Every. Single. Route. (72 Routes Completed!)

Yacht · February 21, 2019, 10:18am

Hello IFC! I am a very frequent flier for BAVA, and have recently decided to embark on the mission of flying every single BA route that BAVA offers. Here are the specifics:

I am not flying:

Codeshares that BAVA may have
Both ways, e.g. I will only be flying EGLL-KSJC, not KSJC-EGLL
To a British airport, all flights will depart from a British airport

I am flying:

All BAVA routes out of British airports that meet the specifics above
This DOES include BAVA Subsidiaries like Comair, BACityflyer and OpenSkies
At minimum, at a frequency of every other day
For long hauls, since I live in the Eastern US, late at night for you Europeans and early in the morning for those who live in Asia and Australia

So far, I have flown 68 of the total 309 routes.

I am currently focusing on the massive 161 flights out of EGLL, and I will be completing these first.

You may ask, what’s the purpose of this thread? Well, whenever I will be planning a new flight, I will announce here, and anyone is welcome to join, considering they are Rank 3, because I always fly on ES. I will be updating the above numbers when applicable, so everyone can track my progress. If you want to request that I fly a specific route, let me know below and I’ll let you know if it’s one I haven’t flown yet! My callsign for these flights will always be BAVA270 (Heavy/Super).

People who have joined me:
@Ben_W
@jackrs5
@Boodz_G
@anon91707592
@James_Harvey
@Adam_Williams
@Max_burrell
@TVANatalie471

NEXT FLIGHT: BA207

EGLL-KSJC

AIRCRAFT: 787-9

DEPARTURE DATE: 1/19/19

DEPARTURE TIME: 0100z

ESTIMATED FLIGHT TIME (hours.minutes): 10.40

CURRENT FLIGHT TRACKER: If there is a LiveFlight link below, I am in the air and you are welcome to track me.

Latvia · December 7, 2018, 6:20pm

All I can say is, Cool!

The_Geniusman · December 7, 2018, 6:21pm

Good luck! BA has a lot of routes!

BigBert10 · December 7, 2018, 6:23pm

YAY! You mentioned KSJC! :D

Have fun with your routes and make sure to land Runway 30L/12R at KSJC when you fly into the airport.

Yacht · December 7, 2018, 6:24pm

I’ll let you know when I plan to fly it! It will be relatively soon, as I am trying to finish off North American long hauls!

BritishAirwaysVA · December 7, 2018, 8:01pm

What a great Idea! Love the enthusiasm trying to fly all our routes! We’ll see if we can make your final flight a big one, and get some of our other members involved! Can’t wait to hear about your progress!
-AW

Yacht · December 7, 2018, 8:03pm

Thanks!

Flight to Almeria departs in an hour!

Q-ENAN · December 7, 2018, 8:10pm

Wierd flex but okay

Nathan · December 7, 2018, 8:17pm

This is very cool. It’s almost like doing your very own career mode but you don’t follow the pilot ranking/seniority hierarchy.

I am doing something similar (almost). Instead of British Airways, I’m using Delta Air Lines (I’m not part of the VA though). Basically, I start as a CRJ-200 pilot at a certain DAL hub and do realistic routes from said hub; these routes are usually randomized for me.

I keep a log of all the flights, routes, and flight times. I’ve started since August 2018 and have slowly been building my hours. I am still very far away from getting to the CR7/9/E175 type rating but I am getting there!

Flight Log

It’s a lot of fun to do this. Brings a whole different aspect to flying in Infinite Flight. Plus, you get to visit new destinations as everything is randomized (type rating dependent, of course). PM me if you want to learn more about this and get a link to the doc!

I was actually thinking of starting a British Airways career mode as well since we have a pretty large fleet of them in Infinite Flight. Just have to get the document ready.

Thanks for sharing and good luck with your journeys! :)

MarkJudge01 · December 7, 2018, 8:17pm

That’s a cool idea I might try something but with a smaller airline

Takeoff_Aviation · December 7, 2018, 8:19pm

Good luck! I might join you for one of the routes as I’m part of BAVA as well 😉

Yacht · December 7, 2018, 8:20pm

Wow! Your journey is definitely a lot more structured than mine, as I am picking routes mostly based on region and flying them for hours in my VA. I think it’s really cool that you’re simulating an actual career at Delta. I am seeking to visit the wide variety of destinations that BAVA has to offer. So, I would say that mine is less of a career mode vs. a structured exploration of the world.

Nathan · December 7, 2018, 8:24pm

That’s still good nonetheless. Allows you to explore the unchartered territories of the world. I like doing non-cliché flights often to change things up. Seeing new airports and scenery is a lot of fun. This career mode enables me to do all of this! :)

DipperDolphin · December 7, 2018, 8:26pm

This is an awesome idea! Wish you luck!

Yacht · December 7, 2018, 8:58pm

Flight to LEAM departing now!

Yacht · December 8, 2018, 7:46pm

Due to unforeseen circumstances, my next flight to EKBI (Billund) will now be departing at 2000z.

Yacht · December 8, 2018, 7:46pm

Departing to EKBI in 15 min!

jackrs5 · December 8, 2018, 7:53pm

How long of a flight is it?

Yacht · December 8, 2018, 7:54pm

NEXT FLIGHT: BA804

EGLL-EKBI

AIRCRAFT: a320

DEPARTURE DATE: 12/8/18

DEPARTURE TIME: 2000z

ESTIMATED FLIGHT TIME (hours.minutes): 01.10

jackrs5 · December 8, 2018, 7:55pm

Oh sorry duh… just found that at the top. I’ll be right there