[TRIP REPORT] British Airways Airbus A380 (UPPER DECK ECONOMY) London Heathrow (LHR) - Dallas (DFW)

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Flight Info:
~Airline: British Airways
~Aircraft: Airbus A380-841
~Registration: G-XLEB
~Seat: 71A
~Flight Number: BA193
~From: London Heathrow (LHR)
~To: Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW)
~Flight Time: 9 hours 17 minutes
~Scheduled Departure Time: 11:05am GMT
~Actual Departure Time: 12:37pm GMT
~Scheduled Arrival Time: 4:25pm CST
~Actual Arrival Time: 4:54pm CST
~Date: March 13, 2023
Equipment info:
~iPhone 14 Pro
~SONY HDR-CX675 HD Camcorder
~Go Pro Hero 7
~Go Pro Window Mount
If you have an questions, comments or concerns, please let me know in the comments below! :)

[@GenkisTravels]

Nice video, I'm flying them this weekend. I hate when people ask to switch seats >:(

[@devon896]

The A380s are having some issues right now, BA are aware of them and hope to have them sorted once the cabins get upgraded.

[@gunvaldsandhaland7757]

I Love The A380 It So Passenger Frendly Air Craft.Great Trip Report

[@ryanridder4576]

Wow that’s brutal man! I would not like being on that long of a flight with broken IFE and in seat power. That also is pretty tough they made the connection to MSP close, but glad you made it which I just saw a video of the leg to MSP as well!

[@rodgerraubach2753]

I'm flying on an A380 from Dallas-Fort Worth on the 28th to London Heathrow aboard British Airways. Hope my experience is better overall at the Premium Economy level.

[@ybergik]

It's a real shame how the experience flying BA, along with most other airlines, let's be honest, have gone down the drain. I've flown with them a lot over the previous two decades, mostly upstairs on the 747's, and it was always a good experience. I long for the old experiences pre-2000 when service and meals were good no matter which big airline you used. It's sadly been a race to the bottom since then.

[@r12004rewy]

What a shame that your BA flight was not good, I flew on that particular 380 some months ago and all was fine, the air bridge issue at LHR was not the fault of BA but certainly it shouldn't of happened. The non working IFE does seem a common problem with BA I had a similar experience on a BA747 flight to LHR from DC some years ago. It was good to hear that the cabin crew did a good job and how professional did that captain sound? .

[@fercho4x4]

I have recently had a bad one. Sep 13. Miami -London upper deck A380. Everything was a bad experience. The crew with attitudes. I remember the same flight 3 years ago was the opposite experience.

[@beauhathaway6627]

Sometimes it’s B gates for A380 departures I had one at B46 once and B44 once

[@petittrainguernsey3297]

Try flying 18 hours to the Falklands with Airtanker. No charging no entertainment at all. Just have to suck it up buttercup. Charge that iPad up next time!

[@maxthelab8457]

I took my Mum to Dubai for a holiday last year and we had to sit in economy on a 777 on the outward leg as P.Economy was full. It was HORRIFIC! I felt physically sick when I sat down as the seat was so tight, and the seat back in front so close... It was the first time in 20 years I had flown economy and swore it would be the LAST. We came back in PE and that was fine.

[@corts98]

Could you move the middle arm rest?

[@Abhi-fx3gb]

Seems quite bad on the IFE side, my IFE onboard a 787 with BA started overheating then reset itself!

[@jake8340]

Great Video! Does every Economy seat had an entertainment system? (Screen, etc.)

[@theplanesguy]

Yes, except that every entertainment screen on this flight, on the entire plane were broken.

[@jake8340]

@@theplanesguy okay, thank you

[@RoadCone411]

That’s bad to not have working IFE but things break, tech isn’t perfect unfortunately. What is BA supposed to do? Delay the flight further or cancel it because there are no movies and maps? I don’t know if it is fair to base the whole review around the non functional tech because really it sounds most other things were okay (although legroom didn’t look great as you pointed out.) I recently flew FRA-EWR on a lovely B747-8 where the IFE at my seat was basically unusable. Yes, I did have charging but the screen interface was too slow to use. Disappointing, and I could get on Lufthansa for not updating to a newer system, but I still maintain it was a lovely plane and a good flight otherwise. I guess it is managing expectation versus what is really important, and honestly the service, food and view make up a little for not being able to watch Young Sheldon reruns.

[@Swordsman1425]

That's a shame how bad it was... I was hoping to fly on an a380 out of DFW but maybe I should skip it. It's a far, far cry from my own transatlantic flights in 2022 to and from Paris on Air France out of DFW, which were great flights all around. Heck, when I traveled direct to London on American Airlines a number of years back, at least the charging ports and the in-flight entertainment worked. Wasn't the best flight but at least the plane didn't seem like it had seen better days.

[@andyjackson4766]

I have lost count of the amount of flights I have been on where the IFE crashed including 2 Qatar Q suite flights, unfortunately it happens it’s not unusual for any carrier, at least the crew were friendly and you had good food so could have been much much worst. Thanks for sharing

[@Shytot-1]

It's a pity there are no US airlines running the A380 or you could have tried them. The Concorde and now the A380 have been a thorn in the side a lot of American aircraft fans. The fastest and the biggest and not an American in sight. That's got to hurt.

[@jamesburns9706]

I flew on the BA A380 "LED" from LAX to LHR lat fall and that plane also had IFE and wifi issues.

[@johng1943]

Maybe after you’d discovered your IFE troubles you could have offered your seat to the lady who wanted to sit there.

[@earor]

Im flying to dallas tommorow lmao

[@clausellese6144]

it's an old airplane TV / doesn't work and there's no food I want to give my dog

[@maxsaviation9512]

British airways has gone downhill ever since their new owner was from a low cost airline.

[@danieleregoli812]

Omg, shockingly bad. So sorry to hear about this!

[@theplanesguy]

I'm glad I had a better experience though when I flew them recently!

[@danieleregoli812]

@@theplanesguy me too. I flew them back from the Caribbean and they were good, although the 10-across seating on the old 777 is miserable

[@georges4195]

Promo sm 👍

[@Eddievilar]

Takee a book...a word puzzle...

[@jeffwilson9114]

First World problems eh?😅

[@joesos]

The entertainment situation you showcased is absolutely unacceptable for an airline such as BA who pride themselves on being such a posh and fancy carrier.

[@theplanesguy]

The only things they got going for them is their flight crews and catering, everything else... not so much! Thanks for watching!