British Airways is re-activating it's Airbus A380 fleet, Crew service familiarisation from November , a Plan for the Super Jumbo Revival !

SuperJumbo Back in Action !

When two of the Singapore airlines Airbus 380-841 aircrafts (9V-SKH and 9V-SKG) made it to the scrapyard day before yesterday, some airlines are seeing a hope in their Dormant Super Jumbo fleet, ritish airways is the latest addition to that.

Now, British Airways is set to welcome back its first A380 aircraft in November and operate its biggest schedule since March 2020, with additional services to cities across the globe, including the US.

British Airways’ A380 will initially operate to a number of short-haul destinations to allow for crew service familiarisation in November, shortly followed by operating to Miami and Los Angeles in the US, as well as Dubai in December.

• Four of the British Airways’ A380 aircrafts will re-join the airline’s fleet earlier than expected as US borders re-open, initially operating to Los Angeles, Miami and Dubai.
• The airline is increasing flights to the US by adding more services to key cities including New York, with up to eight daily services by December.
• The airline will also be bringing forward planned restart dates to a number of US destinations.
• This October the airline has added 13,000 additional seats to short-haul family leisure destinations and has increased flights to popular European cities.
• Looking ahead to Christmas, British Airways is adding extra services to winter sun destinations including the Maldives, Mauritius and Caribbean islands.

Is it worth ??

Carriers like Emirates has not only reactivated the Airbus A380 fleet , they made it their Ambassador for the Dubai expo 2020 , that inaugurated from 1st of october ! Emirates boss Sir Tim Clark is investing $500 million to upgrade Emirates’ entire 117-strong A380 fleet and expects the A380 fleet would fly untill 2030.

‘It’s not the end of the luxury aeroplane era,’ Clark says. ‘The Emirates A380 is already one of the most sought-after travel experiences in the skies. Travellers say: “If the A380 is on the route, we’re going on it.”  'He adds that the sheer size of the superjumbo makes social distancing on board easier."

American and European Travel Demand !

British airways is definitely taking a note of the travel demand amid ease of restrictions and the news that the airline’s A380 aircraft is re-joining its fleet follows the announcement that vaccinated Brits will be able to travel to the United States from November.

Expecting increased travel demand during Christmas, the carrier is set to fly to 23 US airports this winter with up to 246 flights a week, that might place them ahead of any other transatlantic carrier. 

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Across its US network, British Airways will be increasing the number of flights it operates with services to city destinations including New York, which will initially be increasing to five a day, followed by eight in December.

The airline will also be operating double-daily services to Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Dallas, Miami and Toronto, as well as daily services to Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, Atlanta, Denver, Houston and Vancouver.

In addition to frequency increases, in October and November British Airways will restart services to Austin, Orlando, Tampa, San Diego, Las Vegas and Baltimore. In December the airline will also start flying to Nashville and New Orleans once again, which both proved to be a hit with customers when they first launched.

To help customers get away for some much-needed summer sun this Christmas, British Airways is extending its Caribbean programme with 12 services a week to Barbados and nine each to Antigua and St Lucia, which will be split across Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Flights to popular luxury Indian Ocean destinations, Maldives and Mauritius, will also be increasing to 10 and six per week over the Christmas period. 

Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ Director of Network and Alliances, said: “This is an exciting time for British Airways and our customers as we see borders re-opening. With welcome news from the US, we are dramatically increasing flights and bringing home some of our A380s to give our customers as many options as possible.

Elsewhere across our network we are also adding additional services to destinations all over the world, to ensure our customers can take advantage of a much-needed holiday.”

British Airways Short Haul and Regional Flights !

Elsewhere across its short-haul network British Airways will be increasing flights year-round to key European cities with 48 weekly services to Amsterdam, 33 to Geneva, 35 to Dublin, 28 to Milan and 21 to Berlin, Paris and Rome.

British Airways’ subsidiary BA City Flyer, is expected to operate a schedule of 43 flights a week to Edinburgh, 33 to Dublin, 25 to Glasgow, 18 to Belfast, 16 to Amsterdam, 15 to Rotterdam, 15 to Berlin, 12 to Frankfurt, 12 to Dusseldorf and 11 to Zurich.

The airline is also set to launch a new route from Belfast to Birmingham, as well as new ski destination Salzburg, from London City and Southampton.

More for the Passengers !

To coincide with the increase in services as the world re-opens, the airline’s lounges are also welcoming customers back. In September customers were invited to enjoy British Airways’ Concorde Room in London and New York. Lounges in Chicago, Washington, San Francisco and Houston are expected to open this week.

Customers using exclusive lounges can benefit from exciting new developments, such as the introduction of ‘Your Menu’ – a new initiative developed in the last few months to allow customers to order food and drink directly to their seat by simply scanning a QR code on their mobile device.

Source ; British Airways