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British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

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Re: British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

Post by andygolfer » Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:58 pm

welshdan1927 wrote:
Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:44 pm
1st November
4th November
7th November
26th November x 2

Is a purported schedule for B767 retirements I've seen outlined on various social media.

If so the 26th will be a fairly nostalgic day.

what a coincidence - another BA type made it's final flight on November 26th but 15 years ago ;) that was extremely nostalgic and sad.
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Re: British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

Post by Cessna954 » Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:42 am

It appears that the 1st November retirement date was correct. G-BNWX has just overflown Bristol inbound St Athan with the fitting callsign BAW767.

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Re: British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

Post by Cessna954 » Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:49 am

Also inbound to St Athan a short time before the B767 was A319 G-EUPV. Also for retirement?

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Post by PorkScratching » Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:52 pm

Cessna954 wrote:
Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:49 am
Also inbound to St Athan a short time before the B767 was A320 G-EUPV. Also for retirement?
I have been told that is indeed the case.

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Re: British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

Post by andygolfer » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:39 pm

Cessna954 wrote:
Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:42 am
It appears that the 1st November retirement date was correct. G-BNWX has just overflown Bristol inbound St Athan with the fitting callsign BAW767.

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here's my last pic of it , taken at Heathrow on 15th September
ImageG-BNWX B.767 British Airways Heathrow 15-09-2018 9074 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I can't find one of G- EUPV at present I'm afraid but will keep looking (I'm still working on a BA photo database)
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Post by Cessna954 » Sun Nov 04, 2018 12:04 pm

A319 G-EUPV that was withdrawn from service and flown to St Athan on Thursday 1st November. Pictured in April 2012 on a 27L departure from Heathrow.

Image20121204-132053-Heathrow by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

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Post by Cessna954 » Sun Nov 04, 2018 12:08 pm

B767 G-BZHC has flown its last service and is being positioned to St Athan today for scrapping. Pictured February 2012 on o 09R departure from Heathrow.

Image20120201-130114-Heathrow by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

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Post by Cessna954 » Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:36 pm

B767 G-BNWZ was flown to St Athan yesterday for scrapping. Pictured last month on a 27L arrival at Heathrow.

Image20181021-120121-Heathrow by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

That just leaves G-BZHA and HB for retirement on 26th November. If the weather looks to be OK I plan to head off up to Heathrow to see their final arrival.

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Post by Cessna954 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:43 pm

With G-BZHA currently on BAW663 over Austria on the return leg from Larnaca, the final operational flight of a British Airways Boeing 767 is nearly over. Yesterday, G-BZHB operated the Larnaca flight on its final flight. Both will leave Heathrow tomorrow destined for the scrap man's axe.

G-BZHB turning over Stanwell Moor in December 2015
Image20151204-123919-Heathrow by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-BZHA turning over Feltham in February 2012
Image20120201-144327-Heathrow by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

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Post by welshdan1927 » Mon Nov 26, 2018 1:16 pm

Hotel Alpha arriving at Saints today.

ImageBritish Airways Boeing 767-336ER msn 29230 G-BZHA by Dan Williams, on Flickr

ImageBritish Airways Boeing 767-336ER msn 29230 G-BZHA by Dan Williams, on Flickr

ImageBritish Airways Boeing 767-336ER msn 29230 G-BZHA by Dan Williams, on Flickr

Will be leaving shortly to catch Hotel Bravo

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Post by andygolfer » Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:59 pm

G_BZHB landed at St Athan at 14.56 - the end of an era.

and 15 years ago today G-BOAF made the final Concorde flight to Filton - what a coincidence.
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Post by welshdan1927 » Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:38 pm

And so ends the 767 in British Airways' service. Hotel Bravo landing at Saints this afternoon.

ImageBritish Airways Boeing 737-336ER msn 29231 G-BZHB by Dan Williams, on Flickr

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Post by andygolfer » Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:03 am

well one former BA 737 has found a new lease of life: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1631461
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Post by andygolfer » Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:25 pm

the heathrow google group (LHRAE) is reporting that B.747 G-BNLP is ferrying to St Athan as BA9170E at 1340.


here she is landing at Heathrow early morning in December 2013
Image5809 B747 G-BNLP BA by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

also reported as withdrawn after arriving from Accra this morning on the BA source: http://thebasource.com/british-airways- ... withdrawn/

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Re: British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

Post by Cessna954 » Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:37 pm

Nice atmospheric picture Andy.

Seems to be a flurry of activity with withdrawals the past month.

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Post by andygolfer » Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:00 pm

Cessna954 wrote:
Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:37 pm
Nice atmospheric picture Andy.

Seems to be a flurry of activity with withdrawals the past month.

Neil
thanks Neil, that was the only pic I have of 'NLP, there's a few I still have got photos of so I've got to make an effort to get them soon. I had pics of about 5 747s on my external HD that crashed that I hadn't got round to backing up so I lost them and i'd no other pics of them which was a pain especially as 3 were since scrapped :( I lost a few 767s as well with the disk failure unfortunately.

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Re: British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

Post by Cessna954 » Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:07 pm

G-BNLK was withdrawn from service today and will position to St Athan for scrapping on Thursday. Here she is on a 27L take off in 2012.
Image20121204-114148-Heathrow by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

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Post by Cessna954 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 5:09 pm

Clearly got my dates wrong as 'LK' transitted across to St Athan today, as opposed to this coming Thursday.

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Post by Cessna954 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:26 pm

It's been a quiet 6 months on the BA fleet retirement front, but today G-BNLN was flown to St Athan for scrapping having undertaken its final revenue service last Thursday.

As G-BNLN is the last of the original sequence of registrations to be withdrawn, I'll honour it with two pictures, taken 22 years apart.
ImageBritish Airways Boeing 747-436 G-BNLN by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

ImageBritish Airways Boeing 747-436 G-BNLN by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

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Re: British Airways fleet departures 2013 onwards

Post by donutt1964 » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:07 pm

we have still got LY in the Landor colours

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