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by rit 4904 days ago
Just a random piece of pedantry; the article states that Poland's LOT is the only european airline operating the 787 right now.

I was at Heathrow maybe 90 days ago and British Airways had a brand new 787 (Painted in fancy "Dreamliner" dress and BA logo) parked at a gate as if it was in use. Might be that they were still demoing it/showing it off deliberately but I had the impression it was an active aircraft.
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mootothemax 4904 days ago
I'm a bit suspicious that I can't find a press release from BA about receiving delivery of a 787, and that BA's site doesn't mention it being in their fleet:

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/bafleet/public/en_gb

Given how LOT only received their first order halfway through November, which was widely announced as being Europe's first 787 delivery (http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-lot-takes-...), I think your skepticism is misplaced.

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yardie 4904 days ago
The crew haven't been trained on it yet so I don't think it was in service.

If anything it was probably a meet and greet where the executives (and staff) can walk around the cabin to get a feel for it. They run their entire operation out of T5 now so getting a an unused gate for a 787 wouldn't be impossible. Other airlines are still jockeying for gate space at T1-T4.

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rit 4904 days ago
And it was Terminal 5, so that makes sense. It looks like they're not getting their 787s (and an order of 'superjumbo' A380s) until this year.

A training/demo aircraft makes sense. Not to mention free advertising people like me, sitting in a window seat, seeing that beautiful new aircraft with "DREAMLINER" painted across her body.

Granted, BA is the only Airline besides Virgin Atlantic/America where I have felt like I was treated like a human being... so convincing me to fly on them isn't that difficult.

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