peter.r.erskine

My BA296/297 flights in Dec, outbound on Dec 1st from LHR is still listed as -10 but inbound on Dec 6th was switched to -9 unfortunately.

HiFlyerAS

We just booked SEA-MUC via LHR and I was sad to see the change from the 787-10 to the -9. The Club World seats on the -9 look pretty awful and I was excited to see the new Club Suite product! I guess I'll need to wait...we depart on Dec 3rd so just five weeks away.

firstlight

Our Male flight next week is scheduled to be a 787-10. Not really surprising it's a premium heavy destination.

BAFlyer74

Which day are you flying as I can only see a 77W rostered every day next week? Would be surprised by a 781 being operated on such a long route as the aircraft has a shorter range (although I think MLE would be possible) and I understood that BA’s aircraft do not have a crew rest area.

sammyg901

Male is getting the Club Suite fitted 77Ws

firstlight

you're probably right it is a cw suite 777 - looks similar configuration to a 787-10 but the clue would be minicabin for rows 5,6,7

GSTBD

The 787-10 is unable to fly to MLE due lack of crew rest facilities. The route is very premium-heavy hence the 77H featuring on the route.

A P Yu

And the fact it would probably need a refuelling stop

13901

Not really. The 78X has quite some range (at least theoretical) and UA uses it on flights like EWR-TLV and was meant to be using it to PVG before Covid. I might've seen it on transpacific routes too but I might be wrong. It's just optimised for "shorter" missions than the -8 or -9 and, in BA's grand scheme of things, the 78X is meant to be flying only "short" routes as a replacement of those 77Es that, indeed, ply them these days.

GSTBD

Indeed! And those 77Es are also only range-limited by the lack of bunks and a “paper” reduction in the MTOW.

Nabillionaire

Our flight on the 25th of December going from ORD to LHR is still showing a 787-10. Did some research and BA is only flying the -10 from ORD and DFW on that date. All flights on British from Atlanta, Seattle and Boston are now showing a 787-9. Chances are that if the schedule does not change, we’ll be in the new club world suites!

ld0595

I'm booked on to LHR to EWR on 26 December which is showing up as a 787-10

atcanobbio

i really wish BA puts the 787-10 on the MEX rotation. I wonder if one-engine-out conditions would not make the 78X good out of MEX.

13901

Why would that be the case? As far as I know the -10 has the same MTOW as the -9 and a higher thrust rating on the Trent 1000s. (Source: https://modernairliners.com/boeing-7...ner-specs/?amp )

Again, the 78X has some pretty long legs, more than 11,000 km range. It’s surely shorter than the 789 but remarkable nonetheless. The difference is just that BA has decided that it doesn’t need that, and that it will use the -10 on shorter routes. I don’t know if a -10 could be used without any penalties on MEX (after all, Alitalia used to fly 77Es there with I think some cargo and passenger limitations) but BA won’t do it because there’s no crew rest areas. Seattle is the furthest they can go.

Eventually, I’m sure, the 788s and 789s will be retrofitted with Club Suite. It’s to be seen if they’ll do it before or after the Sun becomes a red giant and swallows us all, though.

GSTBD

Due lack of bunks the furthest this aircraft can make it is places like Dallas, Houston, Seattle in the west, and Delhi in the east. Nairobi would also be do-able to the south.

Mexico city would probably be just too far, whereas Cancun would be ok (i doubt Cancun will fly from LHR though). California is out, as is further into India, South Africa, South America, and the entire Far East.

The -10 should feature heavily in the USA, especially east-coast, and middle-east. It could also do BGI, BDA etc one day.