mikeday1983

Does anyone here know why BA32 on the 9th has been switched from A380 to 777? Was really looking forward to the upper deck.

KeaneJohn

I think the A380is doing some rescue flights to BOS to bring home people stranded for a few days due to the storm I believe.

surryson

Not that I've seen.

Last night's BA054 JNB-LHR was cancelled and the aircraft was still there when I was taxi-ing on Comair to DUR earlier today.

msm2000uk

As per the BA54 thread I posted yesterday, BA are an A380 short....and I'm not sure when XLEI is due to return.

M

dpark74

Also booked on this flight (on a 241) and unable to check in online. I guess there are fewer seats on the replacement aircraft so who knows what’s going to happen.

gm_dwivedi

I think it is the same reason what Keane has mentioned.

mikeday1983

We were reassigned to 15B and 16C. I called to see if they can do anything about having us sat together or my Fiance to sit by a window (she's a nervous flyer so likes to be able to see out) and they said there were no seats free. It allowed me to check in, however MMB still says 56A/B for our seats.

I'm surprised they took the A380 out of operation on this route because last time I checked loadings at the end of December, both BA28 and BA32 were pretty much fully booked. Heres the current load



BA 32 0 HKG
01/09/18 11:30 PM LHR
01/10/18 4:45 AM 77W
Daily
90% / 9m F0 A0 J0 C0 D0 R0 I0 W0 E0 T0 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0

BA 28 0 HKG
01/09/18 11:45 PM LHR
01/10/18 4:55 AM 777
Daily
93% / 10m F0 A0 J0 C0 D0 R0 I0 W0 E0 T0 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0

1010101

It's quite an easy route to downgrade aircraft on because in addition to the 2 BA flights there are 6 CX flights to London. It's likely any offloaded passengers will still get out on the same day.

mikeday1983

I wouldn't mind being bumped to a CX flight

nufnuf77

I know exactly what you mean! I have a couple of flights that have exactly 60min T5 connecting to BA27 that I wouldn't mind switching/missing to get onto CX254

mikeday1983

BA called me late afternoon to tell me that as a result of the equipment change they were overbooked by 200. As my route was ex-AMS, they wanted to put me on a direct flight to AMS. We had turned up quite early at the airport and on the way I had checked flight loadings for Oneworld flights to LHR and noticed QR had lots of availability. I told the agent I would take the QR flight departing at 1830 and within minutes she had sorted it for me. It upset the check in staff as they were just closing but we got on. First time on QR, now I see what all the hype is about. The A350 business product is exceptional and the service incredible. I kept thinking when looking at the bowl of fresh red roses that BA remove a solitary flower in the first toilets then when the food came out how this business product rivals, if not surpasses BA first, let alone business. Now in Doha waiting for QR9 back to London, feeling pretty pleased with this outcome.

:D!

...are you going to miss your connecting flight to AMS or is it scheduled for another time?

BA9??

LordBuckethead

As is LAX, as is SIN, as is JNB... what's left? Something has to give. One A380 is AOG in JNB, another is in maintenance in MNL. There's a lot of shuffling going on, and sadly not all of it has a fluffy outcome.

mikeday1983

QR9, corrected. There is a world of difference between those two numbers

Flight to AMS unaffected

mikeday1983

Let us know if you managed to get on a flight back tonight