oldannyboy wrote:

mats wrote:

I remember flying BA from Nairobi to London/Heathrow in 1986. I believe that was BA 55 (Johannesburg-Nairobi-London; maybe sometimes with a stop in Harare.)

I was disappointed when we got to the gate in Nairobi. A 747 was waiting for us.
At least once a week, the flight was on an L1011 with an additional stop in Larnaca.

I also recall that our BA flight parked next to a Saudia L1011.

In retrospect, I do not think I was missing much. The L1011 flight was at least 24 hours late. And I imagine that the 10-across seating was not terribly comfortable. (To be fair, United, Pan Am, and Hawaiian all flew with 10-across on their L1011s.) As much as I love the L1011, that seems like it would have been a bit too cozy.

I do confirm that the TriStar was used to Nairobi. Just last night a former school friend was saying they flew down to Nairobi on one some-time around 1983/84. Not sure about the LCA stop though.
I do not think that the long-haul BA TriStars had ten-across in Y. At least initially (and then on for many years), 10-across was reserved for the short-haul fleet, and for the KT charter birds.
PA instead had 10 abreast on their L15 right from the onset.

ContinentalEWR wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

mats wrote:

I remember flying BA from Nairobi to London/Heathrow in 1986. I believe that was BA 55 (Johannesburg-Nairobi-London; maybe sometimes with a stop in Harare.)

IPan Am ordered 15 L1011s in 1978. They were intended to replace the 707. They took options on 14 more. In the end, they took delivery of just 3, all in 1980. Believe the rest went to DL and the Royal Air Force.

ContinentalEWR wrote:

A single BA L1011 was a common site at JFK, in the 1980s, and I believe it was the aircraft operating the JFK-MAN service.

dcajet wrote:

Those were 2 -500 (G-BLUS/T) that BA had to lease from Sri Lankan in 1985 (I believe it was called Air Ceylon back then) for the Brazil routes as BA had ditched its own -500 in 1983.

dcajet wrote:

I believe these 2 TriStar 500s were used to fly to CCS as well,

capicua wrote:

dcajet wrote:

Those were 2 -500 (G-BLUS/T) that BA had to lease from Sri Lankan in 1985 (I believe it was called Air Ceylon back then) for the Brazil routes as BA had ditched its own -500 in 1983.

It was called Airlanka at the time.

dcajet wrote:

I believe these 2 TriStar 500s were used to fly to CCS as well,

That is correct. Here is G-BLUT at CCS at some point in the mid '80s:

AngelsDecay wrote:

One of my strangest but special memories about Speedbirds Tristars was to see one of them, (and not the shortest 500version), operating into/out of Gibraltar tiny lil'rwy around the beginnings of the 80's...some special flights regarding a Cruise ship event on the GIB docks. Still have some pics of it. (pardon me this lil offtopic, but imho interesting indeed). Cheers to all.

skipness1E wrote:

They also flew out of LGW for time. GLA-JFK was launched at the worst possible time just as Gulf War 1 kicked off in Aug 90. So BA187 GLA-JFK x 3 weekly was consolidated with the BA173 LGW-JFK over the winter on some days. There's a few pics on the database of BA TriStars at Gatters at the North Terminal.

Gulf War 1 was also the reason they left the fleet almost overnight. I remember seeing G-BHBR at GLA stripped of titles in basic Landor still in service.

oldannyboy wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

A single BA L1011 was a common site at JFK, in the 1980s, and I believe it was the aircraft operating the JFK-MAN service.

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

And -more importantly for you, given your namesake- do you perhaps remember the BA TriStar ever operating into EWR? I know for a short while KT (British Airtours) operated 747s for BA out of LGW to EWR in the early '80s....

DL_Mech wrote:

From: http://www.britishairways.com/cms/globa ... _79_15.jpg

Did the TriStar 200 have the centreline overheads installed or did they delete them like TWA did on their late deliveries?

Also, props to all those who referred to it as “TriStar” instead of “Tristar”. There are a lot of you on here!

oldannyboy wrote:

What a stunning, colourful interior was!!
To this day I still think that there's no other wide-body aircraft (save perhaps the A380 and the 747) that exudes that SPACIOUS wide-body feel, like the TriStar does, especially without the central bins...those ceilings were SO damn HIGH!!!!

On a separate note: who else is missing (like myself) those colourful, harlequin interiors?? Boy I HATE the sea of grey that airline cabins have become.... so drab and uninspiring... and so difficult to distinguish one airline from another..... sad.

DL_Mech wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

What a stunning, colourful interior was!!
To this day I still think that there's no other wide-body aircraft (save perhaps the A380 and the 747) that exudes that SPACIOUS wide-body feel, like the TriStar does, especially without the central bins...those ceilings were SO damn HIGH!!!!

On a separate note: who else is missing (like myself) those colourful, harlequin interiors?? Boy I HATE the sea of grey that airline cabins have become.... so drab and uninspiring... and so difficult to distinguish one airline from another..... sad.

Someone mentioned up thread about the A350 without the center overhead lockers in first class. First time I saw it, I immediately thought of the TriStar. The TriStar had the best interior style bar none, especially compared to the DC-10.

ContinentalEWR wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

A single BA L1011 was a common site at JFK, in the 1980s, and I believe it was the aircraft operating the JFK-MAN service.

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

And -more importantly for you, given your namesake- do you perhaps remember the BA TriStar ever operating into EWR? I know for a short while KT (British Airtours) operated 747s for BA out of LGW to EWR in the early '80s....

I don't know if BA operated the L1011 on JFK to LHR in the 1980s. From memory, I think BA operated two evening departures on JFK-LHR, plus the daylight service. Believe in the 1980s they were all 747s. It was morning departure, a 7:00pm departure and a 9:00pm departure and that was the schedule into the early 1990s. I think BA started adding more frequency shortly after the early 1990s with a further, later evening departure. After the BCAL acquisition, the JFK-LGW route was flown, I think with the DC10 and the 747. In the summer of 1989, the JFK-LGW operation on BA was a 747.

As to EWR, again, not sure, except that BA added a daylight service out of EWR in 2003 to LHR to complement the two evening departures. I flew BA on EWR-LHR a number of times in the mid-2000s and at that time, the service had switched around a bit from 772s to 763 and 772. I don't remember when BA added EWR as a station.

BOACJrJet wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

And -more importantly for you, given your namesake- do you perhaps remember the BA TriStar ever operating into EWR? I know for a short while KT (British Airtours) operated 747s for BA out of LGW to EWR in the early '80s....

I don't know if BA operated the L1011 on JFK to LHR in the 1980s. From memory, I think BA operated two evening departures on JFK-LHR, plus the daylight service. Believe in the 1980s they were all 747s. It was morning departure, a 7:00pm departure and a 9:00pm departure and that was the schedule into the early 1990s. I think BA started adding more frequency shortly after the early 1990s with a further, later evening departure. After the BCAL acquisition, the JFK-LGW route was flown, I think with the DC10 and the 747. In the summer of 1989, the JFK-LGW operation on BA was a 747.

As to EWR, again, not sure, except that BA added a daylight service out of EWR in 2003 to LHR to complement the two evening departures. I flew BA on EWR-LHR a number of times in the mid-2000s and at that time, the service had switched around a bit from 772s to 763 and 772. I don't remember when BA added EWR as a station.

As someone who can remember when T5 (T7) opened at JFK, I do know that at one time you could fly from JFK to LGW, LHR, BHX, MAN and GLA plus the EWR flights. Now everything goes through London and if you are connecting up north you suffer double APT!

TUGMASTER wrote:

IL96 has the missing centre bins also.
Very spacious

BOACJrJet wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

And -more importantly for you, given your namesake- do you perhaps remember the BA TriStar ever operating into EWR? I know for a short while KT (British Airtours) operated 747s for BA out of LGW to EWR in the early '80s....

I don't know if BA operated the L1011 on JFK to LHR in the 1980s. From memory, I think BA operated two evening departures on JFK-LHR, plus the daylight service. Believe in the 1980s they were all 747s. It was morning departure, a 7:00pm departure and a 9:00pm departure and that was the schedule into the early 1990s. I think BA started adding more frequency shortly after the early 1990s with a further, later evening departure. After the BCAL acquisition, the JFK-LGW route was flown, I think with the DC10 and the 747. In the summer of 1989, the JFK-LGW operation on BA was a 747.

As to EWR, again, not sure, except that BA added a daylight service out of EWR in 2003 to LHR to complement the two evening departures. I flew BA on EWR-LHR a number of times in the mid-2000s and at that time, the service had switched around a bit from 772s to 763 and 772. I don't remember when BA added EWR as a station.

As someone who can remember when T5 (T7) opened at JFK, I do know that at one time you could fly from JFK to LGW, LHR, BHX, MAN and GLA plus the EWR flights. Now everything goes through London and if you are connecting up north you suffer double APT!

ContinentalEWR wrote:

BOACJrJet wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

I don't know if BA operated the L1011 on JFK to LHR in the 1980s. From memory, I think BA operated two evening departures on JFK-LHR, plus the daylight service. Believe in the 1980s they were all 747s. It was morning departure, a 7:00pm departure and a 9:00pm departure and that was the schedule into the early 1990s. I think BA started adding more frequency shortly after the early 1990s with a further, later evening departure. After the BCAL acquisition, the JFK-LGW route was flown, I think with the DC10 and the 747. In the summer of 1989, the JFK-LGW operation on BA was a 747.

As to EWR, again, not sure, except that BA added a daylight service out of EWR in 2003 to LHR to complement the two evening departures. I flew BA on EWR-LHR a number of times in the mid-2000s and at that time, the service had switched around a bit from 772s to 763 and 772. I don't remember when BA added EWR as a station.

As someone who can remember when T5 (T7) opened at JFK, I do know that at one time you could fly from JFK to LGW, LHR, BHX, MAN and GLA plus the EWR flights. Now everything goes through London and if you are connecting up north you suffer double APT!

Indeed, BA operated to LHR, LGW, MAN, GLA, and BHX. The GLA/BHX flights I think for a time were among the very first 757 services across the Atlantic and one of them had a stopover in YYZ or BOS. I don't remember. JFK-BHX didn't last long and GLA was pulled down after a relatively short time as well, MAN was cut and then brought back before being cut again.

ContinentalEWR wrote:

BOACJrJet wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

I don't know if BA operated the L1011 on JFK to LHR in the 1980s. From memory, I think BA operated two evening departures on JFK-LHR, plus the daylight service. Believe in the 1980s they were all 747s. It was morning departure, a 7:00pm departure and a 9:00pm departure and that was the schedule into the early 1990s. I think BA started adding more frequency shortly after the early 1990s with a further, later evening departure. After the BCAL acquisition, the JFK-LGW route was flown, I think with the DC10 and the 747. In the summer of 1989, the JFK-LGW operation on BA was a 747.

As to EWR, again, not sure, except that BA added a daylight service out of EWR in 2003 to LHR to complement the two evening departures. I flew BA on EWR-LHR a number of times in the mid-2000s and at that time, the service had switched around a bit from 772s to 763 and 772. I don't remember when BA added EWR as a station.

As someone who can remember when T5 (T7) opened at JFK, I do know that at one time you could fly from JFK to LGW, LHR, BHX, MAN and GLA plus the EWR flights. Now everything goes through London and if you are connecting up north you suffer double APT!

Indeed, BA operated to LHR, LGW, MAN, GLA, and BHX. The GLA/BHX flights I think for a time were among the very first 757 services across the Atlantic and one of them had a stopover in YYZ or BOS. I don't remember. JFK-BHX didn't last long and GLA was pulled down after a relatively short time as well, MAN was cut and then brought back before being cut again.

BOACJrJet wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

BOACJrJet wrote:

As someone who can remember when T5 (T7) opened at JFK, I do know that at one time you could fly from JFK to LGW, LHR, BHX, MAN and GLA plus the EWR flights. Now everything goes through London and if you are connecting up north you suffer double APT!

Indeed, BA operated to LHR, LGW, MAN, GLA, and BHX. The GLA/BHX flights I think for a time were among the very first 757 services across the Atlantic and one of them had a stopover in YYZ or BOS. I don't remember. JFK-BHX didn't last long and GLA was pulled down after a relatively short time as well, MAN was cut and then brought back before being cut again.

I did take the 757 to GLA more than a few times. It never had a stop. I do remember when the 767 started on the MAN route it needed to prove ETOPS and took a longer and more northerly route. Then one day I got on board and flight time was back to normal ! "Chatham Historic Dockyard" did a yeoman's job on that route for 15 years or so.

DL_Mech wrote:

From: http://www.britishairways.com/cms/globa ... _79_15.jpg

Did the TriStar 200 have the centreline overheads installed or did they delete them like TWA did on their late deliveries?

Also, props to all those who referred to it as “TriStar” instead of “Tristar”. There are a lot of you on here!

ojjunior wrote:

DL_Mech wrote:

From: http://www.britishairways.com/cms/globa ... _79_15.jpg

Did the TriStar 200 have the centreline overheads installed or did they delete them like TWA did on their late deliveries?

Also, props to all those who referred to it as “TriStar” instead of “Tristar”. There are a lot of you on here!

Now that's a spacious and colorful interior.
Look at the that height!
Thanks for sharing.

Hey Boeing interior design specialists, you awake?

oldannyboy wrote:

BOACJrJet wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

Indeed, BA operated to LHR, LGW, MAN, GLA, and BHX. The GLA/BHX flights I think for a time were among the very first 757 services across the Atlantic and one of them had a stopover in YYZ or BOS. I don't remember. JFK-BHX didn't last long and GLA was pulled down after a relatively short time as well, MAN was cut and then brought back before being cut again.

I did take the 757 to GLA more than a few times. It never had a stop. I do remember when the 767 started on the MAN route it needed to prove ETOPS and took a longer and more northerly route. Then one day I got on board and flight time was back to normal ! "Chatham Historic Dockyard" did a yeoman's job on that route for 15 years or so.

Now of course, and quite rightly, we are moaning the departure of ANY BA L/h service to the regions, let alone on a lovely spanking-new RR-powered 767.... but boy, didn't the 767 seem a tad of a step back when first introduced as a TriStar replacement..... The cabin seemed so much narrower....not to mention cruising speed...

oldannyboy wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

BOACJrJet wrote:

As someone who can remember when T5 (T7) opened at JFK, I do know that at one time you could fly from JFK to LGW, LHR, BHX, MAN and GLA plus the EWR flights. Now everything goes through London and if you are connecting up north you suffer double APT!

Indeed, BA operated to LHR, LGW, MAN, GLA, and BHX. The GLA/BHX flights I think for a time were among the very first 757 services across the Atlantic and one of them had a stopover in YYZ or BOS. I don't remember. JFK-BHX didn't last long and GLA was pulled down after a relatively short time as well, MAN was cut and then brought back before being cut again.

I am still baffled that BA has all but pulled out almost completely (at least on 'heavy' metal) on such a large market like Manchester. It seems to me that beyond London (where btw they seem to continuously struggle with the duo-hub concept) BA should have the critical mass to possess multiple [smaller] hubs without too many worries....
Back in TriStar times MAN was a very profitable operation for BA.

skipness1E wrote:

They also flew out of LGW for time.
GLA-JFK was launched at the worst possible time just as Gulf War 1 kicked off in Aug 90. So BA187 GLA-JFK x 3 weekly was consolidated with the BA173 LGW-JFK over the winter on some days.
There's a few pics on the database of BA TriStars at Gatters at the North Terminal.
.

ContinentalEWR wrote:

BOACJrJet wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

I don't know if BA operated the L1011 on JFK to LHR in the 1980s. From memory, I think BA operated two evening departures on JFK-LHR, plus the daylight service. Believe in the 1980s they were all 747s. It was morning departure, a 7:00pm departure and a 9:00pm departure and that was the schedule into the early 1990s. I think BA started adding more frequency shortly after the early 1990s with a further, later evening departure. After the BCAL acquisition, the JFK-LGW route was flown, I think with the DC10 and the 747. In the summer of 1989, the JFK-LGW operation on BA was a 747.

As to EWR, again, not sure, except that BA added a daylight service out of EWR in 2003 to LHR to complement the two evening departures. I flew BA on EWR-LHR a number of times in the mid-2000s and at that time, the service had switched around a bit from 772s to 763 and 772. I don't remember when BA added EWR as a station.

As someone who can remember when T5 (T7) opened at JFK, I do know that at one time you could fly from JFK to LGW, LHR, BHX, MAN and GLA plus the EWR flights. Now everything goes through London and if you are connecting up north you suffer double APT!

Indeed, BA operated to LHR, LGW, MAN, GLA, and BHX. The GLA/BHX flights I think for a time were among the very first 757 services across the Atlantic and one of them had a stopover in YYZ or BOS. I don't remember. JFK-BHX didn't last long and GLA was pulled down after a relatively short time as well, MAN was cut and then brought back before being cut again.

oldannyboy wrote:

skipness1E wrote:

They also flew out of LGW for time. GLA-JFK was launched at the worst possible time just as Gulf War 1 kicked off in Aug 90. So BA187 GLA-JFK x 3 weekly was consolidated with the BA173 LGW-JFK over the winter on some days. There's a few pics on the database of BA TriStars at Gatters at the North Terminal.

Gulf War 1 was also the reason they left the fleet almost overnight. I remember seeing G-BHBR at GLA stripped of titles in basic Landor still in service.

Thanks for confirming that the BA TriStar did indeed see (albeit brief) operations at Gatters. I did remember seeing the KT birds there often, but was unsure about the BA proper fleet..

Tristarsteve wrote:

BA converted many of their Tristar 200 to remove the lower galley and extend the fwd freight hold in its place. The main deck galleys were made larger by removing the lifts. They must have made more money from freight than Y pax. Was this the Tristar 200F??

MAS777 wrote:

I regularly flew to KUL on the Tristar 200s in the 1980s...
The Tristars were lovely planes to fly on…

The rear section (after of Door3) had 4-5 rows of Economy and in those days this was the Smoking section…This was also a semicircular corridor with 5 main toilets for Economy and the engine 3 intake was above this corridor - along with smaller ‘mini’ doors for doors 4L and 4R.. I seem to think these two were smaller right at the back!

shankly wrote:

The other was flying LGW-ATL with Delta in '96 and so looking forward to flying the L1011-500 and finding a bloody MD11 was on duty!

sjones1975 wrote:

MAS777 wrote:

I regularly flew to KUL on the Tristar 200s in the 1980s...
The Tristars were lovely planes to fly on…

The rear section (after of Door3) had 4-5 rows of Economy and in those days this was the Smoking section…This was also a semicircular corridor with 5 main toilets for Economy and the engine 3 intake was above this corridor - along with smaller ‘mini’ doors for doors 4L and 4R.. I seem to think these two were smaller right at the back!

Most full-length (non -500) L-1011s seem to have those mini-doors at the back. However, the British Airways L-1011s (at least the 200s) have bigger doors in back. Compare the rear doors of this BA Tristar 200...

https://www.airliners.net/photo/British ... 9Dcw%3D%3D

...with the rear doors on these TWA and Gulf Air Tristar 200s:

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Trans-W ... AO/BPqU%3D

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Gulf-Ai ... AO/BPqU%3D

Anyone know the story behind the wider BA rear doors? Were the BA Tristar higher-density than normal, therefore needing bigger doors to meet emergency egress requirements?

As a matter of 'looks', the smaller 4L/4R doors look better because the rear doors aren't separated by that much length from the 3L/R doors. Having two full-size (or almost full-size) sets of of doors so close to each other looks kinda funny. Just commenting on an aspect of the aesthetics of the beautiful L-1011, as many others have in previous threads...I realize that looks/aesthetics play no role in the actual design decisions.

readytotaxi wrote:

Tristarsteve wrote:

BA converted many of their Tristar 200 to remove the lower galley and extend the fwd freight hold in its place. The main deck galleys were made larger by removing the lifts. They must have made more money from freight than Y pax. Was this the Tristar 200F??

Was that galley not optional to airlines at the time of delivery, you just had to have it?

oldannyboy wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

A single BA L1011 was a common site at JFK, in the 1980s, and I believe it was the aircraft operating the JFK-MAN service.

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

BawliBooch wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

A single BA L1011 was a common site at JFK, in the 1980s, and I believe it was the aircraft operating the JFK-MAN service.

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

Dont think BA operated LHR-JFK with L15. A Caribbean airline operated the route with L15. LHR-JFK-xxx

DL_Mech wrote:

readytotaxi wrote:

Tristarsteve wrote:

BA converted many of their Tristar 200 to remove the lower galley and extend the fwd freight hold in its place. The main deck galleys were made larger by removing the lifts. They must have made more money from freight than Y pax. Was this the Tristar 200F??

Was that galley not optional to airlines at the time of delivery, you just had to have it?

Every long body TriStar was built with a lower galley. Some people assume that the PSA planes had the lounge down there, but the lounge was located in the forward cargo compartment with a movable wall between the two.

BawliBooch wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

ContinentalEWR wrote:

A single BA L1011 was a common site at JFK, in the 1980s, and I believe it was the aircraft operating the JFK-MAN service.

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

Dont think BA operated LHR-JFK with L15. A Caribbean airline operated the route with L15. LHR-JFK-xxx

ContinentalEWR wrote:

BawliBooch wrote:

oldannyboy wrote:

Am I wrong in assuming that the TriStar was also briefly operated to JFK out of LHR?

Dont think BA operated LHR-JFK with L15. A Caribbean airline operated the route with L15. LHR-JFK-xxx

BWIA did fly L1011s to JFK, but back to the OP, BA did fly JFK to MAN on the L1011 in the 80s.

• TriStar -1 - Club rows 1-15 (9-abreast) 132 seats / L2/R2 / Club rows 16-24 (9-abreast) 74 seats; Economy rows 25-33 (10-abreast) 89 seats / L3/R3 / Economy rows 34-41 (9-abreast) 57 seats
• TriStar -50/-200 - First Class rows 1-4 (6-abreast) 22 seats; Club/SuperClub rows 10-14 (6-abreast) 30 seats / L2/R2 / Club/SuperClub rows 15-24 (6-abreast) 52 seats; Economy rows 25-30 (10-abreast) 59 seats / L3/R3 / Economy rows 32-37 (9-abreast) 45 seats + 3 crew-rest seats (37 D/E/G)
• TriStar -500 - First Class rows 1-2 (6-abreast) 12 seats; Club/SuperClub rows 8-12 (6-abreast) 26 seats / L2/R2 / Economy rows 13-33 (10-abreast) 210 seats + 4 crew-rest seats (32 A/B + 33 A/B)

• TriStar -1 (6 in fleet) - Club rows 1-14 (9-abreast) 123 seats / L2/R2 / Club rows 16-24 (9-abreast) 74 seats; Economy rows 25-32 (10-abreast) 79 seats / L3/R3 / Economy rows 34-41 (9-abreast) 57 seats
• TriStar -200 (8 in fleet) - First Class rows 1-3 (6-abreast) 18 seats; Club World rows 10-14 (7-abreast) 35 seats / L2/R2 / Economy rows 15-30 (10-abreast) 154 seats / L3/R3 / Economy rows 32-37 (9-abreast) 36 seats + 3 crew-rest seats (37 D/E/G)

• Abidjan
• Accra
• Amman
• Athens*
• Baghdad
• Banjul
• Bermuda
• Cairo
• Freetown
• Kano
• Khartoum.
• Lagos
• Larnaca*
• Malaga*
• Monrovia
• Tampa/St. Petersburg

• Abu Dhabi
• Athens*
• Bahrain
• Bangkok
• Delhi
• Detroit
• Doha
• Jeddah
• Karachi
• Kuala Lumpur
• Kuwait
• Madras
• Manila
• Montreal
• Muscat
• Paris (CDG)*
• Riyadh

• New York (JFK)

• 1 aircraft operating LHR-CDG (remaining flights all 757s)
• 1 aircraft operating LHR-ATH-LGW-ATH-LHR on a 'W' pattern 5 days a week (Tue and Sat the ATH-LGW-ATH sector wasn't operated, so a long overnight for the aircraft in ATH)
• 1 aircraft operating LGW-AGP and LGW-LCA

PAA25 wrote:

BA also flew L1011s to Dhahran during the 1980s (with occasional sensation of services), but eventually switched to a 767 by the 90s. I flew BA129 from LHR-DHA in the summer of 1983, and recall having a bratty gate-side conversation with an adult (I was a kid) who insisted we were flying a Trident!