Farewell 767s. Thanks for the memories
Oct 22, 2018, 1:00 pm
#151
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: MAN
Programs: AA PLT, HH GLD, IHG PLT
Posts: 493
I am booked on the BA662 on the 21st and BA663 on the 25th. I have however been offered a course at work that is too good to miss but unfortunately runs Monday-Friday that week. Would a LHR-LCA-LHR be possible in the same day? I have never been there so not sure what the airport is like.
Oct 22, 2018, 2:06 pm
#153
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold/ All the AMEX Plat things
Posts: 195
Had my first ever opup on one of these with the other half. It was a very early Saturday morning flight to MAD. We were so excited that we drank as much champagne as the rest of the cabin! Ever since that flight we always booked the same flight for our annual 1/2 term holiday to Gran Canaria(connecting in MAD)but mostly been sat in row 27. Happy days!
Oct 22, 2018, 4:30 pm
#154
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 614
I am booked on the BA662 on the 21st and BA663 on the 25th. I have however been offered a course at work that is too good to miss but unfortunately runs Monday-Friday that week. Would a LHR-LCA-LHR be possible in the same day? I have never been there so not sure what the airport is like.
Oct 22, 2018, 11:58 pm
#155
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,020
I am booked on the BA662 on the 21st and BA663 on the 25th. I have however been offered a course at work that is too good to miss but unfortunately runs Monday-Friday that week. Would a LHR-LCA-LHR be possible in the same day? I have never been there so not sure what the airport is like.
LCA: Good. There is a "Connecting Flights" channel on the left of the arrivals corridor, half way along, well before passports.
Oct 23, 2018, 6:54 am
#157
Join Date: Dec 2012
Programs: GGLfL
Posts: 1,126
When you disembark, follow the signs to passport control, however DO NOT pass through the one-way security doors to the immigration hall. Instead keep to the LEFT where there is a passageway to "connections". Show your boarding pass, do the security thing, and you will be air side again in about 2 minutes, in total about 5 minutes after disembarking.
Oct 23, 2018, 12:00 pm
#158
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
We deliver booked the 767 AMS-LHR as we knew it was retiring. The additional benefit came when the fuel distribution system at AMS packed it up and they fell back to a handful of bowsers and restricted arrivals and departures .
The 767 arrived from LHR ferrying it’s own fuel, so the only inconvenience we experienced was a delayed arrival, which meant we had a reduced stop at the CCR at Thiefrow. Needlass to say, it was a full flight.
The 767 arrived from LHR ferrying it’s own fuel, so the only inconvenience we experienced was a delayed arrival, which meant we had a reduced stop at the CCR at Thiefrow. Needlass to say, it was a full flight.
Oct 23, 2018, 12:03 pm
#159
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: LHR
Programs: BAEC Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus, Sixt Gold
Posts: 418
Just flown a UA 767 and it reminded me of how old and uncomfortable that plane is for long haul. Interesting how much I enjoyed it on my occasional BA trips to MAD, but I really hated it for a 9 hours flight. The humidity level is so low and noise so high I deplaned as if I'd flown for 15 hrs!
Oct 24, 2018, 6:04 am
#160
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold; FB Silver; SPG; IHG Gold
Posts: 2,981
I had the pleasure of flying the 767 on the early morning rotation to AMS yesterday. So one of it's last ever flights. It's fine for a short hop to AMS, but I really wouldn't want to be on it for too long. That said it was a very nice CE service and a lively crew (given the time of day). Overhead storage space seems much less than on 320 fleet.
Oct 26, 2018, 5:30 am
#161
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: BAEC back to silver, Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 406
I noticed unfortunately that there is no more reward/avios - availability for AMS-LHR on November 6 so I reckon there are more people interested in what seems to be the last 767 service on that particular route
Oct 26, 2018, 8:10 am
#162
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Upstate N.Y.
Posts: 87
So where do old 767s go when they are retired?
It seems some of them are put back into service by EuroAtlantic.
But the experience is not the same. The 2-3-2 across in economy is replaced by a 2-4-2,
making seating uncomfortably tight, even for a slim person like me.
Just experienced that "pleasure" on an 8hr flight earlier this week.
It seems some of them are put back into service by EuroAtlantic.
But the experience is not the same. The 2-3-2 across in economy is replaced by a 2-4-2,
making seating uncomfortably tight, even for a slim person like me.
Just experienced that "pleasure" on an 8hr flight earlier this week.
Oct 26, 2018, 1:38 pm
#163
Join Date: Jan 2018
Programs: BA Gold, Sixt Platinum
Posts: 309
Onboard the G-BZHB a couple of weeks ago. I’ll for sure miss these birds!
I’m booked on the 662 out to Larnaca on 24/11 - will this be (one of) the last flight(s) out of LHR? Can we expect anything ‘special’?
Last edited by EDDLEGLL; Oct 26, 2018 at 1:50 pm
Oct 26, 2018, 4:11 pm
#165
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 699
So where do old 767s go when they are retired?
It seems some of them are put back into service by EuroAtlantic.
But the experience is not the same. The 2-3-2 across in economy is replaced by a 2-4-2,
making seating uncomfortably tight, even for a slim person like me.
Just experienced that "pleasure" on an 8hr flight earlier this week.
It seems some of them are put back into service by EuroAtlantic.
But the experience is not the same. The 2-3-2 across in economy is replaced by a 2-4-2,
making seating uncomfortably tight, even for a slim person like me.
Just experienced that "pleasure" on an 8hr flight earlier this week.
