Originally Posted by
opus99
4 of the 779s were meant to replace the 77Es. I think last I checked BA will be back to 2019 capacity in 2025. 779 was never meant for expansion in that sense of additional frames. It was always a replacement order which WW stressed when the order was announced. The 6 787-10s help BA get back to 2019 levels before the 779 comes on line.
So if you take it that way. The remaining 20+ 777s can now be what is up for debate.
Covid and Russia did change BAs plans substantially because those 12 787-10s have effectively just become replacement aircraft. And the arrival of the 779 now tallies with the exit of the 77E fleet. From 2027 the oldest frames will be around 30 years old. The main reason they only changed the club suite and not the rest of the cabin of the G-VIIx fleet was because those aircraft were not going to last to the end of the decade. If they were, they would’ve followed the YMMx fleet
by the end of 2024, BA will be only short of 4 long haul aircraft compared to 2019. Just another metric to show the 779 can’t be for expansion.
this slide is from the full year analyst call today.
IAG CFO has also just said that the introduction of the 779 will line up with the exit of the 777-200s