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I agree that, right now, the 779s are (at least partially) meant for replacement of the 77Es. I don't agree that they've always been this way, Cruz never said that and the 2019 Capital Markets Day slides show that. Obviously, those plans were made 5 years ago, with the 747s still in the fleet, and under the very unwise assumption that Boeing knew what they were doing, which clearly isn't the case.
I'm not so sure that BA will grow only through upgauging. All the long-term plans I saw while working at the dependencies of HAL last year foresaw not just an increase in longhaul passengers (which is fair enough, can be achieved through upgauging) but also a modest increase in flying. I'm not talking about huge numbers, probably they can fit on both of your hands. This would be achieved by switching over slots from shorthaul, and this is vs the 2019 baseline. The numbers came from BA.
All 77Es have been retrofitted with new interiors in Traveller. This is G-VIIB.
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11187468
Traveller Plus, by my reckoning, is still the older Recaro seat.
you’re right. They have definitely not always been this way. But from the day of the order announcement. Feb 28th 2019, was the same day IAG had their full year call that for 2018, WW had said 14 were for replacement of the 747 and 4 were for replacement of 777-200s. It’s on page 12 of the 2018 Q4 call transcript
and yes, BA can’t only grow through up gauging but it up gauging will allow for growth via new routes because you can merge some frequencies into one or two instead of three or four and then use those slots to enter new markets.
as for believing Boeing. I don’t think any of us knew just how much of a s****show that whole operation actually was and still is. But alas what can they do at this point. Just take the aircraft when it comes in 26