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BA's New A321's - First Revenue Service?

Wheelsatc From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 111 posts, RR: 0
Posted (8 years 8 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 5558 times:

I believe BA have just received their first A321 and I was wondering when it's first service will be and where to(or has this already occured?)?

Secondly what routes will the A321's be employed on going forward?

Thanks

James.

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MauriceB From Netherlands, joined Aug 2004, 2477 posts, RR: 28
Reply 1, posted (8 years 8 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 5492 times:

From what iv heard is that LHR-AMS will be one of the first routes, eventually BA is only going to fly the A321 on that route.

717fan From Switzerland, joined Nov 2001, 2017 posts, RR: 7
Reply 2, posted (8 years 8 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 5318 times:

Some of the 6 daily LHR-ZRH flights will also be operated by A321 from the end of October on.

Whitehatter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (8 years 8 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 5307 times:

Expect to see them on the routes they were bought for, namely the peak shuttle runs out of LHR to MAN,ABZ,GLA,EDI etc. They will replace the 757s on the services which need the extra capacity.

Peak runs are early morning and early evening. The rest of the day would be spent on European services. BMI do something similar with their A321s.

Star_world From Ireland, joined Jun 2001, 1234 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (8 years 8 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 5267 times:

I was planning a BA flight LHR-CDG flight for mid-Nov, and noticed that some of the flights (first flight in the morning LHR-CDG was one I noticed) seemed to be shown as an A321...

Madhatter From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 239 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (8 years 8 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 5140 times:

Whitehatter- The BA A321s will only be operating on short haul routes from terminal 4 for the time being so as to eliminate towing between terminals 1 and 4. Therefore the routes that will be seeing the A321 service will be CDG, ZRH, CPH, OSL, VIE and AMS for the time being.

Monkeyboi From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 457 posts, RR: 3
Reply 6, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4906 times:

The new 321's will be based solely at terminal 4 so will serve all short-haul destinations departing from there except DME. So we can expect to see them in CDG,AMS,BRU,ZRH,GVA,VIE etc

Unique From Switzerland, joined Mar 2003, 1703 posts, RR: 39
Reply 7, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4855 times:

G-EUXC did its 1st commercial flight as BA716 from LHR to ZRH on 16th October. It landed on runway 14 at 4.34pm.

http://www.jetphotos.ch/display.php?uid=2885

Runway23 From US Minor Outlying Islands, joined Jan 2005, 2043 posts, RR: 39
Reply 8, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4841 times:

The 321s will be on 4 of the 8 daily flights LHR to GVA, with the rest of the frequencies being a mix of basically every aircraft.

Like stated before the 321s will only operate from terminal 4.

Tim

Richardw From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 3712 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4801 times:

Do they have adjustable rows of Club Europe or are these fixed?

N79969 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 10, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 4625 times:

"They will replace the 757s on the services which need the extra capacity."

Do you mean "supplement" instead of "replace"? The 757 is the larger airplane. Or are the BA A321 in a high-density configuration with more seats than a 757?

GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24627 posts, RR: 58
Reply 11, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 4593 times:

N79969, I believe the BA A321s have 193 seats, whereas the 757s have 186(?)
I guess they just dont need the range of the 757 anymore.

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N79969 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4534 times:

Interesting. Thanks. How did they manage that? Fewer or no premium class seats?

GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24627 posts, RR: 58
Reply 13, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4471 times:

No idea. Just hope their pax get used to the slower take-offs and climb rates Smokin cool

When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!

Sabena 690 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 14, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4019 times:

@Graham: the Airbus press release mentions 183 seats, not 193

@Whitehatter: no domestic flights at the moment, all services are operating from T4

The schedule on the first day was LHR-ZRH-LHR-CDG-LHR-BRU if I'm not mistaken. The aircraft will visit BRU on a very regular base.

Monkeyboi From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 457 posts, RR: 3
Reply 15, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 3489 times:

BA's new 321's have 'flexible seating' so they can change the club class/euro traveller configuration depending on the booked loads. In an all 'euro-traveller' (ie economy) configuration the aircraft holds 194.

The 757's also have flexible seating although the maximum pax it can hold in an all economy config is 182.
BA's 757's were delivered with a galley in the front, middle and rear of the aircraft (nice for the crew but at the cost of bums on seats). The A321's however only have a front and rear galley so freeing up more space in the cabin for seats. It will have 4 toilets and wardobes at the front and rear.

GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24627 posts, RR: 58
Reply 16, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 3246 times:

@Sabena_690: It's spelled basis if your going to be nit picky Big grin

I'd read on another forum that it would be 193.

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Monkeyboi From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 457 posts, RR: 3
Reply 17, posted (8 years 8 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 2895 times:

hmmmmwell either their press release is wrong or their training manuals are wrong! Picked up my 321 training manual last week....says 194 seats. Maybe a mis-print? I can't be bothered counting them on the seat plan!

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