BA to dust off desert aircraft
Published: 13/08/2010 - Filed under: News »
As demand for air travel returns, British Airways has confirmed reports that it is to reinstate a B747 currently in storage in California’s Mojave Desert.
A BA spokesperson told sister publication ABTN that the aircraft would be brought back later this year, though further details were not made clear.
According to reports out this week, the B747 in question will be used on BA’s Dallas flight as part of its winter timetable, starting in October – a sure sign that extra capacity is needed on US routes.
The returning B747 will replace a B777 currently being used on the Dallas service. This in turn will serve an additional frequency on BA’s important New York-London route, going from six to seven times daily.
Boeing and Airbus both use the Mojave Air and Space Port, California, for maintenance and storage of serviceable aircraft. Two US deserts – Mojave and Arizona-Sonora – are famous for containing vast aircraft “graveyards”.
For more information visit ba.com.
Report by Andrew Gough
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JordanD - 13/08/2010 16:47
A little disappointing that ABTN and yourselves are quite so far behind the curve on this one. Airliners.net has been reporting on its forum for over 3 weeks that the aircrafts were coming back from storage, and VK on the forum has noted that (as discussed in BA's shareholder presentations) the aircraft has been coming back for a while.
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