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BA FLEET: NEW AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND RETIREMENTS WIKI

BA are in the mid-stages of a large fleet renewal programme. The new aircraft enabled BA to retire the 767 and 737 Classic fleets with retirement of the 747 fleet and selected 777/A319 aircraft currently in progress.

This Wiki has been divided into:
  • Projected Fleet
  • New Arrivals
  • Retrofits
  • Retirements
  • Historical Fleet

(Click on the aircraft type, where there is a link, to go to the relevant details in this wikipost.)


Projected Fleet

This renewal programme, which is being complemented with a cabin refresh for some of the older aircraft, is expected to see the following fleet numbers at year end 2022.

Heathrow Fleet and Gatwick Fleet

Shorthaul
A319: 9 (38 currently in fleet)
A320ceo: 67 (67 currently in fleet)
A320neo: 22 (12 currently in fleet)
• A321ceo: 14 (14 currently in fleet)
A321neo: 13 (9 currently in fleet)

Midhaul
• A321: 4 (4 currently in fleet)

Longhaul
A350-1000: 18 (6 currently in fleet)
A380: 12 (12 currently in fleet)
B747-400: 12 (30 currently in fleet)
B777-200ER: 43 (43 currently in fleet)
B777-300ER: 16 (12 currently in fleet)
B777-9: 8 (0 currently in fleet)
B787-8: 12 (12 currently in fleet)
B787-9: 18 (18 currently in fleet)
B787-10: 9 (2 currently in fleet)

London City Fleet

Shorthaul
E170 / E190: 28 (24 currently in fleet)

Longhaul
• A318: 1 (1 currently in fleet)

New Arrivals

Airbus A320ceo: Ten A320ceos were delivered between June 2013 and October 2014, based at LHR. Ten second hand A320ceos were delivered to LGW between December 2014 and August 2016. Details are archived here.


Airbus A320neo: 35 A320neo family aircraft (25 A320s and 10 A321s) were ordered to replace 21 of the older A319 and A320ceos and add extra capacity. Deliveries started in 2018. In May 2019 three A320neos were converted to A321neo bringing the split to 22 A320s and 13 A321s.

G-TTNA - Delivered on 10 Apr 2018
G-TTNB - Delivered on 25 Apr 2018
G-TTNC - Delivered on 07 Jun 2018
G-TTND - Delivered on 26 Jul 2018
G-TTNE - Delivered on 21 Sep 2018
G-TTNF - Delivered on 27 Oct 2018
G-TTNG - Delivered on 29 Nov 2018
G-TTNH - Delivered on 17 Jan 2019
G-TTNI - Delivered on 20 Feb 2019
G-TTNJ - Delivered on 28 Feb 2019
G-TTNK - Delivered on 27 Feb 2020
G-TTNL - Delivered on 09 Mar 2020
G-TTNM - Due in May 2020?
G-TTNN - Due in Jul 2020
G-TTNO - Due in Sep 2020
G-TTNP - Due in 2020
G-TTNR -
G-TTNS -
G-TTNT -
G-TTNU -
G-TTNV -
G-TTNW -

Airbus A321neo:

G-NEOR - Delivered on 23 Nov 2018
G-NEOS - Delivered on 29 Jan 2019
G-NEOT - Delivered on 01 Mar 2019
G-NEOP - Delivered on 27 Mar 2019
G-NEOU - Delivered on 10 May 2019
G-NEOV - Delivered on 30 Aug 2019
G-NEOW - Delivered on 25 Oct 2019
G-NEOX - Delivered on 23 Dec 2019
G-NEOZ - Delivered on 17 Mar 2020
G-NEOY - Due in May 2020?
G-TNEA -
G-TNEB -
G-TNEC -

Airbus A350: BA ordered 18 A350-1000s for delivery between 2019 and 2021. They will all be based at LHR are being delivered as 3-class in a 56J/56W/219Y configuration. Deliveries started in July 2019.

G-XWBA - Delivered on 27 Jul 2019
G-XWBB - Delivered on 19 Sep 2019
G-XWBC - Delivered on 26 Nov 2019
G-XWBD - Delivered on 23 Dec 2019
G-XWBE - Delivered on 12 Feb 2020
G-XWBF - Delivered on 20 May 2020
G-XWBG - Due in Jun 2020
G-XWBH - Due in Jul 2020
G-XWBI - Due in Oct 2020
G-XWBJ - Due in Jan 2021
G-XWBK - Due in Feb 2021
G-XWBL -
G-XWBM -
G-XWBN -
G-XWBO -
G-XWBP -
G-XWBR -
G-XWBS -

Airbus A380: Twelve A380s were delivered between July 2013 and June 2016 and are based at LHR. Details are archived here.


Boeing 777-300ER: Six 777-300ERs were delivered between September 2013 and August 2014 and are based at LHR. Details are archived here. A further three were ordered in November 2018, and a fourth in December 2018. These final four are due to be delivered from Q3 2020.

G-STBM - Due in Jul 2020?
G-STBN - Due in Aug 2020?
G-STBO - Due in 2020
G-STBP - Due in 2020


Boeing 777-9: In February 2019 BA announced an order for 18 Boeing 777-9 aircraft plus 24 options which will be powered by General Electric GE9X engines. Each aircraft will be fitted with 325 seats in a 4-class, 8F/65J/46W/206Y configuration. The 777-9s on order will be used to replace 14 Boeing 747-400 and four Boeing 777-200ER between 2022 and 2025.


Boeing 787-8: Twelve 787-8s were delivered between June 2013 and November 2018 and are based at LHR. Details are archived here.


Boeing 787-9: Eighteen 787-9s were delivered between September 2015 and June 2018 and are based at LHR. Details are archived here.


Boeing 787-10: BA has 12 787-10s on order to be delivered between 2020 and 2023: Each aircraft will be fitted with 256 seats in a 4 class 8F/48J/35W/165Y configuration.

G-ZBLA - Due 24th May 2020
G-ZBLB - Due in Jun 2020
G-ZBLC - Due in Aug 2020
G-ZBLD - Due in 2020
G-ZBLE - Due in 2020
G-ZBLF - Due in 2020
G-ZBLG - Due in 2021
G-ZBLH - Due in 2021
G-ZBLI - Due in 2022
G-ZBLJ - Due in 2023
G-ZBLK - Due in 2023
G-ZBLL - Due in 2023

Embraer 190: Three more new Embraer 190s were delivered in May 2014 and September 2014. Details are archived here. Seven second hand aircraft have since been sourced. Two more are due in 2020.

G-LCYV - Delivered on 19 Dec 2015
G-LCYW - Delivered on 25 May 2016
G-LCYX - Delivered on 10 Jul 2016
G-LCYY - Delivered on 22 Dec 2017
G-LCYZ - Delivered on 17 May 2018
G-LCAA - Delivered on 23 May 2019
G-LCAB - Delivered on 21 July 2019
G-LCAC - Due into service June 2020 (currently at WAW)
G-LCAD - Due in June / July 2020? (currently at CAN)
G-LCAE
G-LCAF
G-LCAG
G-LCAH

Retrofits

A320ceo:

The A320ceos currently based at LHR are being reconfigured from CY168 to CY180. These feature Pinnacle seats throughout and still have tables in CE, (unlike the A320neos).
There are currently 55 completed.

Completed (CY180):
G-EUUA/D/E/F/G/H/I/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z
G-EUYA/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y
G-MEDK
G-MIDO/S/T/X/Y
G-TTOB/E

The following aircraft are currently undergoing cabin refit at Madrid:

G-EUUB/C

A321ceo (Completed):

All 14 shorthaul frames have now been reconfigured from a CY205 to a CY218. These feature Pinnacle seats throughout and still have tables in CE (unlike the A321neos). The four midhaul frames remain unchanged in a 23J/131Y layout.

Boeing 777-200ER:

For full details on the complete refit plan of the 777s, see the following detailed thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...8-onwards.html

LGW Cabin retrofit of 777-200ERs with 10-across economy seating and upgraded Panasonic IFE. These do notfeature the new Club World seat. This commenced in January 2018.
There are currently 14 completed.

Completed (32J/52W/252Y): G-VIIO/P/R/T/U/X
Completed (32J/48W/252Y): G-YMMB/C/D/E/F
Completed (14F/48J/40W/136Y): G-VIIV/W/Y

The following aircraft are currently undergoing cabin refit at
Cardiff:

None

LHR Cabin retrofit of 777-200ERs with 10-across economy seating and upgraded Panasonic IFE. These feature the new Club World seat. This commenced in August 2019.
There are currently 6 completed.

Completed (8F/49J/40W/138Y): G-VIIB/K/L/M/N, G-RAES

The following aircraft are currently undergoing cabin refit at Cardiff

G-VIIF - Arrived at CWL on 14 April
G-VIIA - Arrived at CWL on 25 April


Boeing 777-300ER:

Cabin retrofit to commence in October 2020 in an 8F/76J/40W/130Y configuration with the new Club World seat.

Retirement

With all the new arrivals there are also some much loved/hated (*delete as applicable) older aircraft heading for scrapping. Until 2015 most of these ended up in Victorville (VCV) in California for storage and ultimately part out for scrap. Since then most ex-BA planes have been sent to St Athan (DGX) in Wales for scrapping. Recent 747 retirements have been to Kemble (GBA) in England for scrapping.


Airbus A319:

G-DBCI - Retired to MAD on 07 Mar 2018
G-EUPV - Retired to DGX on 01 Nov 2018
G-EUOH - Retired to DGX on 05 Sep 2019
G-EUPX - Retired to DGX on 07 Sep 2019
G-EUOI - Retired to DGX on 04 Nov 2019
G-EUPE - Retired to DGX on 11 Mar 2020
G-EUOC - Retired to DGX on 11 Mar 2020
G-EUOD - Retired to DGX on 11 Mar 2020
G-EUOB - Retired to DGX on 16 Mar 2020

The next to be retired (subject to change) are:

G-EUPA - Due to be withdrawn in Sep 2020
G-EUPC - Due to be withdrawn in Nov 2020
G-EUPB - Due to be withdrawn in Oct 2021
G-EUPF - Due to be withdrawn in Nov 2021
G-EUPH - Due to be withdrawn in Nov 2021
G-EUPJ - Due to be withdrawn in Nov 2021
G-EUPK - Due to be withdrawn in Aug 2022
G-EUOE - Due to be withdrawn in Oct 2022
G-EUOF - Due to be withdrawn in Oct 2022

Airbus A320:

G-TTOB - Due to be withdrawn in Feb 2022


Boeing 747-400: As of 27 April 2020, 29 747-400s have been retired from the original fleet of 57, leaving 30 aircraft in service. Of those remaining, 17 are "super high-J" aircraft (14F / 86J / 30W / 145Y). (Cabin refresh dates here). The remaining 11 aircraft are "mid-J" aircraft. (14F / 52J / 36W / 235Y). (Cabin refresh dates here). All remaining aircraft have been refurbished.

The current plan is for all aircraft to be retired by February 2024. According to the Capital Markets Day presentation in November 2019, BA plan to have the following amount of 747s in the fleet at year end:
  • 2020: 25 aircraft
  • 2021: 20 aircraft
  • 2022: 12 aircraft
  • 2023: 3 aircraft
A list of retired 747-400s as of May 2019 is archived here.

Since then the following have been retired:

G-BNLN - Retired to DGX on 24 Jun 2019
G-CIVG - Retired to DGX on 25 Nov 2019
G-CIVM - Retired to DGX on 16 Mar 2020
G-CIVL - Retired to GBA 14 Apr 2020
G-CIVJ - Retired to GBA 15 Apr 2020
G-CIVN - Retired to GBA on 16 Apr 2020

For a further analysis of the fleet and retirement plans: see Globaliser's tracker.

The last known planned dates of the next retirements were as follows (but should all be regarded as subject to change). All the retirements will be of the "mid-J" configuration unless stated otherwise.

G-CIVI - Due to be retired in Apr 2020 [super high-J]
G-CIVD - Due to be retired in May 2020
G-CIVH - Due to be retired in Jun 2020 [super high-J]
G-CIVK - Due to be retired in Jan 2021
G-CIVF - Due to be retired in Jun 2021 [super high-J]
G-CIVB - Due to be retired in 2022
G-CIVC - Due to be retired in Nov 2022
G-CIVE - Due to be retired in Nov 2022
G-BYGC - Due to be retired in 2023 [super high-J]
G-BNLY - Due to be retired in 2023

Boeing 777-200:

G-ZZZC - Retired to DGX on 13 Jan 2020
G-ZZZA - Due to be retired in Sep 2020 [potential early retirement - stored at LHR 19 Mar 2020]
G-ZZZB - Due to be retired in Oct 2020 [potential early retirement - stored at LHR 20 Mar 2020]

Embraer 170:

G-LCYE - Retired to WAW on 07 May 2020

Historical Fleet

Boeing 737: The last remaining 737 was retired in Oct 2015. Details are archived here.


Boeing 767: The last remaining 767 was retired in Nov 2018. Details are archived here.







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BA Fleet : New aircraft arrivals and retirements master tracker

Old Nov 28, 2018, 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by RB211
....we don't see a lot of A380s on the LHR-JFK route....
Isn’t that currently due to T7 gate comparability?
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Old Nov 28, 2018, 10:36 am
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Originally Posted by richardwft
Isn’t that currently due to T7 gate comparability?
Maybe that too, but I think if BA had wanted to they would have addressed that already. The timetable has AA/BA with a shuttle-like service of a flight almost every hour from LHR to JFK between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Throw an A380 into one or two of those slots and I bet unused capacity becomes an issue. They could probably do it and keep a similar timetable on high capacity days, maybe. And maybe they can adjust the timetable and then save a slot. Maybe. They're probably better off throwing an A380 at a route like LHR-SFO where they could probably support three 777s a day during certain days/times of the year, but instead use an A380 and a 747, thus not needing to use an extra precious LHR slot for three flights. The competition on that route is not quite so intense, so they can keep yields up with only two flights. And that's still a simplification of the situation. This stuff is quite complex with many secondary and tertiary factors to be considered!

However, I'm not an expert in this field at all (not sure I'm an expert in any field at all, except perhaps the field of dreams. Maybe.) At the end of the day, the A380 seems to work for a few airlines, but doesn't seem to work for many. I'm sure BA could exploit a few more, but only at rock-bottom prices, it appears.

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Old Nov 28, 2018, 10:59 am
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BA 747

I am sure that if BA a few years ago had known the situation today they had never put all of the 747-436 frames to sleep that they did - some of them had under 100.000 hrs and half of the max 35-40000 cycles on them. I wonder how many if not all the BNLx frames will get the D check they probably need soon?
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Old Nov 28, 2018, 6:21 pm
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Originally Posted by RB211
At the end of the day, the A380 seems to work for a few airlines, but doesn't seem to work for many.
whilst i love the idea of a double decker monster ... in practice it seems like it's just too easy for operations to go wrong.

i keep hearing about delays in boarding ... and scrums at gates which aren't designed to handle the number of passengers on an A380

and with all those people on one plane - the chance of somebody getting sick and the plane needing to divert are obviously increased

and once you get into EU261 territory - the cost of dealing with an a380 load must make the accountants cry !
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Old Nov 28, 2018, 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by fartoomanyusers
whilst i love the idea of a double decker monster ... in practice it seems like it's just too easy for operations to go wrong.

i keep hearing about delays in boarding ... and scrums at gates which aren't designed to handle the number of passengers on an A380

and with all those people on one plane - the chance of somebody getting sick and the plane needing to divert are obviously increased

and once you get into EU261 territory - the cost of dealing with an a380 load must make the accountants cry !
Yes, those are all valid points and probably contribute to some airlines shying away from the monster when logic might have dictated a closer look. However, when all goes well with a fullish plane, the accountants aren't exactly laughing their rears off, but they are probably smiling.

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Old Nov 28, 2018, 7:20 pm
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Originally Posted by fartoomanyusers
whilst i love the idea of a double decker monster ... in practice it seems like it's just too easy for operations to go wrong.

i keep hearing about delays in boarding ... and scrums at gates which aren't designed to handle the number of passengers on an A380

and with all those people on one plane - the chance of somebody getting sick and the plane needing to divert are obviously increased

and once you get into EU261 territory - the cost of dealing with an a380 load must make the accountants cry !
Don't go on hearsay. I've done at least 30 BA A380 flights (and several QF) with none of the above!!
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Old Nov 28, 2018, 7:37 pm
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Originally Posted by morges1
Don't go on hearsay. I've done at least 30 BA A380 flights (and several QF) with none of the above!!
Me too, re number of BA A380 flights! Have you ever departed from SFO, gate A1 or A9? - they're both a scrum if the plane is even two-thirds full! A1 is worse than a scrum IMO.

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Old Nov 28, 2018, 11:09 pm
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Originally Posted by charlieb747
Any news on BNLK/LN retirement dates

G-BNLK is expected to be be WFU over the next couple of days. The aircraft is planned to remain parked at LHR were it will be used for spare parts.

G-BNLP is planned to be WFU by christmas. Unsure whether it is also planned to remain at LHR to be used for spare parts,

G-BNLN - Is not planned to be WFU until mid 2019
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 12:19 am
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Originally Posted by Kenneth Jensen
I am sure that if BA a few years ago had known the situation today they had never put all of the 747-436 frames to sleep that they did - some of them had under 100.000 hrs and half of the max 35-40000 cycles on them. I wonder how many if not all the BNLx frames will get the D check they probably need soon?
There are only 4 BNLx frames left now, BNLY did get a heavy check and partial refurb and is likely to be around for a couple of years. As Scotflyer80 says, the other three, BNLK/N/P are approaching the end of their lives, two won't make it past the year end, the third goes in Summer 2019. How can they manage this? Well, the 787 problem seems to have an end in sight, and deliveries start in the second half of 2019 on A350-1000s and 777-300ERs that are on order .
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 3:15 am
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Originally Posted by RB211
Me too, re number of BA A380 flights! Have you ever departed from SFO, gate A1 or A9? - they're both a scrum if the plan is even two-thirds full! A1 is worse than a scrum IMO.

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No, haven't. Mainly LHR to/from HKG or SIN.
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 3:55 am
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I concur regarding the scrum at SFO. Regarding the A380 generally, it does have a niche (amittedly a small one) at slot restricted airports such as LHR. BA has to maximise its profitability from a finite number of slots. LAX was a prime example where, initially, three daily 747 rotations became two with the A380. I am puzzled that BA are back to three flights on this route and next summer the A380 is less than daily. Possibly, BA are using the aircraft to stimulate demand to/from BOS and ORD. One issue for them must be filling them year round with a sufficient yield. The modifications at Cape Town can’t come soon enough.
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 9:00 am
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G-TTNG arriving at LHR as BA9251 approx 5pm. En-route now
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 11:42 am
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The G-TTNG has landed!

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Old Nov 30, 2018, 4:05 am
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Originally Posted by Scotflyer80
G-BNLK is expected to be be WFU over the next couple of days. The aircraft is planned to remain parked at LHR were it will be used for spare parts.
G-BNLK is currently inbound from YVR, ETA about 1400. It sounds like this could then be her last flight. Although, as ever, I hope she gets to soldier on for at least one more rotation ...
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Old Nov 30, 2018, 4:19 am
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G-BNLK is currently inbound from YVR, ETA about 1400. It sounds like this could then be her last flight. Although, as ever, I hope she gets to soldier on for at least one more rotation ...
G-BNLK will soldier on past the inbound YVR today. It is planned to operate to MIA (BA207/BA206) on Sunday
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