Pack

I like the flag on the wing tip!

chris1979

what's this info based on if you can share?

the 777 lunchtime service becoming 350 sort of makes more sense?

FlyerTalker39574

BotB

Without the OP having to out their source (although I'd be curious as well!), I had pointed out (in the other A350 thread) a few days before the OP posted, about a large block of timing change in the schedule for the 464/465 timings from MAD to LHR between 31st July to 7th Oct. (gate time increases from 50 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes over this inclusive period, adding 25 minutes to the turn around time at the gate) which is exactly what happened back when the A380 was doing the FRA run and used a similar A319/320/321 slot.

Screen shots (before the above period, during the mentioned increased period and after the training period), I've chosen a Friday but it could be any day of the week. Note that an interesting exception is the 28th Sept. when the 464 and 465 don't fly at all...then resume the next day, so my suspicion is that it stops the training flights at that time. (and shown/discussed in the other A350 thread).

A random day before the 31st July timings for the return 465 from MAD:



During the 'training flight block I believe will use this slot, the 465 goes to 21:20 adding 25 minutes and shorter flight times)



The 'after' period, a random date after the block booking change in Oct. (back to 21:00)



Note that this is not a change in Summer/Winter timings, nor specific to Friday's...

Hope that helps to give credence to the posters timings as a third party check...

777 would be cargo important and any changes may cause issue with that was the reason I believe people would suggest it won't be that substitution (as well as loads? haven't checked that aspect though).

EDIT: I've edited my timings above as the changes were also in the arrival times (the training period being 5 minutes earlier, so arriving at 20:05 instead of 20:10) so the turnaround time is indeed 1 hour 15 minutes instead of 50 minutes otherwise.

Safe travels.

chris1979

I know. But cargo capacity would be similar though I take the point that that may not be the flight to train / test cargo. I assumed it be easier to swap l/h for l/h and had also been told that it would be the lunchtime rotation......

chris1979

love it - investigative journalism at its best!

Globaliser

But what if the new aircraft goes tech, or the plan encounters some other obstacle that means that the 350 won't operate? It might be rather easier to swap a short-haul load of SLF from the 350 onto a short-haul aircraft than to be scrabbling around trying to find a spare long-haul aircraft at short notice.

victairinternational

Booked on 9/8/19 on BA 465

Flying out on the 460 (777). OT My seat has auto assigned as 1A, seat map on Ba.com only shows 10A onwards, does this mean I have been assigned a Flub seat?

aidy

TriggerP

kezzakkc

This is interesting (and possibly encouraging!) Checking SeatGuru for BA456 and it's showing no seat 'no map' from 7th July through to mid-September and then it starts showing an A321 - same thing for BA457 - BA however are showing an A321 Neo for those flights

george77300

morges1

Perhaps, they are teaching them to growl at each other!!

kanderson1965

kaizenflying