British Airways ! BA ! BAW !

Beochien a écrit:Bonjour

BA y va pour des 748-F !
Intéressant, mais est ce vraiment rentable ?
3 Units en wet lease, pour 5 ans opérés par une cie "On Behalf"... GSS ?? !
Nouvelle cde pour Boeing ??? Sais pas ??

Beochien a écrit:Bientôt AF qui sait ... les 747, ça finit par s'user ...

A year after British Airways began transatlantic service between London’s downtown city airport and New York, an expansion of the network and its dedicated Airbus fleet is being considered.

A year ago, the airline acquired two new Airbus A318s configured in an all-business class, 32-seat layout specifically for the route between London City and JFK airports. Departing from London City’s short 4,325 ft (1,319 m) runway, the westbound flights operate with a technical stop at Shannon, Ireland, where passengers are able to clear U.S. immigration. Eastbound flights operate direct.

“The London City operation has been running for a year now and performed extremely well, better than we had expected, says CEO Willie Walsh. “There’s scope for expansion, whether that’s through increased frequencies to New York or adding other destinations on the U.S. Eastern seaboard.” While Walsh is not specific on other potential U.S. cities that could be served from London City, Boston is understood to be a leading candidate.

While Walsh acknowledges that any expansion of services would necessitate the addition of more A318s, he says that BA is not currently in talks with Airbus specifically about this. “We’re always talking to Airbus and if were to go looking for more A318s I’m sure Airbus would be pleased to facilitate us.”

The A318 is Airbus’s least successful single-aisle model, with total orders standing at just 83 aircraft. The type recently suffered a blow when Mexicana, which operated 10 A318s, ceased operations. Also, LAN Airlines has decided to phase out its fleet of 15 A318s.

Meanwhile Walsh says that the industry’s trading conditions have improved rapidly in this year, with demand coming back well and yield gains bettering expectations.

However Walsh says that while he sees no evidence of a double-dip recession, confidence remains fragile, which is likely “to slow the pace of the recovery.”

Walsh reiterates that despite two years of record losses, cost cutting efforts are bearing fruit and the airline aims to break-even at a pre-tax level this year

British Airways to rehire captain of crashed 777
By David Kaminski-Morrow

British Airways is poised to rehire the captain of the Boeing 777-200 which crashed at London Heathrow, nearly three years after the accident and his subsequent decision to leave the company.Capt Peter Burkill was the commander of flight BA038 from Beijing which crashed at Heathrow on 17 January 2008, after ice obstructed the fuel system during final approach.A source familiar with the situation states that Burkill is likely to rejoin the carrier in November, although contracts have yet to be finalised.Everyone on board BA038 survived the accident, and investigators praised the actions of Burkill and his crew.But Burkill felt under pressure in the months afterwards and eventually left the airline. Although he wanted to continue flying, he struggled to find alternative employment as a pilot, partly owing to the stigma of his association with the high-profile crash.In the interim period he wrote a book about his experience of the accident.British Airways simply states that Burkill was a "valued colleague" and that the airline "would welcome him back" as a captain."We have always supported and praised everyone's actions involved in managing the BA38 incident," says a spokesman for the carrier.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/29/347924/british-airways-to-rehire-captain-of-crashed-777.html

British Airways is looking at exercising options for Embraer E-190s to meet growing demand for services at London City Airport.

BA director of strategy Robert Boyle says the last of 11 E-Jets it ordered in late 2008 for its CityFlyer unit will be delivered in November and BA has an imminent deadline in exercising options. The original deal with Embraer included six E-170s and five E-190s plus options for three E-190s.

Currently CityFlyer operates six 76-seat E-170s and four 98-seat E-190s. All of the E-190s have been received this year.

"We got one more [delivery] in November and then after that we have some options," Boyle says. "We're looking at the question now. We haven't quite finalised it yet."

He says the CityFlyer E-Jet operation is "going well" and a fleet of more than 11 aircraft may be required given current market conditions. "It's a market that is very focused on the financial market so it took a big hit in the credit crunch but it's really bouncing back now," Boyle says.

BA's London City operation consists of CityFlyer E-Jets on European routes and two mainline A318s which are used on the all-business class service to New York. CityFlyer previously operated BAE Systems Avro RJs but retired the last of the type in July.

Boyle says while the New York service which was launched last year is doing well there is currently no consideration of expanding the A318 London City operation to include more routes. "I don't see anything imminent there," he says.

British Airways en a marre du diktat de la sécurité dans les aéroports


Le PDG de British Airways Martin Broughton s’est lâché dans les médias, critiquant les contrôles superflus dans les aéroports et enjoignant son pays d’arrêter de « faire des courbettes » devant les exigences américaines en la matière.Pour le PDG de la compagnie nationale britannique, il est inutile de s’incliner systématiquement devant les exigences de sécurité des Américains pour les vols vers les USA, quand ces mêmes mesures ne sont même pas mises en place pour leurs vols intérieurs. Et de prendre pour exemple le retrait des chaussures (mis en place après la tentative d’attentat en 2001 de Richard Reid, qui avait caché des explosifs dans ses chaussures), qui n’est exigé pour aucun vol domestique aux Etats-Unis.Dans ses remarques lors de la conférence de l’association des opérateurs d’aéroports britannique à Londres, le patron de British Airways s’en est aussi pris à d’autres mesures instaurées suite à des tentatives d’attentats, telles que la taille maximale des liquides en cabine limitée à 100ml (incident en 2006) ou les contrôles de passagers supplémentaires suite à l’attaque avortée d’un Nigérian à Detroit en décembre dernier.Broughton a donc appelé à un « sérieux ménage » dans ces mesures. Et il a réservé une barbe particulière au traitement des ordinateurs portables, qui doivent être sortis de leur sac avant le passage aux rayons X, prétendant que « les aéroports n’ont toujours pas décidé si la dernière tablette d’Apple, l’iPad, était ou non un ordinateur », en conséquence de quoi certains demandaient de la sortir quand d’autres l’ignoraient.L’USTSA, en charge de la sécurité des aéroports aux Etats-Unis, a simplement répondu qu’ils travaillaient en relation étroite avec leurs partenaires étrangers pour assurer la meilleure sécurité possible, et que les mesures évoluaient au gré des renseignements…

https://avia.superforum.fr/cie-d-europe-f63/british-airways-ba-baw-t27-100.htm

British Airways' Airbus #A350 Club World gains direct aisle access, retains 2-4-2 layout https://t.co/KXw8JjR3Yn pic.twitter.com/D0yIUOv0Zp

— AusBusinessTraveller (@AusBT) 19 août 2016

It is with great sadness that we can confirm we are proposing to retire our entire 747 fleet with immediate effect. Natalie M

— British Airways (@British_Airways) July 17, 2020