BRITISH AIRWAYS has earmarked Baku, Moscow and Tel Aviv as the first destinations from London Gatwick to be served with 173-seat Boeing 757s.
The aircraft are scheduled to replace the smaller, 106-seat 737-200s and 130-seat -400s from October. Expanding traffic on several routes from Gatwick is accelerating the requirement for increased capacity, and more services could be boosted with the use of 757s from the northern winter 1996/7 schedule.
The upgrade at Gatwick is being made possible by the progressive introduction of the Boeing 777, which will enable British Airways to replace Boeing 767s on high-density routes, and in turn to switch 767s to some main services now being flown with 757s from London Heathrow Airport.
Source: Flight International
