BA appears to switch 787-9s for more -8s

British Airways appears to have reduced the number of Boeing 787-9s it expects to receive, according to IAG’s latest fleet plan. The fleet plan outlined in IAG’s full-year results shows a total of 18 787-9s for the carrier, 3 fewer than the 21 listed in the half-year schedule. Sixteen of these aircraft have already been delivered. The latest IAG schedule appears to show that the 3 absent 787-9s have been converted to the smaller 787-8. BA has 8 787-8s in service but the outstanding number on order has been raised from 1 to 4. These 4 787-8s, plus the 2 remaining 787-9s and the 12 787-10s on order are all scheduled for delivery between 2017 and 2021. IAG had listed 18 options for 787-9s at the end of 2015 but this had been adjusted to 6 -9s and 12 -8s by mid-2016 before being revised again to 18 -9s in the latest schedule. <br/>