S19 Longhaul Schedule Changes
Aug 22, 2018, 3:57 am
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S19 Longhaul Schedule Changes
BA have begun to update there schedule for S19. Below are details of the changes made so far:
London Heathrow Changes
Chicago - A380 operations no longer showing for S19. All flights showing as being operated by a 747
Durban - Will operate year round. Will continue to operate 3 x weekly for S19
Johannesburg - 18 x weekly frequency operating for W18 will continue through S19. Flights operated 2 x daily S18.
Las Vegas - Frequency reduced to Daily compared to 10 x Weekly during S18
Los Angeles - Overall A380 operation will be reduced from 2 to 1 daily for S19, route will be served by Airbus A380, Boeing 787-9 and 747-400, 1 daily each.
Miami - 3 x daily frequency operating for W18 will continue through S19. Flights operated 2 x daily S18. All flights will be operated by a 747
Phoenix - Frequency reduced from 10 x weekly (S18) to Daily for S19. BA291/BA290 rotations dropped.
Pittsburg - NEW 4 x weekly service begin 01APR18. Flights will be operated by a 3 class 787-8.
BA171 LHR 17:00 PIT 20:15 788 x146
BA170 PIT 21:50 LHR 10:25 788 x146
Seattle - Will increase from 12 x weekly to 2 x daily from 31MAR19.
Santiago - 5 x weekly frequency operating for W18 will continue through S19. Flights operated 4 x weekly S18.
London Gatwick Changes
Cancun - Will increase from 3 to 4 x weekly
Las Vegas - Will increase from 3 to 5 x weekly
Further Changes are highly likely over the coming weeks
Last edited by Scotflyer80; Aug 24, 2018 at 9:53 am Reason: Phoenix added
Aug 22, 2018, 4:01 am
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It will be interesting to see where the extra A380s will be off to with sizable reductions to both LAX and ORD.
Aug 22, 2018, 4:05 am
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Aug 22, 2018, 4:10 am
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Has anyone seen any news about BA’s PHX operation now that AA have announced they will also start PHX-LHR summer seasonal? Perhaps BA will drop the extra 3 flights a week and go back to single daily, leaving one AA and one BA?
Aug 22, 2018, 4:21 am
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Didn’t think the S19 LAX schedule is any different to this year? It’s a B744/B789/A380 mix at the moment.
Looking at where the A380 fleet are currently listed for S19 schedules:
1 x HKG Daily
1 x SIN Daily
1 x JNB Daily
1 x LAX Daily
1 x SFO Daily
1 x YVR Daily
1 x BOS MON/FRI/SUN
Can’t see anything listed for ORD/IAD or MIA - so I’ll leave it up to the Staffers on here to advise how many routes 12 aircraft can actually serve at any one time based on the above destination list.
Pilot37
Looking at where the A380 fleet are currently listed for S19 schedules:
1 x HKG Daily
1 x SIN Daily
1 x JNB Daily
1 x LAX Daily
1 x SFO Daily
1 x YVR Daily
1 x BOS MON/FRI/SUN
Can’t see anything listed for ORD/IAD or MIA - so I’ll leave it up to the Staffers on here to advise how many routes 12 aircraft can actually serve at any one time based on the above destination list.
Pilot37
Aug 22, 2018, 4:45 am
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Now as unlikely as this I've heard chatter from various friends / contacts there that LGW are strongly looking at plans to build 2 additional A380 gates hopefully to be live by next summer/ end of Q1 19. Just to throw it into the mix maybe, & i'll emphasize that word, BA are considering throwing at least one of them onto a route out of there. They're struggling to fill the ex-MON slots so if they could throw an A380 on a route there it could free up a couple plane's to be deployed on other routes/ use up those slots. Pie in the sky thinking I have zero knowledge of any BA plans in that respect but there is some reasonable logic behind such a move at least from my outsider perspective
( For clarity the additional A380 gates are a thing, it's the rest im purely speculating on.)
( For clarity the additional A380 gates are a thing, it's the rest im purely speculating on.)
Aug 22, 2018, 4:50 am
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Aug 22, 2018, 5:21 am
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Aug 22, 2018, 5:21 am
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Didn’t think the S19 LAX schedule is any different to this year? It’s a B744/B789/A380 mix at the moment.
Looking at where the A380 fleet are currently listed for S19 schedules:
1 x HKG Daily
1 x SIN Daily
1 x JNB Daily
1 x LAX Daily
1 x SFO Daily
1 x YVR Daily
1 x BOS MON/FRI/SUN
Can’t see anything listed for ORD/IAD or MIA - so I’ll leave it up to the Staffers on here to advise how many routes 12 aircraft can actually serve at any one time based on the above destination list.
Pilot37
Looking at where the A380 fleet are currently listed for S19 schedules:
1 x HKG Daily
1 x SIN Daily
1 x JNB Daily
1 x LAX Daily
1 x SFO Daily
1 x YVR Daily
1 x BOS MON/FRI/SUN
Can’t see anything listed for ORD/IAD or MIA - so I’ll leave it up to the Staffers on here to advise how many routes 12 aircraft can actually serve at any one time based on the above destination list.
Pilot37
Aug 22, 2018, 5:29 am
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Don't get me wrong so am I. There's probably plenty that could do it for the summer ( CAN, PUJ etc) but you can't really base an aircraft somewhere based on high loads for only part of the year i'd imagine. Maybe throw it on the LGW-JFK route to negate DY/ NAS impact now IAG have walked away from the table regarding buying them. Unsure on the economics of the load factors against the cost to run the A380's but possibly as a purely strategic ( short-med term) decision as it would free up a 777 for another slot was another possibility I considered. BA wouldn't have the gate/ timing issues that plagued NAS's wet leasing of the Hi-Fly A380 as they have more slots at JFK with which to play around with.
Aug 22, 2018, 5:44 am
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Looking at where the A380 fleet are currently listed for S19 schedules:
1 x HKG Daily
1 x SIN Daily
1 x JNB Daily
1 x LAX Daily
1 x SFO Daily
1 x YVR Daily
1 x BOS MON/FRI/SUN
Can’t see anything listed for ORD/IAD or MIA - so I’ll leave it up to the Staffers on here to advise how many routes 12 aircraft can actually serve at any one time based on the above destination list.
Pilot37
1 x HKG Daily
1 x SIN Daily
1 x JNB Daily
1 x LAX Daily
1 x SFO Daily
1 x YVR Daily
1 x BOS MON/FRI/SUN
Can’t see anything listed for ORD/IAD or MIA - so I’ll leave it up to the Staffers on here to advise how many routes 12 aircraft can actually serve at any one time based on the above destination list.
Pilot37
Last edited by Scotflyer80; Aug 22, 2018 at 5:57 am