British Airways continuing to run Boeing 787 aircraft on European routes

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A couple of weeks ago we covered BA’s decision to run, for cargo purposes, Boeing 787 long-haul aircraft on European routes. The story was picked up elsewhere including by The Independent.

The sweet spot, of course, was booking Club Europe and getting a flat bed for your European hop.

British Airways has now extended this service until Sunday 19th September, so it might be worth a look for a quiet break once the kids are back in school. I am told that they are likely to continue until the end of year and IAG Cargo is selling the space on that basis. The flights will not be updated in ba.com until nearer the date of travel.

British Airways short haul routes using Boeing 787

Here are the participating routes. The times represent the Heathrow departure time – obviously there will be a matching return flight a few hours later.

Amsterdam

Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday (all 08.20)

Frankfurt

Friday, Sunday (all 08.00)

Larnaca

Monday (09.10), Thursday (09.25)

Moscow

Wednesday (13.20), Saturday (13.20)

Zurich

Wednesday, Sunday (all 09.35)

Athens

Friday (09.50)

Paris

Wednesday (10.55)

Stockholm

Friday (07.10)

Rome (Boeing 777, not a Boeing 787)

Friday, Sunday (both 08.20)

In addition, Iberia is still running an A350 on various flights between Heathrow and Madrid.

When you are booking a flight on ba.com, click on the ‘Flight Details’ link during the booking process. Part of the data that pops up is the aircraft type which is scheduled.

You can use our British Airways Boeing 787-8 ‘best seats’ guide to decide where to sit. If your aircraft seat plan shows a First Class cabin then you need to toggle to our Boeing 787-9 seat guide.

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