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Old Jun 28, 2023 | 6:17 pm
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Originally Posted by sdmr
Sitting waiting to board the BA172 JFK-LHR. Wondering why the JFK-LHR flight numbers have always (as far as I can remember) been split between the 112/114/116 and the 172/174/178/182 range…?

Anyone shed any historical light?
There were three daily B747s in the 90s.
BA174
BA176
BA178
(+ BA002 and BA004 on Concorde)
then they added more frequency and the closest available flight nos were :
BA112
BA114
BA116
and latterly they moved the BA172 from JFK-LGW to LHR and then the BA182 was the old JFK-MAN flight no which was reactivated later at LHR when the MAN service went to BA CitiExpress (?) as BA1502.
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