From The Small A319 To The Mighty A380: The British Airways Fleet In 2022

UK flag carrier British Airways boasts a large and diverse fleet of aircraft. The London-based oneworld founding member has more than 250 aircraft at its disposal, with a further 23 at its regional subsidiary, BA CityFlyer. In 2022, we see the Airbus A380 return to widespread service at the airline, following a pandemic-induced hiatus. Let’s take a deeper look at the entire British Airways fleet as it stands this year…
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[@Daniel27600]

I’m flying on the BA A380 from San Francisco to Heathrow in August and I’m very excited! It will be my first ever time on an A380.

[@911HRW]

You’ll love it, she’s beautiful, hopefully going on one again in May.

[@AGMTB.]

Got to go on one last month with BA from London to Miami, was good to go on one again since the future was very unsure during the pandemic. Hoping to go on an Emirates one again at the end of the year. Love that aircraft!

[@altacalifornia2580]

I flew on a BA A380 from Heathrow to San Francisco in July of 2019. It was cool, even though I was in economy on the lower deck.

[@Daniel27600]

@@altacalifornia2580 Wouñd you recommend paying the premium for economy upper deck? (Especially if its 2 people travelling)

[@altacalifornia2580]

@@Daniel27600 I think on some airways if not all there’s extra storage on top deck economy seats

[@andiscott8470]

As BA crew, I worked on: Boeing 747/757/767/777/787 and Airbus A319/320/321/380 during my time with BA. As a passenger I have flown on them all, as well as the one type I did not work on, the A350 as I now commute from London to Accra for work, and the A350 is periodically used on that route.

[@monkeybusinessasusuall5467]

Lucky

[@rolandbogush2594]

Thank you - always interesting to see how the BA fleet changes and develops over time. Over the years I have flown in BA B737/747/757/767/777/787 and A319/320/321. If I can include a legacy airline, I also flew in a BEA Airtours Comet 4 MANY years ago. Never managed Concorde, nor yet an A380.

[@williamwildcat]

I only flown in a A320

[@sethtan715]

My parents had flown on the Concorde.

[@TheManunderwater]

Which of these aircraft is the best and worst of these BA aircraft as a passenger and why?

[@prochitamboly7351]

@@TheManunderwater h

[@testing_oscar]

what about the a350?

[@Internetsfinest1]

I flew on the A350-1000 on its second flight from Heathrow. To DXB, absolutely beautiful aircraft, amazing flight.

[@thelegoconnoisseur0880]

Do u mean the A380-800 the -1000 was never built

[@Internetsfinest1]

@@thelegoconnoisseur0880 erm, no. A350-1000

[@MkD_SENS]

That first 787 landing was 10/10 butter

[@thomast6851]

Thank you for the fleet videos

[@carlmaster9690]

I've only flown with British Airways once m, between Manchester and London on one of their A319s, back in 2012 and I really enjoyedboth the ground and onboard experience and the interior cabin was really comfortable and relaxing.

[@eamonahern7495]

I flew with British Airways from Heathrow to Lusaka and back (a route they don't do anymore) in 2006 and 2007. I think it was a Boeing 777. In 2007 we circled London for about an hour because there was a long queue for landing at Heathrow. I got a great view of the city but it's not the best experience waiting for an hour to land after a 10 hour flight from Lusaka. I got my connection to Dublin with Aer Lingus though. But I had to book a hotel in Dublin beforehand because the flight got in too late to get a train back to Galway, where I was living at the time.

[@mdleweight]

I scheduled my last trip from NYC to Hong Kong through London on BA at the end of 2019. Usually, I take Cathay Pacific non-stop but wanted a last opportunity on the BA 747. Glad I did, since they unexpectedly retired them shortly after my flight.

[@tomseeberg6509]

I have flown with many of BA aircraft. from a318, a320 a380, b757, b767 and of course the mighty 747-400,s The 744 brought me to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Mexico city and some more. They where one of the best longhaul aircrafts ever. Sad to se them go. I flew it the first time in sept 1992 to KUL and CGK

[@slfs7477]

Enjoyed your video. Very informative. Love, love, love the 747's. Flew twice from Los Angeles to London to Johannesburg and back. So that is 8 flights. On my 2nd trip had the pleasure to fly business first class because they bumped me up.

[@4vndd]

Very interesting video.... thanks for sharing...!!

[@Rasscasse]

Interesting video. Thank you

[@sevesellors2831]

Great video thank you.

[@honman9412]

I flew the ATP (Advanced Turbo Prop) to the Isle of Man in 2001. Over the years I’ve flown 737, 747, 757, 777, 319, 320 and 380.

[@edsy174ornek]

I've flown on them with the A319, A320ceo, A320neo, A321ceo, A321neo, Airbus A380, Boeing 767 (when they used to operate it), Boeing 777-200ER and Boeing 787-8 Best memory of the airline - I bought in a mug from there brand and they gave us free drinks throughout the flight, I still do this to this day, since short-haul no longer offers free meals. AND THE MUSHROOM RISOTTO OMG I WANT IT BACK SO BADLYYYYYYYYY. Worst memory of the airline - Them introducing the Buy on Board service, very hard to manage via calling them etc.

[@christopherslocum9454]

I’m happy to have flown my only 747-400 trip, on a BA Queen of the Skies before retirement :)

[@mikeplummer26]

Took my first flight with BA last month, also my first time in First.on an international flight. Fitting that it was their first 78X, G-ZBLA. Amazing experience and champagne!

[@LongHaulbySimpleFlying]

Great to hear! They are a great airline! ✈️

[@alzyerpal-TV]

My A380 clip at 3:40, from an introductory tour video I made for BA in 2013.

[@JimbobsTransportVideos]

Manchester airport (my local) gets British airways A319s And A320s plus a few A321s sometimes

[@Petertjeehh]

BA Advertised the A380 on our upcoming trip to Dubai when booking. At this time BA is operating the A350 on this flightnumber and I was sceptical to fly my first A380 flight ever. - Finally now, the schedule shows they are servicing BA107 with the A380 from the 27th of March! - I couldn't be more excited!! BA changed the original return flight, advertised B787, to a B777 as I can see today tho, so equipment changes do still occur.

[@MkD_SENS]

Great video! Can you maybe talk in a future video also about the klm fleet?

[@LongHaulbySimpleFlying]

Thanks! And yes- KLM's fleet is something we hope to cover in a future Long Haul video sometime in the next 2-3 months.

[@MarcusNesbitt4]

I thought the Cityflyer fleet would be covered as well!

[@Adam-fj9px]

23 Embraer E190's 👍

[@cupcake0011]

I’m a fan of the B737/max, B757, A220, A320/neo, A321/neo. Love the A321xlr too.

[@NguyenHuy-gl3oy]

I’m a fan of the 77W, A35K, B788/789/78X and A388. Love the 779 too.

[@eric_emma]

I love the A350-1000 service from LHR TO LAS (las Vegas)

[@TheVaughan5]

When I was a teenager I flew Sydney to NYC via LA on the VC10. In those days B.A. was known as B.O.A.C. (early 70’s) Don’t remember a lot except because of a long layover at LAX (I think around 7 hours) I was given a room at the Sheraton Hotel plus a meal in their restaurant! Imagine that happening today. Since then I’ve been on their 747, and 777’s. They get a lot of flack for Business class product because up until very recently their 2-4-2 layout was the most crowded, however I never found the seat/bed uncomfortable and the service/food never less than very good and frequently excellent. So far my best business class experience has been with Air France/KLM.

[@jessicatH22]

i remember when a BA 767 could fly you from london heathrow to paris charles de gaulle in 45 minutes, such a fun flight

[@toddtracy4325]

I have flown on BA's 380, 747, 767, 777,787, 320 & 321. I would have loved it if the 380 had a different feel, but we would never have known we were on such a massive double-decker jet, less climbing the inside stairs. The only main difference was the huge lavatories in Club World, a nice change from the usual closet size.

[@DD-gz9ut]

I flew to Dublin and Bilbao with BA. Their short haul service is appalling, even some budget airlines give you a bag of pretzels and a soda, but not the case with BA. They gave me 1 glass of tap water, 1! The stewardess told me I could buy a bottle for £5 if I wanted more, mmm no thanks… Their long haul service is good, they give passengers plenty of attention, proper meals, water service all the time (very much appreciated). BA’s 787-8s and A320s were well maintained when I flew with them

[@carsten2293]

I just flew with a BA-Cityflyer E175 and a now inactive A321-200 :)

[@davidtolosa4567]

I saw one of the a380s in Madrid in may and im happy BA is flying the a380 to my home airport in Chicago! My dream of flying in one of those will come true very soon

[@arinjayurs378]

I don't think emirates would give away a380s. They are breathing with the help of those

[@1950dcs]

I’ve flown BA on a huge variety of types: Vanguard, Tridents, One-Elevens, 737s, 747s, 757s, 767s and 777s, A320s, Embraer 170 and 190 and the Avro RJ100. I’d love to have tried the Viscount, Comet, VC10 and Concorde - too late now! In my experience, the Boeing twin aisle types don’t hold a candle to the A330 and A340 for quietness and passenger comfort. Favourite BA types? Probably the E190 and A320. Least favourite? Probably the 757, which felt unstable, and which sounded in the cabin as if someone had left a window open.

[@karann4335]

Nice one! Now we need video on Indian carriers fleet

[@sethtan715]

My parents have flown on BA's Concorde.

[@Mylo288]

I recently flew on a A350-1000 TO Johannesburg and I have flown on many A319s, A320s and A321s and was lucky enough to fly on a 777-300ER to JFK earlier this year

[@aryanraut0207]

I have flown on BA's 747-400 from Mumbai(India) to Heathrow back in 2015👍👍

[@leannexu3362]

I banged my eye on the emergency exit handle while flying British airways while I was young and still have a scar 🤕

[@wagnerbejaranocarvalho9971]

a nice Air fleet all over the world.

[@economist633]

I love the A350 and A380

[@ephraimlion]

BA still uses the Boeing 777-300 anyway. Such an old aircraft with no fast charging USB port. I was on one on BA078 quite recently and the seat covering of one of the seats was torn.

[@lewismcgarry9204]

I’ve flown on ba’s 319,320,321ceo and 320neo also 321neo and 777-200er and 787-8 Dreamliner and luckily 747-400

[@bradcrooks2456]

I’ve had no bad experiences when travelling on British Airways. I recall being on a B757 from LHR to Istanbul

[@neilburns8869]

It's handy to have an extra base on the other side of the planet in Manila to do any sort of servicing or repairs.

[@aidanzacharyguzman1676]

Hey, that door incident happened on my birthday in that time zone.

[@sagittarius_12_archer]

Yes,last february here in manila at luftansa teknik philippines theres 3 British Airways Airbus A380,now this month of march one Airbus A380 left

[@condaronvincent]

There are 3 BA’s A380 in Manila as of March 2022 .

[@CarlsVlogs]

Good to see the A380 has a future for our sky's.

[@r12004rewy]

Just hope passenger numbers do pick up and BE do return more 380s to service, I have flown on BA A319/20, A380, B747 and B777, like others have said a flight on Concorde was always the ambition but unfortunately it never happened.

[@JDFloyd]

BA Tristar, 757, 767, 747, and A320.

[@shakilakhan6294]

I have flown on BA a350-1000

[@Lee247Jamaica]

I spot BA 777-200ERs almost every week when they fly LGW-KIN, I hope they fly the 787 here one day

[@taridean]

Only ever flown on BA three and a *half times: Boeing 747-200 (1991) Boeing 767-300ER (2001) *Boeing 737-400 (2010) operated by Comair South Africa with BA livery. Airbus A320 (2020). You can see the 737 and A320 wing view landings on my channel 😁.

[@vedantgorivale6061]

Make your next video on the fleet of Air India and restructuring.

[@michaellai4955]

Would love to see the biggest chinese airlines such as china southern’s fleet as they are one of the biggest airlines in the world in terms of fleet size

[@gilesrdavies]

As usual with Simple Flying articles, always missing key information, which should go hand in hand with the video. For example it would be nice to detail the kind of routes BA currently uses the aircraft on. Also maybe information like the average age of each aircraft type and the seating configuration.

[@journeyingjohn3275]

Cleaning and maintaining their cabins would make a BIG difference to the customer experience, especially after the cabin "densification" programme... Until they do this reliably and start delivery of some ground based customer service, they remain #BelowAverage and #BestAvoided

[@MegaThelegoshow]

I have flown on the airbus a320-232

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

Personally, My favorite British Airways aircraft in 2022 is the Airbus A319, Airbus A380, and Boeing 777

[@vizzini2510]

I had not heard about the three Dreamliners that suffered damage from debris at O'Hare. Were any other aircraft damaged? It would seem highly suspect if the only three planes affected were all BA jets.

[@mitsoschar3098]

can you make a video like that about aegean airways plss

[@FarhanSyafiqFadhillah]

I will miss the BA1 documentary on KZbin since it's so rare. BA A318 from London City, so sad that this service was stopped recently

[@truethat7681]

Air India and Jaguar Land Rover are owned by Tata. It will be interesting to see how Air India competes with British Airways.

[@jackoliver7967]

Still a major mistake by BA for retiring the 747s early

[@hugocarter1013]

Don't BA also operate the A350 on some long haul routes? And does anyone know if there's a major difference in usage of the a350 on routes vs the 777-200?

[@911HRW]

They did go to IAD and also fly to Austin

[@willlolly4317]

They alternate all wide body aircraft to different routes depending on season and load requirements

[@AVIA-9K]

I flew with BA for the past 13 years, let me share with you all the planes i went to with BA 744: 2015-2018 Upper deck 5 times, lower deck 13 times 772: 2007 - 2021 788: 2019 789: 2017 A388: 2016 77W: 2019 A319: 2019 A320N: 2021 A321N: 2021 Special liveries: 744 772 A319

[@AAa-cf1oe]

💙

[@richarddastardly6845]

I wish I could fly BA A320✈️👨‍✈️

[@alic3146]

About time they retired their ancient 777-200's on their Caribbean routes. They're well past their use by date, even Business isn't that great on these..

[@neilburns8869]

I would be a little bit wary these days about placing or accepting an order from Boeing. They have already lost some loyal customers as a result of the FAA investigation following the 2nd 737-800 MAX disaster in Africa.

[@welcome33333]

It was not 777 vs A380, it was 777 vs A350-1000 and it is unclear why BA chose the former

[@grriceman782]

A smart diverse fleet ✈️🇬🇧

[@stevenholt1867]

also Embraer 190

[@layhamlayham4765]

MAKE A VIDEO ON OMAN AIR 🇴🇲

[@911HRW]

Are they fitting the new suite in the A380’s? I’d heard it banded around since BA decided to keep them.

[@andiscott8470]

No, because it won't fit on the upper deck. If they do try to do it, then it will result in a complete reconfiguration of both decks and loss of upper deck Club World.

[@911HRW]

@@andiscott8470 Loss of upper deck club world? Isn’t that the new suite? Club world? So the emirates A380 can have showers & bars & Singapore can have a double bed but BA can’t have their new suite? Makes no sense

[@andiscott8470]

@@911HRW Nothing to do with the hight (which is the factor which is important when mentioning showers and bars) it is because of the reduction in width on the upper deck. If you take the 777 for example, the old club seat has 8 across in 2-4-2. The new Club Suite is now 1-2-1 and the aisle is already “snug” between the columns of seats. Upper deck old club world on the 380 is already down to 2-3-2 configuration so the current new Club Suite won’t fit without losing a column of seats and putting a half hight bulkhead down the middle of the cabin for the middle single seats to face against. BA won’t sacrifice the capacity to do it.

[@911HRW]

@@andiscott8470 Do you work for BA or are you just surmising what they’d do with no internal information? I ask as I’ve seen several news articles that state British Airways still plans to install new first class suites, the latest iteration of the ‘Club Suite’ for business class - complete with privacy door, and updated premium economy and economy cabins to the Airbus A380. The update comes after recent rumors which suggested previous plans to carry on upgrading the A380’s might be scrapped.

[@andiscott8470]

@@911HRW I do not work for BA any longer, but did for some time and still speak regularly with friends who continue to work onboard and in management, and anyone I have asked about it, especially after flying in the new club suite on the A350, has said that the A380 won't see the new cabin. Maybe they will change their mind and just do it on the main deck and shift economy passengers upstairs into the old CW cabin, but the rumour you state you have heard I never have, and no one I know within BA has heard it either.

[@William.The.Train1869]

747/777/380/350

[@littlelazycat]

why british airways don't fly the boeing 787 to hong Kong?

[@voltanicmercuay0431]

747-400 and a350-1000

[@craigenglish8369]

Why when ever you board a BA flight do you go "oh"...and not in a good way.

[@christianmorgan3940]

Correction, the door was ripped off at Cape Town now Johannesburg.

[@malusingcobo3191]

Comair in South Africa that uses B737 and British Airways livery?

[@andiscott8470]

It is a franchise partner, not a BA subsidiary. The aircraft are nothing to do with BA in regards to fleet or management, they are simply branded as BA offering BA product and connection services in Southern Africa.

[@malusingcobo3191]

@@andiscott8470 thank u for that

[@wpgk1174]

They have dornier do -228's

[@bastienandre1836]

The same with air france could be perfect

[@LongHaulbySimpleFlying]

It's on the schedule! We'll have it out in the next few weeks 😃

[@chandrachurniyogi8394]

the legacy British full service carrier should resume the all Business® class service to New York (JFK) from London City (LCY) non-stop in their A321-200 Neo LR (if any) . . . BA should have taken the AIRBUS offer for additional refurbished A380-800 (ex-Air France & ex-Qatar Airways airframes) . . . operate the A380-800 on routes to India & South East Asia & also offer non-stop service between Mumbai (MUM) - Washington DC (IAD) & Hong Kong (HKG) - New York (JFK) via Delhi (DEL) . . . as they say, desperate times desperate measures . . . as for the B747-400 ER & B747-400 the most prudent move by British Airways at the time would be to acquire a fleet of 48 - 53 brand new B747-8I . . . the B747-8I would replace the legacy B747-400 and B777-200 ER . . .

[@incediery]

Club world business on the 777....it takes a special kind of bastard to create and build such a horrid configuration...like no storage space and you're literally staring at the next person during take and landing....this is right up there with Unites 777-200er with their eight a breast business class

[@neillthornton1149]

Literally just flew this 2 days ago on a 787. What a horrific design. Not only do you have to stare at someone, but if you are in the middle seat, you have to climb over other passengers to get out of your seat. What were they thinking?!?! The Club World Suite on the 777 is a massive improvement.

[@incediery]

@@neillthornton1149 and it took them so long to start retrofitting their wide-bodies like they were committed to that look...the A350s are just night and day....

[@gkfujiwaraesquibel7998]

Since some 200ERs are GE90 powered, why are they not considered the 200LR?

[@sergiolaurencio7534]

I think they were talking about the 300er

[@edgarmunez183]

British Airways Cancelled To Make The Fleet The Airbus A330 In The Next Year

[@Ayresii1995]

Ba don’t have the A330 on order so please do your research before posting mis leading comments

[@clover5172]

Man I wish British Airways held their 747s

[@alyssanini9469]

You don't speak about the british airways 747-8 freighter that they have keep for only 3 months

[@andiscott8470]

Because they were not BA aircraft. They were owned and operated by GSS under a BA World Cargo franchise agreement. The aircraft them self were absolutely nothing to do with BA in operational terms.

[@alyssanini9469]

and the 737s in south africa

[@andiscott8470]

Again, another franchise. Not BA fleet or aircraft or managed by BA, simply BA branded offering connections in South and Southern Africa.

[@gilgengomes3222]

The 777ERS is Very awful...

[@welcome33333]

The queen of the skies is gone which is great news and long overdue. This 1960s monster is ugly, rather the “Fiona of the skies” lol

[@qasimasharfi9527]

Yea,it was more like tyrant queen of the skies😂😂

[@muhammadraza9163]

The queen does not exists anymore 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭