Originally Posted by
DeathSlam
I have looked up the flight and it was 2016. So that fits with what most are saying. It was a morning flight to DME. It was the cheapest possible F reward in Avios. We were in the CCR and everything
But I remember some conversations on FT around that time when we were discussing that the writing was on the wall for that service, so not surprised if it went a few years later.
This web page claims it changed the same time as AMM\BEY\CAI in 2020.
https://londonairtravel.com/2020/08/...craft-changes/
But to be fair I wasn't doing any travelling by then.
That's correct - Moscow used to be a shorthaul on 767/320s until around 2011 I think when both Aeroflot's superior offering and BMIs bankruptcy made BA up their game to 1x747 and 2x777 daily. The offering then got decreased to 1x777/787 and 2x mid haul ex-BMI 321s after Crimea annexation; when the service restarted after the pandemic it went back to being shorthaul up until February 2022.
Back to the OP's original points, I wonder if there is a case for a return of some sort of midhaul subfleet configuration for BA - whilst the likes of LH/LX/OS have hubs that are better positioned for the the eastern European / Middle Eastern destinations, BA has quite a few routes (and is getting more with the likes of TBS) that are 4+ hours long yet get the standard CE service.