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BA B763 Stranded At ATH

SergioAEE From Greece, joined Jun 2006, 45 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 years 5 months 4 days ago) and read 6481 times:

I arrived from DUS - SKG to ATH on saturday with AEE and a BA B763 was at a remote parking position at ATH (which is VERY rare for BA to go to a remote stand). On sunday night I passed by the airport again and the aircraft was still there...

Anyone know what might have caused this?

SergioAEE

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Cyba From Liberia, joined Nov 2005, 197 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 6412 times:

If it was the same aircraft and wasn't moving then it may well have gone technical. From my experience, it's not uncommon for BA's 767 to have problems. At least on the inside they look and feel like they're falling apart.

TristarSteve From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 3687 posts, RR: 34
Reply 2, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 6113 times:

It has got a technical problem with hydraulic pumps.
Bit complicated, pump u/s changed, relay changed, looking at wiring.

SergioAEE From Greece, joined Jun 2006, 45 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5718 times:

You guys are right, they are really falling apart.... I recently flew LHR - DUS with BA's B763 and it was terrible... it seriously brings down their image ALOT. Economy class was incredibly dirty, and its busniess was as if you were on a brand new B763. I think that is uncalled for...

Sergio AEE

Cyba From Liberia, joined Nov 2005, 197 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 5645 times:

Quoting SergioAEE (Reply 3):
and its busniess was as if you were on a brand new B763

I don't know which part of Club Europe you saw on the 767...certainly not the same ones I saw - front cabin still looking tatty and in desperate need of refreshment as the back of the plane!

Irobertson From Canada, joined Apr 2006, 601 posts, RR: 4
Reply 5, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 5123 times:

Quoting SergioAEE (Reply 3):
You guys are right, they are really falling apart.... I recently flew LHR - DUS with BA's B763 and it was terrible... it seriously brings down their image ALOT. Economy class was incredibly dirty, and its busniess was as if you were on a brand new B763. I think that is uncalled for...

Sounds like Air Canada's LHR-YHZ 763 flights. They're not XM yet and they feel tired and shoddy.

Qantas744ER From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1251 posts, RR: 4
Reply 6, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3315 times:

Quoting Cyba (Reply 4):
I don't know which part of Club Europe you saw on the 767...certainly not the same ones I saw - front cabin still looking tatty and in desperate need of refreshment as the back of the plane!

He is talking about the BA 767's that got the old Club World seats that were up until recently used on the 744's and still used on the 772's. And in my opinion better than the new ones now featured on all 744's but not yet installed on the 772 as the seat did not pass 3G testing.

I'm not sure how many BA 763's will receive the new seats but the ones flying MAN-JFK-MAN for sure.

Leo Smile

Happiness is V1 in Lagos

Ncelhr From Vatican City, joined Jul 2006, 354 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3189 times:

This reminds me of the times when BA used to have L1011 Tristars. The last few years of commercial service, those poor birds frequently went AOG & the insides were falling apart.
BA has a habit of letting their aircraft's looks decay towards the end of their life. Their B737 fleet out of LGW looks terrible at the moment... Chipping paint etc.
Note that I said "looks" because technically, those A/C are still fine & safe as ever, but it's the looks of an aircraft that sell a company's image, not the stuff you don't see.

SergioAEE From Greece, joined Jun 2006, 45 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 2900 times:

Its a real shame because the aircraft looks pretty new from the outside, but once you get inside... ewwww! I remember some Germna passengers sitting behind me,and they sounded very surprised by the state of the cabin... In this case, i'd rather fly U2 to Dortmund and get a brand new A319.

SergioAEE

Speedbirdegjj From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2003, 429 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (5 years 5 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1533 times:

Quoting Qantas744ER (Reply 6):
He is talking about the BA 767's that got the old Club World seats that were up until recently used on the 744's and still used on the 772's

Not on a DUS-LHR sector he isnt - Two sub fleets of the 76's SH and LH.

Quoting Qantas744ER (Reply 6):
I'm not sure how many BA 763's will receive the new seats but the ones flying MAN-JFK-MAN for sure.

Sorry Leo wrong again - none of the 767's will receive the new club world seats. All the long haul fleet recently were overhauled and were fitted with AVOD but thats as far as they go. As the last birds to be dusked the long haul 767's are pretty tidy, the short haul ones admittedly less so, but i believe they are due to be fitted with the new streamline seats in the new year which should bring about a cabin refit.

BA787 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 2596 posts, RR: 8
Reply 10, posted (5 years 5 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1305 times:

Quoting Speedbirdegjj (Reply 9):

Thanks for the info.

Well that sounds like your answer guys. Big grin

BA787

SXDFC From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 1999 posts, RR: 20
Reply 11, posted (5 years 5 months 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1099 times:

Shouldn't the new 787s coming off the line for BA -be used for the 767 replacement? I also recently seen somewhere before, a BA 767 TR. The Eco plus didn't seem to bad.

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