The 787 looks a bit better with the new colour scheme 🙂 But the B777-300er is the bizz (got to admit I really like the 777) 😀
And for the A380 well some one must like it, just not me :p

Woah.

Either they have a very low cycle limit or BA really worked them hard.

It would tie in with the 5B-DAT in the picture , it was 18 years old as well,
My first reaction to them being withdrawn was to speculate that they would all be off to the African Subcontinent , but I was surprised when told they were to be scrapped especially being of younger age ( if you known what i mean)
Remember these 320 have been used for most of their lives on shuttle duties with maybe at most 2 hours flying per sector would give them a possible 6-8 landings and takeoffs per day and over the years roughly 52416 landing -takeoffs in their life times

“Would have been” 😉

BA Have just started to dispose of their older 320s, first one was BUSD which was 18 Years old as well , the reson for it’s removal was it had reached Its cycle limit

The 767 are due to be replaced in the next few Years, so hence the A330 option, and remember he got rid of the 747,s at Aer lingus and replaced them with the A330 But the biggest surprise is the fact that BA have said very little about the 787 and i think thats because BA and Beoing have fall out a bit about BA short haul fleet
I would agree with you on the 747-8 and 777 for long haul ,but im not as convinced for the 380
With Mr Walshes record at Aer Lingus ,could Boeing be more than willing to bend over back wards to stop him going down the same road with BA
It certainly going to be a very intreasting time for Both Boeing ,Airbus and BA

The rumblings from Inside would suggest that Boeing would be the preferd choice ,as Ba have already experiance with both the 747 and777 the infastucture is already inplace ,so would not cost as much to upgrade ,compared to starting from scratch with Airbus also Im lead to belive there might be some issues with delivery slots for the A380
I have to admit I would like to see either A380, or 340 variant in BA colours.

My biggest Worry about the 787 Is the one piece composite fuselage , Other Aircraft manufactures have not followed in Boeing’s footsteps Why?
The technology may have advanced ,but have they managed to solve the problems associated with composite material
If Boeing have managed to resolve these problems , then brilliant we will at last have a major step in aircraft design, if not then Boeing and the airlines may well a have a very large millstone around their necks

I agree that the 787 is yet to prove itself however there is something known as IN ADVANCED STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT . When you verify production techniques , test Barrels , have major Electrical systems running , start to fabricate major parts , complete a section of the fues. (i think at Wichita or SC) etc etc then you are moving away from the PAPER PLANE that it was years ago !! The 787 is begining to take shape and will fly in about 10 months .

You cant fly a completed section you need to join the other sections, tail , wings, engines etc,etc to make a aircraft and the only place where its a complete aircraft , Is on Paper

Airbus can be as cautious as they want. They’ve not progressed their composite technology quite as much as Boeing seem to have in this case.
Thats whats got them rattled.

Leahy has been using the “Not the best route” and “Unknown repairability” argument since the 7E7 was launched. He used it to justify the 787s slow start even.
The fact that the technology now has 35 customers with over 400 orders proves that things are not us “unknown” as Leahy likes to make it seem.

This sound quiet familiar , I’m sure we had this same discussion about the composite material research and why Airbus had not gone down the Whole composite material fuselage route,last Year

The 787 is still a paper plane , it has yet to be flown and the technologies employed yet to be proven,