BA to lease 9 Qatar A320s + crews during strike
Jun 30, 2017, 11:22 am
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Jun 30, 2017, 11:43 am
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Please see links in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...mf-strike.html for the filghts being operated by Qatar.
Jun 30, 2017, 12:11 pm
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Well looking at Flightradar24, as it currently stands, QR A320s are doing the following rotations tomorrow (1 Jul):
A7-LAA
BA710/711 LHR-ZRH-LHR
BA876/877 LHR-TLL-LHR
A7-ADA
BA388/391 LHR-BRU-LHR
A7-ADB
BA948/949 LHR-MUC-LHR
BA356/357 LHR-NCE-LHR
A7-ADC
BA762/763 LHR-OSL-LHR
BA872/873 LHR-KRK-LHR
A7-ADD
BA890/891 LHR-SOF-LHR
BA464/465 LHR-MAD-LHR
A7-ADE
No info yet
A7-ADF
BA882/883 LHR-KBP-LHR
A7-ADG
No info yet
A7-ADI
No info yet
A7-LAA
BA710/711 LHR-ZRH-LHR
BA876/877 LHR-TLL-LHR
A7-ADA
BA388/391 LHR-BRU-LHR
A7-ADB
BA948/949 LHR-MUC-LHR
BA356/357 LHR-NCE-LHR
A7-ADC
BA762/763 LHR-OSL-LHR
BA872/873 LHR-KRK-LHR
A7-ADD
BA890/891 LHR-SOF-LHR
BA464/465 LHR-MAD-LHR
A7-ADE
No info yet
A7-ADF
BA882/883 LHR-KBP-LHR
A7-ADG
No info yet
A7-ADI
No info yet
Last edited by chilledflyer; Jun 30, 2017 at 12:27 pm
Jun 30, 2017, 1:20 pm
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A7-LAA shows 2 rows of Business/CE in EF, but my flight BA711 ZRH-LHR had 4 rows this morning when I checked in.
The first couple of rows in Economy show 3-3 and all seats taken, so I wonder what happens to CE pax in rows 3 and 4!
Jun 30, 2017, 1:25 pm
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A7-LAA shows 2 rows of Business/CE in EF, but my flight BA711 ZRH-LHR had 4 rows this morning when I checked in.
The first couple of rows in Economy show 3-3 and all seats taken, so I wonder what happens to CE pax in rows 3 and 4!
The first couple of rows in Economy show 3-3 and all seats taken, so I wonder what happens to CE pax in rows 3 and 4!
BA/QR 876 J1 C0 D0 R0*LHRTLL 350P 845P 320
and row 1 has vanished from it
A C D F
2 . . . . 2
3 / / / . 3
A C D F
Jun 30, 2017, 1:29 pm
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BA.com says "no seat assignment at this time, you will be placed on the standby list".
Jun 30, 2017, 1:32 pm
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Exactly, no row 1, only 2 and 3 in business and then from row 8 is economy.
BA.com says "no seat assignment at this time, you will be placed on the standby list".
BA.com says "no seat assignment at this time, you will be placed on the standby list".
Jun 30, 2017, 1:34 pm
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Now it says for my ZRH-LHR flight:
Your passport and/or visa(s) must be checked at the airport
We are required by certain countries to check your travel documents before you fly. Please see a British Airways representative at the airport.
Passport and visa information
You can check the passport and visa requirements for your journey using the [IATA Travel Centre].
We are required by certain countries to check your travel documents before you fly. Please see a British Airways representative at the airport.
Passport and visa information
You can check the passport and visa requirements for your journey using the [IATA Travel Centre].
Jun 30, 2017, 2:55 pm
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It is the differences between airlines that make it possible to have a favorite airline.
One area of difference between BA and QR is how they manage flight seating plans.
You are experiencing it at the moment so what does QR do differently?
In most QR aircraft the bassinets are usually placed in the front row of every cabin. So QR block the entire front row of every cabin until very late in the process, usually the opening of airport check.in! Then it is a first come first served basis. Unlike many airlines you cannot purchase a front row seat.
Since QR has no Premium economy the front row(s) of the Y cabin are Y seats.
QR will only mark a seat s occupied on the seat plan for a flight if a passenger has actively selected that seat. So it can happen that a cabin is sold out but the seat plan still shows selectable seats. That situation is dealt with by removing the cabin seat plan from the flight, a cause of worry to some.
It would appear that the QR methods are being used for the QR aircraft not BAs.
This will probably cause many problems and much worry. Let us hope that BA will use their own methods and not QRs very shortly.
This is intended as information not as the start of a fruitless discussion as to the differences.
One area of difference between BA and QR is how they manage flight seating plans.
You are experiencing it at the moment so what does QR do differently?
In most QR aircraft the bassinets are usually placed in the front row of every cabin. So QR block the entire front row of every cabin until very late in the process, usually the opening of airport check.in! Then it is a first come first served basis. Unlike many airlines you cannot purchase a front row seat.
Since QR has no Premium economy the front row(s) of the Y cabin are Y seats.
QR will only mark a seat s occupied on the seat plan for a flight if a passenger has actively selected that seat. So it can happen that a cabin is sold out but the seat plan still shows selectable seats. That situation is dealt with by removing the cabin seat plan from the flight, a cause of worry to some.
It would appear that the QR methods are being used for the QR aircraft not BAs.
This will probably cause many problems and much worry. Let us hope that BA will use their own methods and not QRs very shortly.
This is intended as information not as the start of a fruitless discussion as to the differences.