[TRIPREPORT] Flying the A380! | London Heathrow - Los Angeles (Economy) | British Airways A380
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- Flying on one of British Airways' A380s between London Heathrow and Los Angeles!
I'd wanted a try an A380 for a while so when some cheap flights to LAX came up, I knew I had to book them! They certainly didn't disappoint!
The seat on this aircraft is very spacious and comfortable and each passenger gets headphones, a pillow and a blanket. The IFE has more than enough content to keep anyone entertained for even the longest BA flight. As someone who flies primarily with Ryanair, it was strange being able to walk around freely and even walk up the stairs!
The meals were plentiful, nicely presented and tasty and we certainly didn't go hungry (or thirsty) on the flight. I was given the same main for both meals but this didn't bother me too much and the crew were happy to provide us with more drinks (alcoholic too) if asked.
We saw some amazing sights on our 11 hour trip from the vastness tundra of northern Canada to the city lights of Los Angeles as we made our approach in the evening!
Aircraft: G-XLEF
Flight Number: BA269
Date: 14/02/2020
Seat: 36A
Route: LHR-LAX (UMLAT T418 WELIN T420 TNT UN57 POL UN601 ABEVI UN590 GOW DCT ERAKA DCT 6320N DCT 6630N DCT 6840N DCT 6950N DCT 6960N DCT BOPUT DCT N6870 DCT 6780N DCT 6490N DCT 5N800 DCT LITGO DCT YPA J539 YYN DCT 4900N10830W DCT LWT DCT TCH DCT WINEN DCT OVETO J107 BLD DCT HAKMN)
Departure Runway: 27L
Arrival Runway: 24L
Dep Time: 16:10
Arr Time: 18:40
Camera: Panasonic HC-VX870
Tripod: None (handheld)
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I love that gray overcast sky leaving LHR! 🌧 ☁️
It’s nice to see that the jumbos of the skies (s380+747s) are slowly coming back!
And hopefully they stay!
You have a good view from your seat 36A for looking out of the window.
You can really get an idea of the humongous size of the Airbus a380 just by looking at the sheer size of the wings.
Quite impressive.
That wing is massive. Your seat is a little below it. We are flying an A380 in September 2024. I cant' wait!
I'm sure you'll enjoy it, it's a great experience!
Awesome video mate... Wow impressive shots now that's a change from the Ryanair 737... Keep up the great work 👍🏻😃
Thank you! Definitely a nice upgrade 😂
excellent video! I've not flown on an A380 before, and I've always wanted to fly on one. The flight was just awesome. You had a perfect wing view
Thank you! Definitely try it if you get the opportunity!
Nice !! I am dreaming to fly on A380 !! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤✈🎶🎄🎁💞
Nice Video, i really loved that sunset or sunrise 🌅
Thanks for watching 😁
Just watched brilliant well done mate
Thanks a lot :)
great report video
Thanks a lot!
Amazing Trip Report! The A380 is such a comfortable aircraft to fly on as a passenger. I’ve only flown on it once with Qatar but it was amazing. I hope you enjoyed your flight. ✈️
Cheers! You're absolutely right, I'd love to try Qatar too!
Excellent trip view, thank you so big, will in Florida
Thanks!
This was a very good video !! The vegetarian meal looked fabulous !! 😋Was it quinoa ,or rice salad on the far right ?
A380 is really nice ! Sad to know BA is phasing out upstair both economy / premium economy seats on A380 !! 😔 Thank you so much for this video !! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈🎄💞
Enjoyed the video 👌
Thanks a lot 😀
Holy cow this aircraft is enormous
Very nice!
Thank you :D
Watching that video has made me hugely nostalgic for the pre-Covid travel world. I do hope that once the vaccine takes effect we can get that back. I so miss travel and seeing Heathrow busy. Have you done any travelling during the pandemic?
I miss it too! I was in Dublin twice and also Rhodes and Cologne but that's all since the start of September. I was looking at Lanzarote for my birthday in a fortnight but that's now off the cards.
@@ManchesterAviation I have been contemplating Gibraltar, but even there they are now going in to lockdown. Here's to things calming down in early 2021!
As long as there are idiots who doesn‘t want to get vaccinated I don‘t think so.
Nice video! I’d love to fly in the BA A380 one day! Haven’t flown in one before, or any a380 for that matter
Thanks! Definitely try it if you get the opportunity!
Time is running out. I’m fairly sure BA is the only European airline still flying A380s.
Me,too !!! They're phasing out ! BA is phasing out their upstair economy/ premium economy seats !! 😫💜🥁🐉🎤✈💞
@@appleintosh Yes !! I know !! Thanks to the covid !! Bummer ! BA is phasing their uostair economy/ premium economy seats, too !! 😫💜🥁🐉🎤✈💞
A380 my love ❤️!!
Quite handy how the train announces what gates are covered by each stop.
Awesome stream
Thank you!
'Live' take off/rotation, and final approach; thank you. My experience with departing from Terminal 5 in Feb. 2009 was that it was never printed on my boarding pass, nor did any staff make me aware that there are two satellite terminals, one of wh. was where my flight to SEA departed from. I asked numerous staff, only to be told that no, they didn't have a map, and that no, they couldn't show me where to catch the train. But they could show me where the shops were. The Business Class lounge in Terminal 5 B was disgusting, food/drinks just sat there with nobody making the slightest effort to do anything about it.
Thanks for watching! That's a shame, I can only assume it's improved since then!
Great report mate! LA is on my list of places to visit, hopefully 2021 is the year I can go!
I flew with BA on their A380 to Miami a couple of years back, the staff were top notch as they always are & the A380 is just incredible! I'm still in awe on how a machine so big and heavy can get off the ground so easily, I hope I get another opportunity to fly on one in the coming years 🙏
Cheers! Miami looks awesome but let's hope the A380 sticks around for a while!
great flight experience Manchester Aviation
Thanks for watching 😀
@@ManchesterAviation stay safe friend
Thank you, you too!
That vegetarian meal looked very good ,btw.! I am watching this video ,again ! Indeed for the 5th time ! Lol.😋👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤✈🎶🎄🎁💞
It was very nice actually! I assume you aren't busy then 😂
@@ManchesterAviation Lol. I am busy doing many things in my life ,but I love watching travelling vlogs & airplanes & trains ,even buses !!! LOLLOLLOL I often watch those videos w/ mom together instead of movies !! We do watch movies together ,too !! But,more plane videos ,far far more !!! Lol 😆
I've always wondered how it would be for someone from Britain who comes to the US for the first time (especially California), and what he or she thinks of the topography and the people---especially when landing.
I will let you know on Monday if I remember. First time for me in America, landing in LA
they must think god its lovely
@@jamesdonaldson3272 How was your vacation or trip?
Great video! I flew on this same exact flight 6 years ago, and one issue I have (and based on your video they haven’t done anything about it) is that they still give water cups. I’ve flown on the SFO-LHR and vice versa route as well, and they provide water bottles instead, and sometimes ice cream (before covid, i don’t know if they still do it now). It’s something minor but it’s nice to have some water in a bottle instead in a cup. Liked and subscribed! Stay safe!
Thanks! I suppose you're right, perhaps a cost-saving measure?
@@ManchesterAviation Yeah, maybe. Hopefully they improve their product in World Traveller in the near future.
Ive flown this route around 8 times. The first few times i flew it was always on the 747 but i have to say i prefer the A380.
are there a lot of turbulences?
@@vincebilotti8301 theres always some over the Atlantic because of the jet streams. But those big planes handle it really well so you dont feel it as bad. I only remember one time flying back from LA to London where we hit bad turbulence over the Atlantic. Other than that its just normal bumps here and there.
@@danandrews8102 thanks for your answer, I tend to get really panicked when there are turbulences, I am not looking forward to that flight, its my first time soon.
May I ask how long it took to transfer from planes? We have a 1h45m layover and I'm wondering if that's going to be enough. Layover is in the same terminal btw
It didn't take long at all, 1h 45m is easily enough but we didn't go landside during the connection.
@@ManchesterAviation thanks for the reply! Great vid 😊
Thank you 😀
Hi, thanks for this pal. I’ve actually booked the very same seat for a flight to SF later in the year. Was the seat decent enough? Cheers
Thanks for watching! I had absolutely no complaints about the seat. However, I'd try to get a seat on the upper deck if possible but only because the views of the wing are better up there 😁
@@ManchesterAviation Lol. And how about those side compartments !? I bet they come handy !!? 😏 👍💜🥁🐉🎤✈💞
@@spark_6710 They do!
@@ManchesterAviation 👍👍
2:25 Landor in the reflection
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I love this model. Too bad that some airlines have quit flying on the aircraft.
You're right, it's too soon but I suppose they have little choice!
I know !! I agree 👍 Some retired 'em already as for the covid I think !! They've lost too much money !! BA is phasing out their upstair economy seats on A380 !! Bummer !! 💜🥁🐉🎤✈🎶🎄🎁💞
@@ManchesterAviation Right.Bummer !! 💜🥁🐉🎤✈💞
18:05 what? The same main course?! 😂😂
So hope thse aircrafts with BA will be back in the skies where they belong. Also it's not the same from Heathrow to Los Angeles on a 4 engined plane. I flew back from LAX to Heathrow in 2015 on A380 and last flew into LAX with BA A380. Ironically it was with this registered plane G-XLEF
Me too! We can only hope...
@@ManchesterAviation BA said that A380 is still valued as part of their fleet
That's great to hear!
11:20 graze? Is it good? ❤️❤️
Are the A380s ever going to return to SFO
Aspire lounges are very often full. They are overbooked by airlines.
You're right! Certainly not as relaxing as I had imagined when I first went in a lounge!
I had to wait more than a decade to get my US Visa sorted out....so to wait that long and then fly the one aircraft I HAD to be on was mind blowing!! OK - the BA service wasn't the best and there were a fair number of problems on the plane itself...toilets not re-supplied, entertainment systems not working in certain areas including mine....but on economy you have to expect it really. All in all I loved the experience on the A380 and REALLY hope she's still doing the Heathrow to LA route. British Airways SUCK though in general. My domestic flight to LHR was cancelled with NO notice ending up in a crazy high speed trip from LBA to LHR at very illegal speeds. BA took my money, no refund. TOSSERS.
Wait..
Did u get earphone so u could watch da movies and stuff
We certainly did!
Why did you have sunset twice?
Because we flew to a time zone that was behind the UK 😁
6:11 I thought BA retired their 747s during Covid
This was filmed just before it all kicked off!
Did you go to the British Airways lounge?
Sadly not, this was the Aspire Lounge!
@@ManchesterAviation I thought so
because you use low cost airlines.
I would never fly with Ryanair.
I prefer British Airlines, Lufthansa (with its subsidaries)
I‘m planning to Dublin with Aer Lingus.
I‘ve got 16000 frequent flyer points with BA
and flew 3 times on Business Class (Europe) with them.
Before I fly with Ryanair I‘d save the money and book a flight with the national airlines.
That's fair enough but I just booked a flight to Lanzarote for £5 with Ryanair 😁
@@ManchesterAviation
Ryanair has got the worst terms and condition in connection with hand luggage.
A friend of mine changed to easy jet because they‘ve got better terms and condition in connection with hand luggage.
There was an incident wirh Ryanair 10 years ago. (The company wanted to save money)
Amd to be honest Ryanair use airports who are far away
Reasons to avoid them.
same meal again because you choose it macaroni and cheese again - you also mentioned just over los angeles then the captain said we are at 39,000 feet so i think you have many comments wrong if that was the case the view out of your window would be way different
There was no choice for the vegetarian option and I tend to change the audio to some of the clips to make this video a bit more interesting.
Flybe 😭
They'll be back soon...
where are all the facemasks?
In January?
I do have to ask where are everybody face masks
In February?
This was filmed before the lockdown, check the date.