BA 321's Spread Their Wings

Hi Kevin

Not everone was down at PIK the day the
BA A321 came to GLA 05/03/05 as seen
from Photo

E-GPK

I had some heads up abou it arriving at Glasgow ,from some mates down Manchester way, But i glad some one else managed to see it 🙂 , there were a lot of miffed photogrphers at Glasgow the next day 😮

Kevin,

Do you mean classes or cabin sections?

If you mean classes, BA’s shorthaul aircraft all have Club Europe/Euro Traveller convertable seating in the front end of the cabin and straightforward Euro Traveller seating at the rear. European routes operate with a two class cabin using a flexible cabin divider which can be placed anywhere that there is convertable seating. Domestic routes operate with a one class cabin.

If you mean cabin sections the 757 has 3. From the front to the galley at the 2 doors are rows 2 to 9, from there to the toilets at the 3 doors are rows 11 to 24, and from there to the back are rows 26 to 34, with a total of 180 seats in an all economy config. The 321 really just has one big cabin, divided only by the flexible cabin divider and gaps where the 2 and 3 doors are, with a total of 195 seats in an all economy config.

I hope this answers what you were looking for, if not let me know.

1L.

Cheers 1L
certainly dose , I actually thought that the 321 carried less passengers than the 757,but there again with 3 Cabin section , I would guess that this would reduce the overall capacity

Kevin

Hi Kevin

Not everone was down at PIK the day the
BA A321 came to GLA 05/03/05 as seen
from Photo

E-GPK

Kevin,

Do you mean classes or cabin sections?

If you mean classes, BA’s shorthaul aircraft all have Club Europe/Euro Traveller convertable seating in the front end of the cabin and straightforward Euro Traveller seating at the rear. European routes operate with a two class cabin using a flexible cabin divider which can be placed anywhere that there is convertable seating. Domestic routes operate with a one class cabin.

If you mean cabin sections the 757 has 3. From the front to the galley at the 2 doors are rows 2 to 9, from there to the toilets at the 3 doors are rows 11 to 24, and from there to the back are rows 26 to 34, with a total of 180 seats in an all economy config. The 321 really just has one big cabin, divided only by the flexible cabin divider and gaps where the 2 and 3 doors are, with a total of 195 seats in an all economy config.

I hope this answers what you were looking for, if not let me know.

1L.

Oneleft, Do you know how the A321 are configured,are they the same as the Eurpoean configedured 757s from Memory G-BPEE,(LHR-PRG),G-CPER(LHR-GLA) have have 3 Classes

Kevin

No 321 showing up on BCN Stuart

MAN has a few 321 flights!

That’s ok, wouldn’t bother me if the A320 changed, just wanted to make sure they hadn’t changed the B752!

Given the choice between a 757 and an A321… I’d go for the 757.

No 321 showing up on BCN Stuart

MAN has a few 321 flights!

They do show up on the downloadable timetable.

Don’t think it’s going to EDI.

I would guess it will do European destinations, but as I said, not sure.

1L.

I tried to download it last night but my computer wasn’t having it. :rolleyes:
Do you have access to it? If so are there any BCN flights now scheduled to be operated by A321?

Was told when they were introduced that they were to replace the 757 European routes, which would free up the 757 for domestic routes

Having 13 757s and only 7 321s would make that plan difficult, and I’m not aware that this was ever the specific aim, other than in the sense that one day the Airbus fleet (319, 320 & 321) will replace everything else on shorthaul.

1L.

Was told when they were introduced that they were to replace the 757 European routes, which would free up the 757 for domestic routes ,but as you know with BA any thing is possible
You will get to see them at Glasgow as BAMG will be doing the major Maintenance on them, they recently received all the equipment for it

Kevin

Scanor,

You would see BA 321s at OSL as it operates from T4 at LHR. Since their introduction the 321s have only operated T4 routes, but are now to start operating T1 routes too.

The MIA is the only route that operates from LHR T3. What I imagine you saw were 747s at T1 operating the HKG, JNB, LAX,SFO and NRT routes.

In another current thread you will see that BA will (fairly) shortly be moving to T5.

1L.

I noticed a British Airways A-321 at Oslo airport on mar 23rd. Did’t get a pic of it though.

Another thing, Is BA changing terminals at LHR ? I saw many of their longhaul jets on I beleve it was T3. While my flight back to Oslo (BA770, a A-319) was from T4 (and naturally gate 25… :P)

I take it these changes aren’t in the timetables yet as I can’t see any A321s in the schedules. Hopefully they won’t change any of the B752 flights to EDI, currently showing as 4 B752s a day to EDI.
Presumably they will they be doing European destinations from T1 too?

They do show up on the downloadable timetable.

Don’t think it’s going to EDI.

I would guess it will do European destinations, but as I said, not sure.

1L.

forget it, ill get it for you! :p

As good as a hairdrier can look…………. I’ll get me coat ;).

My flights to Paris a few weeks back were on an A321, but when booking on ba.com, it showed the aircraft as an A320.

But good news, because this is one great looking aircraft. 🙂

I was only last week trying to book some flights with work from Man to Heathrow and out bound from Man it was showing an A321, guess I will book this to add another BA type to my list.

Rgds

Andy

Allready had a 321 up here last Year doing the shuttle, everyone else were down at Prestwick , I managed to get the only picture of it at Glasgow 😀
G-EUXG 05/03/05
Kevin

Had to happen eventually, thanks for the info.