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Old Sep 20, 2020, 4:25 am
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787/777 Short Haul Flights - Sept 2021

LHR-AMS ~ Wed/Thu/Sun (787)
LHR-ARN ~ Fri (787)
LHR-ATH ~ Fri (787)
LHR-CAI ~ (787)
LHR-CDG ~ Wed (787)
LHR-DME ~ Wed/Sat (787)
LHR-FCO ~ Fri/Sun (777)
LHR-FRA ~ Fri/Sun (787)
LHR-IST ~ (777)
LHR-LCA ~ Mon/Thu (787
LHR-MAD ~ Mon/Wed/Sat (787)
LHR-ZRH ~ Wed/Sun (787)

787/777 Short Haul Flights - April 2023

LHR-FRA ~ Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri (777)
(Wed 5th & 12th - x1 additional 787)
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Old Oct 15, 2020, 11:37 am
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So potential shorthaul but longhaul aircraft destinations with no entry / exit requirements (covid testing or quarantine) is currently limited to Athens - am I right? I've just got so many vouchers and Avios fancy popping away for a short break. The Crete Avios availability disappeared within seconds of Mr Shapps announcement earlier!
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Old Oct 15, 2020, 12:25 pm
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Originally Posted by Sam Bee
So potential shorthaul but longhaul aircraft destinations with no entry / exit requirements (covid testing or quarantine) is currently limited to Athens - am I right? I've just got so many vouchers and Avios fancy popping away for a short break. The Crete Avios availability disappeared within seconds of Mr Shapps announcement earlier!
Yes, but I’m currently booked onto the 23th Oct and Club World Europe is fully booked. 30th Oct also appears to be on a 787, but with fare set at R, I don’t think there are many seats left.

Zurich and Amsterdam don’t have any special entry requirements for UK residents iirc, but you would have to self-isolate when back in the UK.
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Old Oct 15, 2020, 12:30 pm
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I made a last minute change to the Athens service tomorrow and to my surprise I only had the option of choosing seats in the WT+ section. So bare that in mind if you are specifically choosing that service for the flat bed
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Old Oct 15, 2020, 3:27 pm
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My Cairo in a couple of weeks has switched from an A320 to B787.
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Old Oct 21, 2020, 2:16 am
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Are there any 787's (or 777's) being used on
short-haul flights in November?

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Old Oct 21, 2020, 3:18 am
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Originally Posted by Fatdickie
Are there any 787's (or 777's) being used on
short-haul flights in November?

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As far as I can tell,. only the daily weekday LHR-MAD-LHR service on a 787.
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Old Oct 22, 2020, 8:17 am
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An update from IAG Cargo:

AMS, ATH, DME, LCA & ZRH rotations from LHR all transitioning back to narrow-body passenger services in November.
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Old Oct 22, 2020, 9:30 am
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Originally Posted by BAeuro
An update from IAG Cargo:
I'm flying to ATH on 6/11. Ah well.
Thanks for the update.
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Old Oct 23, 2020, 2:53 am
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Flew LHR-LCA on the 788 and it was lovely, although they sold WTP seats as CE too which didn’t go down well with some pax.

The IFE was switched on but then people complained they didn’t get given headsets!!

Manual demo completed - video demo apparently isn’t allowed at present due to no mention of face masks needing to be removed to use oxygen.
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Old Nov 2, 2020, 9:34 am
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I've just got an email my seat has changed to ATH on Friday. 787 replaces A320 on BA632
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Old Dec 5, 2020, 4:41 pm
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For anyone interested (and happy to serve the quarantine period) BA are running some 787 flights in December. Here is what I can find:

AMS - 17th Dec
ATH - 11th/18th Dec
LCA - 17th/22nd Dec
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Old Dec 6, 2020, 12:41 pm
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My BA676 IST-LHR 2nd Jan is also a 788 now, only noticed when my partner went from 1C to 1B and I was confused!
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Old Dec 6, 2020, 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Foofighter69
My BA676 IST-LHR is also a 788 now, only noticed when my partner went from 1C to 1B and I was confused!
The following IST flights are now being operated with a 787-8.
Just did the check.


LHR-IST
BA 676 - 9-16-23-30 December

IST-LHR
BA 675 - 10-17 December
BA 677 - 23-30 December
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Old Jan 16, 2021, 2:56 am
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Seems like the 787 is back on Amsterdam services. A couple operated last week and then W, Th for the rest of the month. Hopefully helping to cut the parcel backlog!
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Old Jan 16, 2021, 3:19 am
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BA918 LHR-STR was operated by G-ZBLB this morning.
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