Plane-Spotter.com - Reports - SK4152 3 February 2005

History

The ancestors to British Airways are many, but the name came as a result of the merger between BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) and BEA (British European Airways) in 1974. It wasn't first time the name British Airways had been used in the aviation history, but more about that later.

The origin of BA can be traced back to the birth of civil aviation one year after the World War I. In August of 1919 Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd (AT&T) launched a scheduled service between London and Paris with a deHavilland DH4A. At that time it took two and half hours reach Paris (Le Bourget) with one passenger from Hounslow Heath.

In 1924 Daimler Airways (the successor to AT&T) merged with Instone, Handley Page and British Air Marine Navigation Company to form Imperial Airways Ltd, and in 1925 it provided services to Paris, Brussels, Basle, Cologne and Zurich. At the same time the services was moved from Hounslow to the new airport at Croydon. During the late 1920s and early 1930s were destinations in the Middle East, India, Africa, and Far East introduced.

Key Figures 2009/10

Number of passengers, scheduled	31.8 millions
Revenue passenger kilometres	110,851 millions
Available seat kilometres	141,178 millions
Passenger load factor	78.5 %
Punctuality (within 15 minutes)	81 %
Number of employees (MPE)	36,832
Operating revenue	7,994 million GBP

Radio call sign	Speedbird
IATA code	BA
ICAO code	BAW
Official Website	www.britishairways.com

Today expressions code sharing and alliances are in common use in the aviation industry. Imperial Airways was one of the founders of these expressions and as early as 1935 it started in co-operation with Qantas Imperial Airways a service between London and Australia with Qantas flying the last part from Singapore to Australia. The same year (1935) a number of smaller competing air transport companies in UK merged to form the original privately-owned British Airways Ltd. This new company operating out of the new airport at Gatwick became a strong competitor to Imperial Airways on the European routes. In 1939 the Government decided to nationalise both Imperial Airways and British Airways and formed British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).

After World War II BOAC continued to operate the longhaul routes except the routes to South America which were flown by British South American Airways (BSSA). This didn't last long as BSSA were merged in to BOAC in 1949. After the war a new airline was flying to the domestic and European destionations - British European Airways (BEA).

In 1952 BOAC started the jet age with the Comet service to Johannesburg. Despite the early problems with Comet (aircraft falling apart to metal fetigh cracks aound the squared windows), BOAC still was able to claim the destinction of operating the first transatlantic jet service in October 1958 with Comet 4s. A decade later the BAE's Trident made the first autolanding on a scheduled service and the all-weather operation was born.

Dark clouds over the Vickers VC-10 G-ARVM at Cosford in early August 2006 - only the cockpit section and some other vital parts will live on at Brooklands.

In 1967 the Government set up a study of the aviation industry. A first recommendation from this study was to establish a holding board to be responsible for the two main airlines, BOAC and BEA. A second recommendation was to establish a second force airline which could unify various independents. The result was the formation of British Caledonian in 1970 as Caledonian Airways took over British United Airways. The same year BEA Airtours took off for the first time to serve the mass package holiday business. Two years later (1972), the businesses of BOAC and BEA were combined under the newly formes British Airways Board - de facto the start of BA. The formal merger came in 1974 for British Airways.

Hawker Siddeley Trident 1c G-ARPH at Cosford in a complete state. Today only the cockpit section will live on at East Fortune

The first first for British Airways was the launch of the world's first supersonic passengere service, simultaneously with Air France, with the Concorde in January 1976. Nine years later, in February 1987, was British Airways privatised, and a little over one year later British Caledonian was merged in to BA (April 1988). At the same time the charter arm of BA - British Airtours - changed name to Caledonian Airways.

Highlights from 1990 and to current date are:

November 1992 - The assets from Dan-Air London holding company was aquired for £1 in November 1992.
March 1993 - BA purchases a 25 % stake in Qantas.
May 1993 - Brymon Aviation and Maersk Air Ltd. starts to fly in BA colours.
July 1993 - Marketing agreement with CityFlyer Express and starts to fly in BA colours.
April 1994 - Loganair enters into a franchise arrangement with BA and will fly several Scottish routes in British Airways Express colours.
January 1995 - Manx Airlines becomes a franchise operator.
February 1995 - GB Airways operate scheduled services as a franchisee in BA colours
March 1995 - Caledonian Airways is sold out to Inspirations PLC.
August 1996 - Sun-Air of Scandinavia (Denmark) is the first franchise airline outside UK in British Airways Express colours.
October 1996 - South Afican regional airline Comair is the second franchise airline outside UK.
January 1997 - BA and American Airlines submit a joint application to the US DoT, requesting formal approvalof their alliance.
February 1997 - BA and British Mediterranean Airways announces a new franchise partnership.
May 1998 - Go, the new BA low-cost airline, operates its first flight from Stansted to Rome.
August 1998 - BA orders their first ever Airbus' - 59 aircraft in the A320 family with options on further 129.
September 1998 - American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways and Qantas Airways announces the oneworld alliance.
November 1998 - the first 747 to join a British airline retires from BA service as part of the sale of the 15 strong 747-136 fleet.
November 1998 - BA stops the transatlantic service from Birmingham and Glasgow - only Manchester left outside London.
March 1999 - Base Airlines of Holland becomes BA's 10th franchise partner.
April 1999 - The last DC-10 out of the fleet (the DC-10s came with the merger with British Caledonian).
November 1999 - CityFlyer Express is purchased.
June 2000 - BA renews its franchise agreement with GB Airways for a further eight years.
July 2000 - National Jet Italia becomes the 11th franchise partner.
August 2000 - BA suspend all Concorde operation after the Air France Concorde accident.
June 2001 - BA sells its low-cost subsidiary Go to EasyJet (3i)
July 2001 - BA Concorde flies for the first time since modifications were made to the inside of the wing (Kevlar strengthening of the soft underside of the fuel cells in the wing).
September 2001 - The Concordes get the CoA back - the other big event this month we'll pass in silence.
November 2001 - The Concorde returns to commercial service.
March 2002 - British Airways CitiExpress launched after a merger of British Regional Airlines, Brymon Airways and CityFlyer Express.
December 2002 - BA CitiExpress transferes 12 Jetstream 41 to Eastern Airways and withdraw from 21 regional routes and will no longer fly to Cardiff and Leed-Bradford.
February 2003 - Internet trial begins on one 747-436 flying between London and New York using Connexion by Boeing.
April 2003 - BA announces to retire the Concorde fleet in October 2003.
May 2003 - BA sells Deutsche BA (dba) to Intro Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH.
October 2003 - BA announces the seven lucky winners that will receive the Concordes.
September 2004 - BA celebrates 65 years of operation to Birmingham, 45 years to Moscow and 20 years to Cape Town.
September 2005 - The editor of PLANE-SPOTTER.com flies with BA for the first time - on an Airbus A321 between Oslo and London. This flight was during the Gate Gourmet industrial action, and therefore we were supplied with a paper bag with food, soft drink and fruit at the gate before boarding. After this the editor has flown three more times with BA.
February 2006 - BA CitiExpress is renamed to BA Connect. Compared to BACE the new BACon will not be as porky as the name could sugggest since it will be a slimmed down no-frills company. Many of the AVROs will be sold out (to Swiss European), and the Dash-8s and ERJs will be their main aircraft.
November 2006 - BA Connect sold to Flybe and will take effect from the summer season 2007 startup. The only exception from this sales is the AVRO RJ100 fleet flying out of London City Airport, which will be transferred into the BA main fleet.
October 2007 - Airbus A380s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners are ordered
January 2008 - British Airways is planning to launch its new US-EU subsidiary airline "OpenSkies" with daily flights from New York to Brussels and Paris. The airline will launch in June 2008 with one Boeing 757 aircraft.
December 2008 - British Airways Cityflyer orders Embraer E170/E190SR to replace the Avro RJs for their London City Airport services.

What will happen to the BA network after the sale of
BA Connect (after March 2007)?
Please move you cursor over the maps and you will see

A smoking G-VIIN touching down on RWY 27R at Heathrow - one of the 777-236ERs with GE90 engines

Mainline British Airways Fleet

2x CFM56-5B9/3, 68.0 tonnes MTOW and 6,670 km range with 5 tonnes payload Up to 32 passengers Used for London LCY - New York JFK all business-class service
MSN	First flight	Registration	Delivery
4007	19 Aug 2009	G-EUNA	28 Aug 2009
4039	18 Sep 2009	G-EUNB	30 Sep 2009
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 0.8 years

2x IAE V2522-A5, 64.0 tonnes MTOW and 1,859 km range Up to 126 passengers Used for domestic and European flights
MSN	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
1082	10 Sep 1999	G-EUPA	6 Oct 1999	G-EUPF on short final to RWY 27R at Heathrow G-EUPJ just after touch down on RWY 27R at Heathrow G-EUPS over Hatton Cross
1115	27 Oct 1999	G-EUPB	9 Nov 1999
1118	2 Nov 1999	G-EUPC	12 Nov 1999
1142	19 Nov 1999	G-EUPD	10 Dec 1999
1193	29 Feb 2000	G-EUPE	27 Mar 2000
1197	20 Mar 2000	G-EUPF	30 Mar 2000
1222	13 Apr 2000	G-EUPG	25 May 2000
1225	14 Apr 2000	G-EUPH	23 May 2000
1232	28 Apr 2000	G-EUPJ	30 May 2000
1236	17 May 2000	G-EUPK	30 May 2000
1239	24 May 2000	G-EUPL	8 Jun 2000
1258	17 Jun 2000	G-EUPM	30 Jun 2000
1261	22 Jun 2000	G-EUPN	10 Jul 2000
1279	3 Jul 2000	G-EUPO	1 Aug 2000
1295	21 Jul 2000	G-EUPP	14 Aug 2000
1329	13 Sep 2000	G-EUPR	9 Oct 2000
1338	6 Oct 2000	G-EUPS	23 Oct 2000
1380	14 Nov 2000	G-EUPT	5 Dec 2000
1384	21 Nov 2000	G-EUPU	14 Dec 2000
1423	26 Jan 2001	G-EUPV	13 Feb 2001
1440	08 Feb 2001	G-EUPW	6 Mar 2001
1445	15 Mar 2001	G-EUPX	14 Dec 2001
1466	13 Mar 2001	G-EUPY	12 Apr 2001
1510	18 May 2001	G-EUPZ	7 Jun 2001
1513	14 May 2001	G-EUOA	15 Jun 2001
1529	21 Jun 2001	G-EUOB	4 Jul 2001
1537	20 Jun 2001	G-EUOC	16 Jul 2001
1558	13 Jul 2001	G-EUOD	16 Aug 2001
1574	10 Aug 2001	G-EUOE	5 Sep 2001
1590	10 Sep 2001	G-EUOF	23 Oct 2001
1594	25 Sep 2001	G-EUOG	23 Oct 2001
1604	8 Oct 2001	G-EUOH	14 Dec 2001
1606	12 Oct 2001	G-EUOI	13 Nov 2001
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 9.7 years Average flying hours per day: 6.5 hours

2x CFM56-5A1, 73.5 tonnes MTOW and 3,285 km range Up to 149 passengers Used for domestic and European flights
MSN	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
042	3 Apr 1989	G-BUSH	19 Jun 1989	G-BUSI on short final to RWY 27R at Heathrow
103	6 Feb 1990	G-BUSI	24 Mar 1990
109	13 Jun 1990	G-BUSJ	6 Aug 1990
120	22 Aug 1990	G-BUSK	19 Oct 1990
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 20.4 years Average flying hours per day: 5.5 hours Will be retired in 2010-2011

2x IAE V2527-A5, 73.5 tonnes MTOW and 3,285 km range Up to 150 passengers Used for domestic and European flights
MSN	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
1661	19 Nov 2001	G-EUUA	31 Jan 2002	G-EUUA on short final to RWY 27R at Heathrow G-EUUF rolling on RWY 27R at Heathrow G-EUUR on short final to RWY 27R at Heathrow
1665	5 Sep 2002	G-EUUH	25 Oct 2002
1687	14 Dec 2001	G-TTOB	13 Mar 2009
1689	14 Dec 2001	G-EUUB	14 Feb 2002
1696	19 Dec 2001	G-EUUC	28 Feb 2002
1708	29 Oct 2002	G-EUUL	20 Dec 2002
1754	6 Mar 2002	G-TTOE	17 Apr 2009
1760	13 Mar 2002	G-EUUD	29 Apr 2002
1782	8 Apr 2002	G-EUUE	30 May 2002
1814	13 Jun 2002	G-EUUF	29 Jul 2002
1829	20 Jun 2002	G-EUUG	30 Aug 2002
1871	17 Sep 2002	G-EUUI	22 Nov 2002
1883	2 Oct 2002	G-EUUJ	25 Nov 2002
1899	31 Oct 2002	G-EUUK	20 Dec 2002
1907	20 Nov 2002	G-EUUM	23 Dec 2002
1910	25 Nov 2002	G-EUUN	31 Jan 2003
1958	13 Feb 2003	G-EUUO	11 Apr 2003
2038	19 May 2003	G-EUUP	27 Jun 2003
2040	21 May 2003	G-EUUR	29 Jul 2003
3301	11 Oct 2007	G-EUUS	4 Dec 2007
3314	30 Oct 2007	G-EUUT	12 Dec 2007
3351	16 Jan 2008	G-EUUU	7 Mar 2008
3468	27 Mar 2008	G-EUUV	18 Apr 2008
3499	14 May 2008	G-EUUW	2 Jun 2008
3550	26 Jun 2008	G-EUUX	11 Jul 2008
3607	29 Aug 2008	G-EUUY	18 Sep 2008
3649	30 Sep 2008	G-EUUZ	21 oct 2008
3697	5 Nov 2008	G-EUYA	24 Nov 2008
3703	7 Nov 2008	G-EUYB	27 Nov 2008
3721	25 Nov 2008	G-EUYC	12 Dec 2008
3726	28 Nov 2008	G-EUYD	16 Dec 2008
3912	11 May 2009	G-EUYE	5 Jun 2009
4185	12 Jan 2010	G-EUYF	28 Jan 2010
4238	26 Feb 2010	G-EUYG	18 Mar 2010
4265	26 Mar 2010	G-EUYH	15 Apr 2010
4306	14 May 2010	G-EUYI	3 Jun 2010
4464		G-EUYJ	Due 2010
		G-EUYK	Due 2010
		G-EUYL	Due 2010
		G-EUYM	Due 2010
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 4.9 years Average flying hours per day: 7.2 hours

2x IAE V2533-A5, 89.0 tonnes MTOW and 3,692 km range Up to 194 passengers Used for domestic and European flights
MSN	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
2305	24 Sep 2004	G-EUXC	15 Oct 2004	G-EUXH on short final to RWY 27R at Heathrow
2320	6 Oct 2004	G-EUXD	28 Oct 2004
2323	11 Oct 2004	G-EUXE	29 Oct 2004
2324	12 Oct 2004	G-EUXF	4 Nov 2004
2351	11 Nov 2004	G-EUXG	2 Dec 2004
2363	30 Nov 2004	G-EUXH	17 Dec 2004
2536	26 Jul 2005	G-EUXI	5 Aug 2005
3081	30 Mar 2007	G-EUXJ	17 Apr 2007
3235	15 Aug 2007	G-EUXK	30 Aug 2007
3254	13 Sep 2007	G-EUXL	21 Sep 2007
3290	22 Oct 2007	G-EUXM	22 Nov 2007
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 4.6 years Average flying hours per day: 6.6 hours

G-EUXG on final to RWY 2001R at Oslo Airport, Norway. Photo taken shortly before sunset an autumn evening.

2x CFM56-3C1, 62.8 tonnes MTOW and 2,285 km range Up to 147 passengers Used for domestic and European flights with base Gatwick
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
25267	2132	19 Sep 1991	G-DOCA	21 Oct 1991	G-DOCO taking off from Gatwick
25304	2144	7 Oct 1991	G-DOCB	16 Oct 1991
25350	2167	7 Nov 1991	G-DOCE	20 Nov 1991
25407	2178	21 Nov 1991	G-DOCF	10 Dec 1991
25408	2183	5 Dec 1991	G-DOCG	19 Dec 1991
25428	2185	4 Dec 1991	G-DOCH	19 Dec 1991
25842	2228	13 Feb 1992	G-DOCL	2 Mar 1992
25848	2379	1 Oct 1992	G-DOCN	21 Oct 1992
25849	2381	15 Oct 1992	G-DOCO	26 Oct 1992
25852	2390	27 Oct 1992	G-DOCS	1 Dec 1992
25853	2409	11 Dec 1992	G-DOCT	22 Dec 1992
25854	2417	22 Dec 1992	G-DOCU	18 Jan 1993
25855	2420	11 Jan 1993	G-DOCV	25 Jan 1993
25856	2422	14 Jan 1993	G-DOCW	2 Feb 1993
25857	2451	16 Mar 1993	G-DOCX	29 Mar 1993
25844	2514	29 Jul 1993	G-DOCY	2 Sep 1993
25858	2522	27 Aug 1993	G-DOCZ	1 Oct 1993
25859	2532	20 Sep 1993	G-GBTA	1 Nov 1993
25860	2545	21 Oct 1993	G-GBTB	2 Dec 1993
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 17.8 years Average flying hours per day: 6.4 hours

4x Rolls-Royce RB211-524H, 394.6 tonnes MTOW and 12,584 km range Up to 351 passengers Used for longhaul mainly to North/South America, South Africa, Eastern Asia and Australia
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
23908	727	03 Jun 1989	G-BNLA **	30 Jun 1989	G-BNLJ touching down on RWY 27R at Heathrow G-CIVM starting to roll on RWY 27R at Heathrow G-CIVT on short final for RWY 27R at Heathrow G-BYGE on short final for RWY 27R at Heathrow G-CIVK on short final for RWY 27R at Heathrow
23909	730	07 Jul 1989	G-BNLB *	31 Jul 1989
23910	734	28 Jun 1989	G-BNLC *	21 Jul 1989
23911	744	16 Aug 1989	G-BNLD **	05 Sep 1989
24047	753	02 Oct 1989	G-BNLE	15 Nov 1989
24048	773	09 Feb 1990	G-BNLF	28 Feb 1990
24049	774	10 Feb 1990	G-BNLG **	27 Feb 1990
24050	779	08 Mar 1990	G-BNLH **	28 Mar 1990
24051	784	04 Apr 1990	G-BNLI	21 Apr 1990
24052	789	02 May 1990	G-BNLJ	23 May 1990
24053	790	04 May 1990	G-BNLK	25 May 1990
24054	794	30 May 1990	G-BNLL	14 Jun 1990
24055	795	05 Jun 1990	G-BNLM	28 Jun 1990
24056	802	17 Jul 1990	G-BNLN	27 Jul 1990
24057	817	09 Oct 1990	G-BNLO	25 Oct 1990
24058	828	04 Dec 1990	G-BNLP	17 Dec 1990
24447	829	11 Dec 1990	G-BNLR	15 Jan 1991
24629	841	20 Feb 1991	G-BNLS	13 Mar 1991
24630	842	26 Feb 1991	G-BNLT	19 Mar 1991
25406	895	20 Dec 1991	G-BNLU **	28 Jan 1992
25427	900	30 Jan 1992	G-BNLV **	20 Feb 1992
25432	903	17 Feb 1992	G-BNLW	05 Mar 1992
25435	908	16 Mar 1992	G-BNLX	03 Apr 1992
27090	959	25 Jan 1993	G-BNLY	10 Feb 1993
27091	964	22 Feb 1993	G-BNLZ	04 Mar 1993
27092	967	10 Mar 1993	G-CIVA	22 Mar 1993
25811	1018	03 Feb 1994	G-CIVB	15 Feb 1994
25812	1022	21 Feb 1994	G-CIVC	26 Feb 1994
27349	1048	23 Nov 1994	G-CIVD	14 Dec 1994
27350	1050	09 Dec 1994	G-CIVE	20 Dec 1994
25434	1058	22 Mar 1995	G-CIVF	29 Mar 1995
25813	1059	06 Apr 1995	G-CIVG	20 Apr 1995
25809	1078	11 Apr 1996	G-CIVH	23 Apr 1996
25814	1079	22 Apr 1996	G-CIVI	2 May 1996
25817	1102	31 Jan 1997	G-CIVJ	11 Feb 1997
25818	1104	22 Feb 1997	G-CIVK	28 Feb 1997
27478	1108	23 Mar 1997	G-CIVL	28 Mar 1997
28700	1116	27 May 1997	G-CIVM	05 Jun 1997
28848	1129	18 Sep 1997	G-CIVN	29 Sep 1997
28849	1135	08 Nov 1997	G-CIVO	05 Dec 1997
28850	1144	06 Feb 1998	G-CIVP	17 Feb 1998
25820	1146	18 Feb 1998	G-CIVR	2 Mar 1998
28851	1148	05 Mar 1998	G-CIVS	13 Mar 1998
25821	1149	11 Mar 1998	G-CIVT	20 Mar 1998
25810	1154	15 Apr 1998	G-CIVU	24 Apr 1998
25819	1156	28 Apr 1998	G-CIVV	22 May 1998
25822	1157	06 May 1998	G-CIVW	15 May 1998
28852	1172	23 Aug 1998	G-CIVX	03 Sep 1998
28853	1178	25 Sep 1998	G-CIVY	29 Sep 1998
28854	1183	22 Oct 1998	G-CIVZ	31 Oct 1998
28855	1190	04 Dec 1998	G-BYGA	14 Dec 1998
28856	1194	09 Jan 1999	G-BYGB	17 Jan 1999
25823	1195	11 Jan 1999	G-BYGC	19 Jan 1999
28857	1196	15 Jan 1999	G-BYGD	26 Jan 1999
28858	1198	24 Jan 1999	G-BYGE	05 Feb 1999
25824	1200	05 Feb 1999	G-BYGF	17 Feb 1999
28859	1212	16 Apr 1999	G-BYGG	29 Apr 1999
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 16.0 years Average flying hours per day: 12.4 hours * in storage at Cardiff ** in storage at Victorville

2x Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4, 99.7 tonnes MTOW and 3,432 km range Up to 180 passengers Used for European and domestic medium density shorthaul scheduled services
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
28667	762	25 Jun 1997	G-CPEO	12 Jul 1997	G-CPER over Hatton Cross
29113	784	14 Dec 1997	G-CPER	29 Dec 1997
29114	793	26 Feb 1998	G-CPES	17 Mar 1998
29115	798	23 Apr 1998	G-CPET	12 May 1998
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 12.5 years Average flying hours per day: 6.2 hours

G-CPEN taking off from RWY 09R at Heathrow

2x Rolls-Royce RB211-524H Used for high density shorthaul services and lower density longhaul routes, such as the east coast of United States
158 tonnes MTOW and 5,467 km range Up to 252 passengers					Photos
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered	G-BNWC taking off from RWY 23L at Manchester G-BNWI on short final to RWY 27R at Heathrow G-BNWO touching down on RWY 27R at Heathrow
29230	702	14 May 1998	G-BZHA	22 May 1998
29231	704	23 May 1998	G-BZHB	30 May 1998
29232	708	22 Jun 1998	G-BZHC	19 Jun 1998
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 12.1 years Average flying hours per day: 6.9 hours
172 tonnes MTOW and 5,467 km range Up to 252 passengers
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered
24333	265	23 May 1989	G-BNWA	25 Apr 1990
24334	281	30 Nov 1989	G-BNWB	08 Feb 1990
25832	529	17 Jan 1994	G-BNWX	01 Mar 1994
25733	648	11 Feb 1997	G-BNWZ	25 Feb 1997
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 17.9 years Average flying hours per day: 6.7 hours
181 tonnes MTOW and up to 9,300 km range Up to 181 passengers
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered
24335	284	10 Jan 1990	G-BNWC	21 Feb 1990
24336	286	25 Jan 1990	G-BNWD	27 Feb 1990
24340	335	10 Oct 1990	G-BNWH	31 Oct 1990
24341	342	19 Nov 1990	G-BNWI	18 Dec 1990
25204	376	11 Jun 1991	G-BNWM	25 Jun 1991
25444	398	16 Oct 1991	G-BNWN	30 Oct 1991
25442	418	17 Feb 1992	G-BNWO	02 Mar 1992
25732	421	02 Mar 1992	G-BNWR	20 Mar 1992
25826	473	07 Jan 1993	G-BNWS	19 Feb 1993
25828	476	27 Jan 1993	G-BNWT	08 Feb 1993
25829	483	06 Mar 1993	G-BNWU	16 Mar 1993
27140	490	13 Apr 1993	G-BNWV	29 Apr 1993
25831	526	14 Dec 1993	G-BNWW	03 Feb 1994
25834	608	19 Mar 1996	G-BNWY	22 Apr 1996
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 18.2 years Average flying hours per day: 9.3 hours

2x General Electric GE90-76B, 243 tonnes MTOW and 8,499 km range 219 passengers Used for long haul routes to Middle East and Gulf destinations
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered
27105	006	2 Feb 1995	G-ZZZA	20 May 1996
27106	010	11 Apr 1995	G-ZZZB	28 Mar 1997
27107	015	1 Sep 1995	G-ZZZC	11 Nov 1995
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 15.1 years Average flying hours per day: 11.2 hours

2x General Electric GE90-85B, 267.6, 275.0 or 286.9 tonnes MTOW and 10,448 km range 224 passengers Used for longhaul routes, principally to North America, Caribbean and Gulf destinations
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
27483	41	04 Oct 1996	G-VIIA	03 Jul 1997	G-VIID taking off from Gatwick G-VIIY taking off from RWY 09R at Heathrow
27484	49	06 Dec 1996	G-VIIB	23 May 1997
27485	53	08 Jan 1997	G-VIIC	06 Feb 1997
27486	56	03 Feb 1997	G-VIID	18 Feb 1997
27487	58	14 Feb 1997	G-VIIE	27 Feb 1997
27488	61	18 Mar 1997	G-VIIF	19 Mar 1997
27489	65	31 Mar 1997	G-VIIG	09 Apr 1997
27490	70	23 Apr 1997	G-VIIH	07 May 1997
27491	76	30 May 1997	G-RAES	10 Jun 1997
27492	111	11 Dec 1997	G-VIIJ	29 Dec 1997
28840	117	22 Jan 1998	G-VIIK	03 Feb 1998
27493	127	28 Feb 1998	G-VIIL	13 Mar 1998
28841	130	12 Mar 1998	G-VIIM	26 Mar 1998
29319	157	07 Aug 1998	G-VIIN	21 Aug 1998
29320	182	18 Jan 1999	G-VIIO	26 Jan 1999
29321	193	29 Jan 1999	G-VIIP	09 Feb 1999
29322	203	11 Mar 1999	G-VIIR	18 Mar 1999
29323	206	25 Mar 1999	G-VIIS	01 Apr 1999
29962	217	07 May 1999	G-VIIT	26 May 1999
29963	221	21 May 1999	G-VIIU	28 May 1999
29964	228	22 Jun 1999	G-VIIV	29 Jun 1999
29965	233	23 Jul 1999	G-VIIW	30 Jul 1999
29966	236	01 Aug 1999	G-VIIX	11 Aug 1999
29967	251	12 Oct 1999	G-VIIY	22 Oct 1999
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 12.2 years Average flying hours per day: 12.1 hours

2x Rolls-Royce Trent 895, 297.6 tonnes MTOW and 13,859 km range Up to 274 passengers Used for longhaul routes, principally to North America and Asia
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
30302	242	31 Aug 1999	G-YMMA	07 Jan 2000	G-YMMB on short final to RWY 27R at Heathrow G-YMME taking off from RWY 09R at Heathrow
30303	265	07 Jan 2000	G-YMMB	18 Jan 2000
30304	268	26 Jan 2000	G-YMMC	04 Feb 2000
30305	269	02 Feb 2000	G-YMMD	18 Feb 2000
30306	275	05 Apr 2000	G-YMME	16 Apr 2000
30307	281	01 May 2000	G-YMMF	17 May 2000
30308	301	13 Sep 2000	G-YMMG	27 Sep 2000
30309	303	27 Sep 2000	G-YMMH	14 Oct 2000
30310	308	24 Oct 2000	G-YMMI	02 Nov 2000
30311	311	09 Nov 2000	G-YMMJ	08 Dec 2000
30312	312	29 Nov 2000	G-YMMK	08 Dec 2000
30313	334	04 Apr 2001	G-YMML	14 Apr 2001
30316	346	07 Jun 2001	G-YMMN	15 Jun 2001
30317	361	30 Aug 2001	G-YMMO	17 Sep 2001
30315	369	17 Oct 2001	G-YMMP	30 Oct 2001
36516	771	10 Mar 2009	G-YMMR	23 Mar 2009
36517	784	29 Apr 2009	G-YMMS	29 May 2009
36518	791	5 Jun 2009	G-YMMT	25 Jun 2009
36519	796	16 Jun 2009	G-YMMU	31 Jul 2009
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 8.0 years Average flying hours per day: 11.9 hours

2x General Electric GE90-115B, 351.5 tonnes MTOW and 14,594 km range Up to 297 passengers Used for longhaul routes
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
40542	879	21 Jun 2010	G-STBA	Jul 2010
39286			G-STBB	Due 2010
39287			G-STBC	Due 2010

Situation drawing showing the too short landing of G-YMMM. No fatalities and only 19 minor injuries reported. The plane in contrary will probably be written off and here are a list of known external damages:
- right main gear separated from the aircraft
- left main gear pressed through the wing
- nose gear compressed in to the fuselage
- both engine totally destroyed
- almost complete underbelly flattened
- both wings twisted and/or punctured

Subsidiary Airline Fleets

BA Cityflyer

A wholly owned subsidiary which operates from London City Airport

Avro RJ85

4x Honeywell Allied-Signal LF-507-1F, 45 tonnes MTOW and 1,603 km range Up to 85 passengers Used for domestic and European flights
MSN	First flight	Registration	Delivered	Photos
E2383	24 Apr 2001	G-LCYB	22 Apr 2008	G-BZAV taking off from RWY 01L at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen G-BZAV one year earlier taking off from RWY 24L at Manchester with the Chelsea Rose tail
E2385	11 Jun 2001	G-LCYC	21 May 2008
Average fleet age per 24 June 2010: 8.4 years Average flying hours per day: 5.7 hours

Embraer E170

2x General Electric CF34-8E5A1, 35.9 tonnes MTOW and 4,445 km range Up to 76 passengers Used for domestic and European flights
MSN	Registration	Delivered
17000294	G-LCYD	3 Sep 2009
17000296	G-LCYE	18 Sep 2009
17000298	G-LCYF	29 Oct 2009
17000300	G-LCYG	26 Nov 2009
17000302	G-LCYH	17 Dec 2009
17000305	G-LCYI	28 Jan 2010

Embraer E190SR

2x General Electric CF34-10E, 47.8 tonnes MTOW and 4,445 km range Up to 98 passengers Used for domestic and European flights
MSN	Registration	Delivered
19000339	G-LCYJ	4 Mar 2010
19000343	G-LCYK	8 Apr 2010
19000346	G-LCYL	29 Apr 2010
19000351	G-LCYM	27 May 2010
	G-LCYN	Due Jun 2010

BA OpenSkies

The airline was launched in June 2008 with one Boeing 757 aircraft and operate between Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and two destinations in USA - Washington D.C. and New York - Newark.

2x Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4, 99.7 tonnes MTOW and 3,432 km range 82 passengers Used exclusively between European cities and US east coast
MSN	L/N	First flight	Registration	Transfer
24473	301	22 Jan 2008	F-HAVI
25140	382	22 Dec 2006	F-HAVN
25807	610	29 Mar 1994	G-BPEJ	2 Oct 2008
25808	665	06 Mar 1995	G-BPEK	28 Apr 2008
Average fleet age per 24 June 2009: 18.1 years Average flying hours per day: 5.9 hours

Is it something like this the new A380 will look like?

The Queen of the sky will never be airborne again, but the BA Concordes will be for ever in their ownership.
I will say Manchester Airport is the luckiest of all sites getting the BA Concordes - getting the G-BOAC.But is it luck?
I will say no, Manchester International Airport is today the only UK airport with transatlantic BA flights outside the two London airports Heathrow and Gatwick.
The first flight over the Atlantic to New York started with BOAC Stratocruiser in 1954. Later in the 50s the DC-7C (Seven Seas) took over, but that did last long - as the petrol gussling aircraft was loosing out to the new jets. In 1960 the first 707 Conways (1962-1966 BOAC Cunard) arrived and six years later the Super VC-10 pitched in. In August 1970 the first BOAC 747 arrived to MAN, first only on a show tour, but later to be used over the Atlantic. The nowadays 767-336ER used to JFK is rather tiny aircraft compared to the Jumbo, and the question today is when this BA service will be closed down?
At least MAN will still have the Queen of the Sky parked at the Aviation Viewing Park.

24 June 2010