Originally Posted by
kaizenflying
I'm not sure why BA doesn't have a 787 on this route if it comes down to being a leisure route and therefore less important financially. Given the flight time, at least give passengers the latest IFE system. With BA clearly not meeting an important number of passengers' expectations on this long flight, why are people not choosing alternative carriers? I use BA a lot, but would not fly with them to BKK. 12hr flights on old 777s, including a daylight return, is not how I want to travel.
They aren’t old by BA fleet standards - last time I flew BKK the 3 class aircraft was only 9 years old - only a little older than some of the A380s.