Ratypus From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 176 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 10637 times:
Having looked through the timetable, it looks like one early evening flight on each of BA and Iberia is operated by a widebody (767 for BA, A340 for Iberia) - presumably to capture both the 'end of day' business traffic from London to Madrid (and incoming connections from the BA network), and to feed Iberia's South and Central America evening departures....? Was not aware of this scheduling, and was surprised to see it last night but I guess that must be the explanation.
Ratypus From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 176 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (8 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 10318 times:
Interesting, thanks. Does the A340 then get turned around in MAD for an overnight to the Americas? Seems to arrive into MAD fairly late (22.00 or so) for the aircraft to be turned around, unless it operates something departing around 01.00 am?
summa767 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 2387 posts, RR: 7 Reply 7, posted (8 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 9999 times:
Quoting Ratypus (Reply 3): Interesting, thanks. Does the A340 then get turned around in MAD for an overnight to the Americas? Seems to arrive into MAD fairly late (22.00 or so) for the aircraft to be turned around, unless it operates something departing around 01.00 am?
It can easily be turned around for a flight to the Americas, as IB has a few flights that depart at around 00.30, and it can manage some rather short turn-arounds of 90 mins, or so.
slinky09 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2009, 592 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 9847 times:
Quoting OA260 (Reply 4): I have seen them a few times whilst waiting in LHR . They often run it down to MAD. I think the IB3167 at 18:40 is a regular 342 service.
It's often a 346 and sometimes a 343 (you're pictures are 346s by the way).
I asked this question a while back and the principal response was that it's very lucrative for cargo.
KaiTak747 From Switzerland, joined Aug 2012, 145 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (8 months 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 9614 times:
Quoting OA260 (Reply 4):
I have seen them a few times whilst waiting in LHR . They often run it down to MAD. I think the IB3167 at 18:40 is a regular 342 service.
Iberia only operates the A340-300 and A346.
Quoting slinky09 (Reply 9): I asked this question a while back and the principal response was that it's very lucrative for cargo.
Exactly, the IB A340 flight flies with poor passenger loads, but absolutely full of cargo, which I would guess connects to South America.
It must be a great experience, especially in Business, having a lie flat seat for a 2 hour flight! This must be the shortest A340 flight in the World (apart from perhaps the LAN Madrid-Frankfurt tag?)
eicvd From Ireland, joined Mar 2008, 2068 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (8 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 9507 times:
Quoting KaiTak747 (Reply 10): Iberia only operates the A340-300 and A346
But on their booking system or whatever it is misleading, 342 is down as the equipment used on certain routes. There was a thread on this matter a few months ago
jwhite9185 From United Kingdom, joined May 2007, 721 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (8 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 8724 times:
Yeah, im booked on a BA 767 to MAD and an IB A343 back again in October. Been using A340's on the route for around a year now. They used them a few years back too for a period.
I believe it stays in MAD. IB flies 340s between MAD and BCN as non-schengen flights full of connecting pax from BCN into IB's long-haul destinations.
Quoting KaiTak747 (Reply 10): Exactly, the IB A340 flight flies with poor passenger loads, but absolutely full of cargo, which I would guess connects to South America.
Yes, it's one of the initiatives of the newly created IAG Cargo.
IBERIA747 From Spain, joined Aug 2003, 1825 posts, RR: 62 Reply 20, posted (8 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 2922 times:
Iberia 343: A340-300 with 36J / 218Y seats (9 aircraft)
Iberia 342: A340-300 with 24J / 267Y seats (7 aircraft)
As has been discussed here quite often (there has been a thread or two about this and a link to one of them has been put in this thread), those aircraft with the code "342" are equipped with newer slimline seats in economy and individual power outlets. And before someone asks, there are no plans to install PTVs on any A340-300, as most, if not all of them, will start being phased out soon (5 of Iberia's A343s have been retired so far and 2 of them are flying with South African Airways already).
DALCE From Netherlands, joined Feb 2007, 1581 posts, RR: 7 Reply 22, posted (8 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1749 times:
LX often uses A330/A340's ZRH-GVA and vv. for positioning, and AFAIK utilize the aircraft on scheduled flights.
ZRH-GVA is only 143nm according the global circle mapper, whereas HKG-TPE is 501nm.
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