BA B772ERS News
 

Saturday 1st August

British Airways latest B772 G-YMMU landed at Cardiff at 09:54 from Everett as BAW9151. Expect it to be here, outside, for a couple of months.
G-YMMS departed yesterday to Heathrow and G-YMMT is still there.

... and they are still planning to introduce their two 32 seat A318 full business class service from London City to New York in the coming months.

Westbound it will have a fuel stop in Shannon, Ireland during which time pax will clear US immigration and customs so they can bypass passport control on arrival at JFK.

I did hear that the BA A318s will be modified to get an extra flap setting for the 5.5 degree glideslope and 1500m runway at EGLC. Elsewhere I have heard the speed on the 5.5 degree GS will be managed by a change to the control laws with automatic spoiler deployment when the gear comes down until the flare.

Matt

This A318 business class only services starts today using callsign Speedbird 1, the old concorde callsign.

Because they've kind of the same right... 318/Concorde :D

I know, I know. it's the class thing :cool: