Trying to understand the British Airways long-haul fleet
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Just this week British Airways released a photo of its first Airbus A350 aircraft, fully painted, and soon to be in service. It’s always a cool moment when an airline receives the first of a new aircraft type.
But what perplexes me about this addition to the British Airways fleet is that the A350 is joining a host of other long-haul aircraft. British Airways currently operates four other long-haul planes: the Boeing 747-400, the Boeing 777, the Airbus A380, and the Boeing 787. Looking even further ahead…British Airways will also be purchasing the 777X. That makes six different wide-body aircraft types. And it’s not like they have one variant of each, as they have both 787-8s and 9s (plus 10s on order), 777-200 (and…
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