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Old May 15, 2019, 11:17 am
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A350 to Tel Aviv
Seems that from December BA will be sending A350 with New Club World to TLV

https://www.jpost.com/International/...nations-589767

Looking online for late December, seems to be on BA162/163
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Old May 15, 2019, 11:29 am
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Hi,

Thanks for that 2035!.

It has also been posted on the man A350 thread

Flying BA’s Airbus A350: deliveries, routes, reviews and more

Regards

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Old May 15, 2019, 11:47 am
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Just a shame that it doesn’t quite meet sufficient mileage for 140 TPs (unlike HEL-TLV... just).
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Old May 15, 2019, 11:52 am
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Originally Posted by navylad
Just a shame that it doesn’t quite meet sufficient mileage for 140 TPs (unlike HEL-TLV... just).
The Tel Aviv route is eligible for 140 TPs in J as it's over 2000 miles.
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Old May 15, 2019, 11:53 am
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Also the flight timing is b****y awful - 9pm departure and 3.40am arrival?!
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Old May 15, 2019, 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by PETER01
The Tel Aviv route is eligible for 140 TPs in J as it's over 2000 miles.
so it is, don’t know why I had it in my head as being just under, my apologies

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Also the flight timing is b****y awful - 9pm departure and 3.40am arrival?!
well you can catch the 777 out and get the early morning flight back on the 350
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Old May 15, 2019, 11:59 am
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so it is, don’t know why I had it in my head as being just under, my apologies
I look forward to going there one day, my destination bucket list is growing. Back on topic I am very much looking forward to the A350 and hope it's on the LAX route which is my usual and favourite.
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Old May 15, 2019, 12:11 pm
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Originally Posted by PETER01
I look forward to going there one day, my destination bucket list is growing. Back on topic I am very much looking forward to the A350 and hope it's on the LAX route which is my usual and favourite.
Can't see it on there soon without an F cabin.
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Old May 15, 2019, 12:27 pm
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Shame not in time for Eurovision! Making do with the 777 :-)
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Old May 15, 2019, 12:58 pm
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Originally Posted by lost_in_translation
Also the flight timing is b****y awful - 9pm departure and 3.40am arrival?!
That's the winter time. In the summer it leaves LHR at 22.30 arriving at 05.30 and leaves TLV at 09.20 arriving at 12.55. I wonder if it will be used in the summer as currently they use the ex-BMI A321s.

EDIT: A321 remain for the summer.
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Old May 15, 2019, 1:28 pm
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Originally Posted by tedcruz
EDIT: A321 remain for the summer.
Maybe. Until this afternoon the winter schedule to TLV still had the 788 listed. So its anyone's guess what might change before the summer schedule is completely decided. At the moment it is showing a 3 class 777 every morning from TLV, which is different to the current position where there is a 4 class 777 most days. That could be because they may change it to a 351 and don't want problems with selling F and then having to cancel it.
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Old May 15, 2019, 1:32 pm
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Originally Posted by navylad
so it is, don’t know why I had it in my head as being just under, my apologies
That's because it actually is under 2000mi, but BA counts it as 2001mi, same with BEY, in order to increase the tier points gained but also the Avios required to book it.
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Old May 15, 2019, 1:35 pm
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This seems like a direct response to VS starting TLV service. BA162 has also been retimed to depart on pretty much the same time as the VS flight.
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Old May 15, 2019, 1:56 pm
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This is bookable at ba.com from 1st December.

Swapping a 787-8 for an A350 is a chunky capacity increase.
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Old May 15, 2019, 2:01 pm
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Maybe a good (short route) to speed up the crew / pilot training scheme?
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