BA15/16 [LHR-SIN-SYD] to be operated by 787-9 from Oct 2021
Dec 1, 20, 1:09 pm
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BA15/16 [LHR-SIN-SYD] to be operated by 787-9 from Oct 2021
It would appear BA are planning to fly the 787-9 on the LHR-SIN-SYD route, although I couldn’t tell you from which date, but I just did a dummy booking to Sydney in November 2021 and was surprised to see the change from the 777-300 which has been serving the route in recent years.
With all the discussion about whether BA would keep the route now there is a QR codeshare, I guess this is good news, although I have no desire to ever fly on any 787 variant.
With all the discussion about whether BA would keep the route now there is a QR codeshare, I guess this is good news, although I have no desire to ever fly on any 787 variant.
Dec 1, 20, 1:12 pm
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It would appear BA are planning to fly the 787-9 on the LHR-SIN-SYD route, although I couldn’t tell you from which date, but I just did a dummy booking to Sydney in November 2021 and was surprised to see the change from the 777-300 which has been serving the route in recent years.
With all the discussion about whether BA would keep the route now there is a QR codeshare, I guess this is good news, although I have no desire to ever fly on any 787 variant.
With all the discussion about whether BA would keep the route now there is a QR codeshare, I guess this is good news, although I have no desire to ever fly on any 787 variant.
Dec 1, 20, 1:33 pm
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The change takes effect on 30 October, which of course is so far in the future that it very well could change multiple times between now and then.
Dec 1, 20, 1:41 pm
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It would appear BA are planning to fly the 787-9 on the LHR-SIN-SYD route, although I couldn’t tell you from which date, but I just did a dummy booking to Sydney in November 2021 and was surprised to see the change from the 777-300 which has been serving the route in recent years.
With all the discussion about whether BA would keep the route now there is a QR codeshare, I guess this is good news, although I have no desire to ever fly on any 787 variant.
With all the discussion about whether BA would keep the route now there is a QR codeshare, I guess this is good news, although I have no desire to ever fly on any 787 variant.
Dec 1, 20, 2:11 pm
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Makes sense. The 789 is a good longhauler and is a decent cargo uplifter. It's also going to be easier to fill and, if they're going after yield, it'll give them better ones. Bit of a shame about lack of Wi-Fi on most of the planes and no short-term plans of having Club Suite on it... Pre C19 them and the 788s were the only ones with no CS plans even submitted to the board if I remember correctly.
The question I'm asking myself, though, is about Singapore. Soright now pre C19 we had, on LHR-SIN, a 380 (14F 97J 55W 303M) and a 77W (14F 56J 44W 185M) giving a daily premium capacity of 181 seats which, as many staffers will tell you, was filled on most days (yields, no idea) and a non-premium capacity of 587. Total bum-on-seats capacity of 768 seats. They also allowed a (hypothetical) total cargo capacity of 38 tonnes. Now, let's check a couple of scenarios:
On a side note, I struggle to see on which routes they'd have a 380 flying in 2021... it just feels too much of a plane for most of the network right now.
The question I'm asking myself, though, is about Singapore. So
- The 380 remains and the 77W is replaced by the 789 (config: 8F 42J 39W 127M).
- Premium capacity is now 161, down 12%
- Non-premium capacity is now 524, down 46%
- Cargo capacity (theoretically) is now 24 tonnes, down 58%
- The 380 is replaced by a CS 77W in the new config 8F 76J 40W 130M
- Premium capacity is now 134, down 35%
- Non-premium capacity is now 336, down 74%!
- Cargo capacity (theoretically) is now 36 tonnes, down 5%
On a side note, I struggle to see on which routes they'd have a 380 flying in 2021... it just feels too much of a plane for most of the network right now.
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Dec 1, 20, 2:37 pm
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Makes sense. The 789 is a good longhauler and is a decent cargo uplifter. It's also going to be easier to fill and, if they're going after yield, it'll give them better ones. Bit of a shame about lack of Wi-Fi on most of the planes and no short-term plans of having Club Suite on it... Pre C19 them and the 788s were the only ones with no CS plans even submitted to the board if I remember correctly.
The question I'm asking myself, though, is about Singapore. Soright now pre C19 we had, on LHR-SIN, a 380 (14F 97J 55W 303M) and a 77W (14F 56J 44W 185M) giving a daily premium capacity of 181 seats which, as many staffers will tell you, was filled on most days (yields, no idea) and a non-premium capacity of 587. Total bum-on-seats capacity of 768 seats. They also allowed a (hypothetical) total cargo capacity of 38 tonnes. Now, let's check a couple of scenarios:
On a side note, I struggle to see on which routes they'd have a 380 flying in 2021... it just feels too much of a plane for most of the network right now.
The question I'm asking myself, though, is about Singapore. So
- The 380 remains and the 77W is replaced by the 789 (config: 8F 42J 39W 127M).
- Premium capacity is now 161, down 12%
- Non-premium capacity is now 524, down 12%
- Cargo capacity (theoretically) is now 24 tonnes, down 58%
- The 380 is replaced by a CS 77W in the new config 8F 76J 40W 130M
- Premium capacity is now 134, down 35%
- Non-premium capacity is now 336, down 74%!
- Cargo capacity (theoretically) is now 36 tonnes, down 5%
On a side note, I struggle to see on which routes they'd have a 380 flying in 2021... it just feels too much of a plane for most of the network right now.
Dec 1, 20, 2:59 pm
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If the summer season is only going to be 50% slot utilisation, then I could see them running the A380s to NYC. Presumably that would be the only place on the network with sufficient passenger demand where it would be warranted. With significantly fewer business travellers, a less frequent schedule would be less of an issue than it would be in normal times.
Dec 1, 20, 3:06 pm
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Dec 1, 20, 3:07 pm
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If the summer season is only going to be 50% slot utilisation, then I could see them running the A380s to NYC. Presumably that would be the only place on the network with sufficient passenger demand where it would be warranted. With significantly fewer business travellers, a less frequent schedule would be less of an issue than it would be in normal times.
