The spread of British Airways Boeing 787 operations continue with the airline confirming that Tel Aviv in Israel will join be operated with the aircraft from Autumn 2015.
British Airways Boeing 787 arriving at London Heathrow – Image, Economy Class and Beyond
The Boeing 787 will partially replace a Boeing 777-200 that is operated between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv on flights BA163/BA162.
The timetable for BA163/BA162 looks a bit like this:
BA163 DEPART LHR 22:30 ARRIVE TLV 05:15+1 BA162 DEPART TLV 07;35 ARRIVE LHR 11:00 BA163 uses a Boeing 777 on Thursday and Sunday BA163 uses a Boeing 787 on Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Friday and Saturday BA162 uses a Boeing 777 on Monday and Friday BA162 uses a Boeing 787 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday Commences from London: 26th October 2015 Data: Airlineroute
The second daily rotation – BA165/164 – will continue to operate with an Airbus A321 between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv.
British Airways operate their Boeing 787-8s in a three class configuration in:
- 35 Club World (Business Class) seats in a 2-3-2 configuration
- 25 World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy Class) seats in a 2-3-2 configuration
- 154 World Traveller (Economy Class) seats in a 3-3-3 configuration
It’s not a great move to be honest – with 777s able to haul a lot more people in a bit more comfort in the back of the plane, but for the length of the flight – it should be tolerable.
I’ve flown on the British Airways Boeing 787 twice in World Traveller Plus between Toronto and London – check out my reports:
- From October 2013 in Tiers and Dreams
- From March 2014 in Cold Chicago, Warm Planes
It’s not a bad plane in the least – in World Traveller Plus. I might have different things to say in the crammed part of the plane that is World Traveller….
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Given London-Austin is getting the 777 instead of 787 it may be as simple as a switch in aircraft between LHR-AUS and LHR-TLV responding to market demand?
It could be as simple as that to be honest. Saying that, Tel Aviv has had a wide variety of equipment in the past, so it wouldn’t surprise me if the equipment is swapped around again in he future.