British Airways trims A380 seating and drops two long‑haul routes for 2026
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British Airways operates 12 Airbus A380s, all based at London Heathrow, serving seven or eight long‑haul destinations, with Johannesburg and Miami receiving twice‑daily service, while Washington Dulles and Singapore Changi were removed from the schedule for 2026.
On 5 October 2026 the airline confirmed a fleet‑wide retrofit that reduces total seating from 469 to 417 per aircraft and converts the entire upper deck into a 106‑seat business‑class cabin, and it plans to run the A380 on seven long‑haul routes, scheduling 1,247 flights and 584,843 seats in the first quarter of 2026.