Originally Posted by
dwugson
Given the problems with the 380 how have the recent flights to JNB been affected? Due to fly in two weeks time (on the later flight 057)
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To echo
Red L above. The earlier JNB, the BA55, is invariably delayed on departure, often making up (some) time en route. My flight two weeks ago was showing a 40 minute departure delay mid-afternoon. In the end we left about 90 mins late and landed 70 or so behind schedule. On this occasion the Captain stated the initial delay was caused by the plane being towed late from the maintenance hanger.
Conversely, the later BA57 seems to enjoy much better timekeeping.