British Airways has ended operation of the Boeing 767

British Airways is operating its final Boeing 767 passenger flights on 25 november it retires the type after almost three decades of service .

The final services are being operated by G-BZHA, which departed London Heathrow at 12:20 today on BA662 to Larnaca, Cyprus (pictured). It is due to return to London on the BA663 tonight around 22:40.

BA was the launch customer for the Rolls-Royce RB211-powered version of Boeing’s widebody twin. This proved a relatively unpopular powerplant option, with just 31 delivered - 28 to BA and three to China’s Yunnan Airlines.

The 767 was selected by BA in 1987 over Airbus’s pitch - the A300-600R. BA said at the time of selection that, before deciding on the Boeing, it had “conducted a most careful study of the closely comparable Airbus A300”, but that the final decision was based upon the 767's commonalities with the 757 (eg common type rating), and the availability of the RB211 on the Boeing.

The first -300ER arrived in February 1990, and the twinjet has proved very agile throughout its 28 years, operating across its short-haul network as well as further afield to destinations in North America, the Caribbean, and Africa and the Middle East.

The type has been replaced on short-haul services by Airbus single-aisles, while the 787 has taken over some if its longer-haul routes .

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