FeuilladeTravel: Airline review: British Airways B767 business class, London to Stockholm

Saying goodbye to a BA workhorse - my review of British Airways B767 business class, London (LHR) to Stockholm (ARN)
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01. Trip report introduction
02. British Airways A319 economy class, Stockholm to London
03. British Airways Galleries Club Lounge, Heathrow Terminal 5
04. British Airways B767 business class, London to Stockholm
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London (LHR) to Stockholm (ARN)

Date: 2018-10-13
Flight number: BA780
Aircraft: Boeing B767
Registration: G-BZHB
Age of aircraft: 20 years
Duration of flight: 2:27 (gate to gate)
Seat: 6K

After spending a few hours in the Galleries Lounge, it was time to head to the gate for the flight back to Stockholm. Heathrow Terminal 5 is a lot more spread out than I had expected, and I had to take a train to my gate. And to make matters worse, they didn't reveal the gate until fairly close to boarding, so it was actually kind of stressful to reach the gate in time. I managed to get there just in time to make use of my priority boarding, before general boarding started.

Weird airline Air Belgium, who flew almost empty flights between Charleroi and Hong Kong before realising it was futile...

Heathrow is maybe my favourite airport for plane spotting

Oh, look! TG911 is taking off for Bangkok - a week ago, I was sitting on the upper deck of that flight!

As I stepped onboard, I overheard one of the flight attendants mentioning to another passenger that "this aircraft goes in about five weeks". I knew that the 767:s are decreasing in numbers, but I had no idea that BA were getting rid of them so soon. As a matter of fact, at the time of this blog post, this particular aircraft, G-BZHB, actually made the last ever BA 767 flight only two days ago, when it flew from Heathrow to St Athan for scrapping. "Mraviationguy" shared the event on Youtube.

6K - mine for this flight to ARN!

Coat hooks at every seat

Decent legroom

A small area for glasses between the seats

Not a full cabin on this flight

The cabin was decent, but you could still tell that this plane had seen better days. The seat was comfortable enough though (but the headrest wasn't too good), although I missed individual air nozzles. This cabin was slightly warmer than the A319 that I took earlier. Before pushback, hot towels and menus were distributed.

Safety card had also seen better days...

Admiring the Super Jumbo through a scratchy window...

Let's have a look at the menu!

I think I'll have the slow roasted Wiltshire pork!

Champagne on an intra-European flight!? Don't mind if I do...

Star Alliance get-together...

Alitalia always seem to be on the verge of bankruptcy, but one plane had made it's way to Heathrow this day...

We had a departure from runway 27R, and shortly after take-off we made a gnarly turn to the right before heading northeast towards Scandinavia.

27R departure...

Moments before take-off

Up, up and away!

Whoa! This was a gnarly turn...

Downtown London somewhere in the haze

Seat 6K wasn't the best seat for engine views... not that you can take notes for future reference, as this aircraft has been scrapped for parts now :(

I could probably identify this little town in the dark now... from the other direction this time, I give you Felixstowe!

And Ipswich, further inland

Former RAF station Woodbridge, Suffolk

The meal service started about 20 minutes after take-off. I did indeed go for the slow roasted pork, and a good decision it was. It was hands down one of the best meals I've ever had on a plane. To top it off, the banoffee cream was an absolutely delicious dessert. The Castlenau champagne was totally drinkable, and the coffee was actually up there with Austrian Airlines, and that's about as good as it can get! The only letdown was the starter which was a little bland.

Oh my - this was actually one of the best meals I've had in the air!

The star of the show - the slow roasted pork - perfectly paired with braised red cabbage

A bland salad

Brie and Double Gloucester

BA branded cutleries

Cheers!

Cracker, Somerset Brie and quince jelly

Banoffee cream - great way to end a perfect meal - Do&Co certainly knew what they were doing, as catering was top notch on this flight!

On par with Austrian Airlines - which is as good as it gets!

I took my time with the meal, and it didn't feel rushed at all. The FA:s were constantly checking up on me and refilling my water glass and asking if I needed anything else. Overall, service was impeccable on this flight, and I was enjoying myself immensely. When the meal service had finished, there was less than an hour flying time left. Sadly, as I would have happily spent a couple of hours more in my seat. The weather was decent throughout the flight, and it was fun to be able to spot quite a few cities from way up in the air.

The city of Aalborg, Jutland

Nothing fancy, but now all the BA 767:s are gone, so I guess this picture is needed for historic purposes, right?

Some toiletries in this business class lavatory

One more, for historic purposes...

Back at my seat

Looking towards the front of the cabin

We passed over the city of Uppsala before making a turn to land on runway 19L, eight minutes ahead of schedule. This had been a great flight, and a great trip. I'm a little sad to see the 767:s go, but I guess it makes perfect sense. It means it will be harder to fly twin aisle aircraft from ARN from now on, though. With the BA 767:s gone, I think Turkish is the only airline to operate twin aisles on intra-European flights from Arlanda, as one of their daily flights is an A330. (An idea for a future day trip, perhaps..?)