British Airways is preparing for an assault on Moscow as it abandons the Club Europe/EuroTraveller seating aircraft to switch to Long Haul type aircraft to operate the London-Moscow DME route.
The route will be operated using a mix of two types of aircraft
- Boeing 747-400 configured in Four Class seating – First, Club World, World Traveller Plus, and World Traveller
- Boeing 767-300’s configured with Three Class Seating – Club World, World Traveller Plus, and World Traveller
This replaces the two class Boeing 767’s and Airbus A320’s that were previously used.
British Airways chief executive Keith Williams is proud of the service and says:
“We are fully committed to the Russian market and the needs of Russian customers. British Airways is very proud to have been flying to Russia for more than half a century. I am delighted that we are enhancing our services to Moscow on our three return flights per day. No other airline offers such a premium service on the four-hour flight between our two capital cities.”
Breaking down the flights, here’s what you need to know what will operate what
London LHR to Moscow DME:
BA233 DEPART LHR 08:25 ARRIVE DME 15:25 BOEING 747-400 BA235 DEPART LHR 11:05 ARRIVE DME 18:05 BOEING 767 BA237 DEPART LHR 213:0 ARRIVE DME 04:30+1 BOEING 767 Effective 25/03/2012 All times local. Equipment Subject to change, but as listed above.
Moscow DME to London LHR:
BA238 DEPART DME 05:00 ARRIVE LHR 06:55 BOEING 767 BA232 DEPART DME 17:15 ARRIVE LHR 18:05 BOEING 747-400 BA236 DEPART DME 19:25 ARRIVE LHR 20:30 BOEING 767 Effective 25/03/2012 All times local. Equipment Subject to change.
Fares have also been confirmed with a slight price hike. Fares start at:
- BA First start at £2,216
- Club World start at £1,116
- World Traveller Plus starts at £622
- World Traveller starts at £292
Last week there was a lead in flight to make sure the service worked, and which they also flew Gillan Anderson out too. Here she is in a British Airways Club World Suite in the cold of Moscow:
Image – British Airways/Business Traveller
It’s a brave move by British Airways, but they think there is demand out there to fill the planes, good luck to them. Certainly Transaero sees this as one hell of threat….