Originally Posted by
jeremyBA
12000 cases is 144000 bottles assuming 12 per case and the definition of case seems to vary between 6 and12!
British Airways - BRITISH AIRWAYS FACTSHEET
They carry 123,000 passengers per day. Say 1% are first. 1230 people.
Say they drink half half a bottle each. Some 600 bottles a day.
The stash would last 240 day and Concorde retired long long ago. Whatever way you fudge my simple maths if they were using it at all I suspect it is long long gone!
I like the logical breakdown ^. However (I say in forlorn hope), the article only mentioned use on transatlantic services, which narrows it down a little bit. And, I was wondering if they perhaps introduced it bit by bit, maybe just one entry on the F wine list, for instance, or at selected times.
Or have they not used it at all, and BA are still sitting on an amazing cellar, presumably a lot of it aged beautifully and drinking well...