Dec 6, 2017, 3:57 am
Last edit by: Forever in Seattle
List of flights cancelled (work in progress):
DOH - BA123/124 - 14 December to 7 January to DOH, 15 December to 8 January from DOH
AUH - BA72/3 - 3 and 6 November
EWR - 787 flights replaced with 777, giving timing changes.
IAD - BA291/2 4 January
LAX - 787 flights replaced with 777, giving timing changes.
SJC - BA278/9 - 2 to 7 January
MCT - BA 79/80 19-24 May
Current list of 787-8/787-9 at Heathrow Maintenance (Credit : BA Source) :
British Airways B787-8
December 2, 2017
G-ZBJE Enters Heathrow Maintenance.
British Airways Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJE entered the London Heathrow maintenance facility this morning after arriving as BA98 from Toronto.
British Airways B787-9
November 10, 2017
G-ZBKA Enters Heathrow Maintenance.
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA entered the London Heathrow maintenance facility this morning after arriving as BA202 from Boston.
December 23, 2017
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA entered service this morning with a flight to Moscow (DME) as BA233.
November 17, 2017
G-ZBKD Enters Heathrow Maintenance.
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKD entered the London Heathrow maintenance facility this afternoon after arriving as BA132 from Jeddah.
December 30, 2017
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKD returned to service late this afternoon operating BA203 London Heathrow – Boston.
DOH - BA123/124 - 14 December to 7 January to DOH, 15 December to 8 January from DOH
AUH - BA72/3 - 3 and 6 November
EWR - 787 flights replaced with 777, giving timing changes.
IAD - BA291/2 4 January
LAX - 787 flights replaced with 777, giving timing changes.
SJC - BA278/9 - 2 to 7 January
MCT - BA 79/80 19-24 May
Current list of 787-8/787-9 at Heathrow Maintenance (Credit : BA Source) :
British Airways B787-8
December 2, 2017
G-ZBJE Enters Heathrow Maintenance.
British Airways Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJE entered the London Heathrow maintenance facility this morning after arriving as BA98 from Toronto.
British Airways B787-9
November 10, 2017
G-ZBKA Enters Heathrow Maintenance.
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA entered the London Heathrow maintenance facility this morning after arriving as BA202 from Boston.
December 23, 2017
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA entered service this morning with a flight to Moscow (DME) as BA233.
November 17, 2017
G-ZBKD Enters Heathrow Maintenance.
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKD entered the London Heathrow maintenance facility this afternoon after arriving as BA132 from Jeddah.
December 30, 2017
British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKD returned to service late this afternoon operating BA203 London Heathrow – Boston.
Cancellation of 787 services - Q4 2017 / Q1 2018 - Rolls Royce engine issue
Dec 8, 2017, 10:15 am
#61
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Possibly an incredibly dumb question, but I'll risk it. If you have 4 787's with engine issues, but say 4 good engines, can you get two of them flying. Or is switching an engine as bigger task as repairing one. Are left and right mix and match?
Dec 8, 2017, 10:34 am
#62
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Some of the news reports linked to above seem to substantiate what I'd been suspecting: there simply aren't enough serviceable engines available in the whole world to keep all the aircraft flying, even with the possibility of switching engines around.
Dec 8, 2017, 6:10 pm
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See that BA98 tonight is delayed until tomorrow morning, wonder if this is related. Taking this flight in a few days time so a little anxious...
Dec 9, 2017, 3:13 am
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Dec 9, 2017, 1:20 pm
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Dec 9, 2017, 9:34 pm
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The 77W can do anything the 788 can do and the A380 can go further than any 787 variant. Both would cost more doing it though and where do the they get the spare A380 from, and how do they sell 200+ extra seats. Easier to just cancel a rotation.
Dec 10, 2017, 1:46 am
#72
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A July 2018 788 flight MCT to LHR has just been changed to a 789, which suggests at least 7 months of schedule juggling.
Dec 10, 2017, 4:13 am
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Dec 10, 2017, 6:32 am
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As GE/RR engines share a common interface on the 787 it may be a shrewd marketing move by GE to offer loan engines on a power by the hour basis to airlines who are caught up in this, assuming they have spare capacity of course.
Dec 10, 2017, 6:34 am
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How could that work for an airline that doesn't already use these GE engines? It would have to start from scratch to re-train and re-equip for a completely new engine before it could even start using them.
