Originally Posted by
NickB
Other than one-off exceptions in case of very severe irrops resulting in large numbers of pax stranded at destinations or familiarisation-cum-PR flights for new equipment, there is virtually no use by BA on long-haul equipped aircraft on intra-European except for 767s.
BA does use 767s on some European routes but these are part of the dedicated short-haul fleet. In case of shortage of short-haul configured 767 for one reason or another, a long-haul one could be substituted but that is the exception.
mostly one off's indeed although not only irrops operated ones, for instance when the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, results of the Cannes film festival and often bank holiday were all the same last weekend of May, BA routinely used to schedule one 777 or sometimes 744 on NCE-LHR, and they did several when England played in Nice for the football last June (and presumably the same on the occasion when hooligans spoilt the show in Marseille). That said AF is no different and routinely does the same.
in terms of regular ops, one BA LHR-MAD is moving to 777 (IB also operate one A340). LX and TK also operate a 330 to LHR and presumably a few others.