Ba 104 dxb- lhr
Feb 24, 2020, 10:24 am
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Ba 104 dxb- lhr
I have just received notification from BA that the above flight on Sunday 1 March is now leaving at 13:00 rather than 14:00. No further information is provided. It's not much of an inconvenience, but I note that the scheduled arrival time is still the same. Does anyone know what the reason for this schedule change is and why the flight seems to be taking an extra hour? Does this have something to do with Iranian airspace or equipment changes due to the 350 hydraulic problems? Apologies if I've missed an earlier relevant thread.
Feb 24, 2020, 10:31 am
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I have just received notification from BA that the above flight on Sunday 1 March is now leaving at 13:00 rather than 14:00. No further information is provided. It's not much of an inconvenience, but I note that the scheduled arrival time is still the same. Does anyone know what the reason for this schedule change is and why the flight seems to be taking an extra hour? Does this have something to do with Iranian airspace or equipment changes due to the 350 hydraulic problems? Apologies if I've missed an earlier relevant thread.
Feb 24, 2020, 10:36 am
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The routing now is down to Cairo, down the Red Sea, turn around Jeddah, then across Saudi and approaching Dubai from the south. I had the same a few weeks ago with notification that we were departing DXB 30 minutes early. As noted the list of countries to avoid in that area seems to be growing longer.
Feb 24, 2020, 11:55 am
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Same thing with my BA109 (LHR-DXB) on Wed, its dep now scheduled 1h 35min early. Don't really mind since it shrinks my long layover arriving from HEL.
Feb 24, 2020, 4:10 pm
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