 DME0450 – LHR0655 Daily

It’s MEDJ & MEDU, to start with.

dolfinco

Thanks and that now makes sense.

Unfortunately my positional flight is day before and it's an afternoon one meaning I won't be able to do the early morning but was worth a thought.

Cheers everyone as usual.

seaskybound

How does that affect TLV rotations?

ABZFlyer16

Also scheduled on LHR-ABZ BA1316/17 for all days that I've checked in the summer season.