The trouble with the A380 lately
Jan 25, 2024, 9:41 am
#137
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 98
BA207
BA207 cancelled again today 25/1/24.
Initially it was shown as delayed from its scheduled departure time of 10:00 until 15:30, then they posted a further delayed estimated departure time of 18:30 (would have made it 8 1/2 hours late) before changing the equipment to a 77W and then finally advertising its cancellation at 15:15.
What a poor way to run the business.
They should just retire their A380’s as they’re clearly a burden.
Initially it was shown as delayed from its scheduled departure time of 10:00 until 15:30, then they posted a further delayed estimated departure time of 18:30 (would have made it 8 1/2 hours late) before changing the equipment to a 77W and then finally advertising its cancellation at 15:15.
What a poor way to run the business.
They should just retire their A380’s as they’re clearly a burden.
Jan 25, 2024, 10:50 am
#140
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,402
The A380's spend a long time on the ground during the day in JNB so they are usually able to make up any delays for the return leg and are usually on time.
Jan 25, 2024, 11:22 am
#141
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 98
It seems the LHR-MIA route suffers badly, perhaps the company needs to look at ground time for their stock on this route. There is zero chance of recovery.
Jan 25, 2024, 12:41 pm
#142
Join Date: Jul 2005
Programs: Curve card giant piss-taking knobhead programme
Posts: 376
There is not an abundance of widebody aircraft in the world - all the more so with Boeing's troubles likely to impair their delivery of new orders.
I'm sure HQ fag packets are being pencilled vigorously about cancelling an A380 rotation to free one up.
I'm sure HQ fag packets are being pencilled vigorously about cancelling an A380 rotation to free one up.
Jan 25, 2024, 12:51 pm
#143
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Chelsea
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,248
Yes, although it is probably easier to send people to MIA via various East Coast hubs or to other Florida airports than it is to get them down to Jo’burg, which is presumably why Miami takes the hit. Not that it’s any consolation to the hundreds of passengers inconvenienced on each occasion this happens…
Jan 25, 2024, 1:09 pm
#144
Join Date: Aug 2019
Programs: BAEC GGL
Posts: 373
BA207 cancelled again today 25/1/24.
Initially it was shown as delayed from its scheduled departure time of 10:00 until 15:30, then they posted a further delayed estimated departure time of 18:30 (would have made it 8 1/2 hours late) before changing the equipment to a 77W and then finally advertising its cancellation at 15:15.
Initially it was shown as delayed from its scheduled departure time of 10:00 until 15:30, then they posted a further delayed estimated departure time of 18:30 (would have made it 8 1/2 hours late) before changing the equipment to a 77W and then finally advertising its cancellation at 15:15.
Jan 25, 2024, 9:37 pm
#147
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 134
Weird that it's shown as both BA1207 and BA9602. Anyone know why? I thought the BA 9xxx were usually positioning flights?
BAW9602 is the callsign. Any unplanned or extra flight on the day will usually have a BAW96XX callsign.
Jan 26, 2024, 3:04 am
#148
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: London, UK
Posts: 5,174
BA1207 is the flight number. Often used when 380 is downgraded to a 777 - a new flight number helps with automatic rebooking rather than the airport deal with hundreds of offloads.
BAW9602 is the callsign. Any unplanned or extra flight on the day will usually have a BAW96XX callsign.
BAW9602 is the callsign. Any unplanned or extra flight on the day will usually have a BAW96XX callsign.
Jan 26, 2024, 4:09 am
#149
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 1,640
It's even more strange that the A380 is the plane they've chosen to launch the brand new F suite and cabin reconfiguration. Surely it's not the seats that are the issue here. A refurb of the interior won't help the exterior.
Jan 26, 2024, 4:45 am
#150
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,013
If you look at the flight schedules for the A380 fleet then BA are trying to utilise them more than seems practical. The inevitable result is that when problems happen the schedule falls apart as there is no slack. They only have 12 A380s and more often than not one is in maintenance at Manila so any tech problems/delays/shortage of pilots cause problems. All routes seem affected but Miami does seem to be affected a lot - I guess due to the flight timings and rotation.