Originally Posted by
DG55
Any idea what routes these will fly on?
I think there are a lot of people here waiting with bated breath for the answer to this!
To me it's probably going to be the most competitive East Coast routes at first where they'll make a difference to the attractiveness of BA in a very competitive market (BOS? EWR?). Helps counter VS too, of course, which BA seem to like. It needs to be business traveler heavy routes where BA can charge a bit of a premium for the (presumed!) lost density and also the fact that the East Coast is a 6-7 hour flight that maximizes utilization is surely a plus too. I think it would be weird for JFK to be on the list at first though as BA are then risking cannibalizing demand for the one route where F probably actually makes decent money. Can see it going to DXB/AUH early too, since BA's lunch is being well and truly eaten on those flights (EK just announced their 11th daily flight to London this morning for those who haven't seen that yet). I could be totally wrong, though!