Wishful Thinking Post. Your Ideal BA Fleet
May 25, 2015, 10:55 am
#34
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, LH Sen, MUCCI, Junior Jet Club.
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The seating was very comfortable in (IIRC) Connolly leather. Pitch was about what you get on WTP.
Yes it was a magical experience, food and drink were superb and those who travelled would invariably see one or more celebs on there, if they weren't one themselves of course.
Yes it was a magical experience, food and drink were superb and those who travelled would invariably see one or more celebs on there, if they weren't one themselves of course.
) however what I found interesting was that the onboard service was clearly designed for a load factor of 50-60 people, when I flew it (completely full with 100 pax) the whole drinks and dinner service took almost the full 3 hour flight. Everything was top notch though - lobster, caviar, Pol Roger Winston Churchill 1986 and so on. I dug out the wine list the other day to show to a colleague and he simply said, "Box Office."
May 25, 2015, 12:42 pm
#37
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL (for now) and Lifetime Gold, Marriott fan thanks to Bonvoy Moments
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A360s, A370s, A390s and B797s - just assume that Airbus and Boeing will design your ideal plane for long haul and shorthaul respectively (or vice versa)
(One of them could be Concorde II)
(One of them could be Concorde II)
May 25, 2015, 1:26 pm
#39
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Helvetia
Programs: AS; BA Silver; UA; HH Gold; Sprüngli Connaisseur
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May 25, 2015, 3:40 pm
#41
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Brighton, UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FrancisA
On your list, the A380 may well be history, which puts BA's future LH planes in a quandary. Do they go with the other new Airbus wide-bodies, or do they return to the Boeing fold for LH and buy 747-800s. I would hope for the latter.
More likely 747 will be history. Airbus have stated the A380 ain't going anywhere and with a possible Neo and/or stretch on the way...
Originally Posted by FrancisA
On your list, the A380 may well be history, which puts BA's future LH planes in a quandary. Do they go with the other new Airbus wide-bodies, or do they return to the Boeing fold for LH and buy 747-800s. I would hope for the latter.
More likely 747 will be history. Airbus have stated the A380 ain't going anywhere and with a possible Neo and/or stretch on the way...
It is a fact that they have taken no new orders from airlines who do not have existing A380s.
To my mind the jury's out on this one!
May 25, 2015, 7:52 pm
#43
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,797
Emirates have all but committed to replacing all their current A380s with a re-engined version should Airbus build it. I don't think the A380 is going to break any records but it looks like its here to stay, which is more than can be said for the 747-8 passenger version.
May 25, 2015, 11:28 pm
#44
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver Seigneur des Horaires des Mucci.
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Generally smaller volume aircraft with 2x2 seating in shorhaul and 1:2:1 seating in Club long haul. This would be a properly configured 787 for long haul and the Embrear 170/190 for short haul. a380 reconfigured with imagination for higher volume long haul. More A318 club only flights
May 26, 2015, 12:41 am
#45
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, LH Sen, MUCCI, Junior Jet Club.
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There is of course the rumour that BA will be taking more in the next few years.