British Airways fleet
The British Airways fleet combines Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and wide-body aircraft with Embraer 190 regional jets operated by BA CityFlyer. British Airways uses different sub-fleets for its Heathrow long-haul and short-haul networks, BA Euroflyer's Gatwick operation and BA CityFlyer's London City services. Fleet totals differ between sources according to whether subsidiaries, parked aircraft and aircraft awaiting delivery are included.[1][2]
Scope and data method
British Airways' own fleet page lists aircraft operated by the airline and its subsidiaries while excluding franchises. The live count below follows the Planespotters.net British Airways grouping, which includes BA CityFlyer and BA Euroflyer, and distinguishes aircraft recorded as in service from those recorded as parked. It is a snapshot accessed on 29 August 2026, not a permanent inventory.[1][2]
The British Airways media centre separately described the airline as operating about 280 aircraft in 2026. That figure is useful as an official scale indicator but is not combined arithmetically with the live database because its subsidiary and parked-aircraft scope is not stated in the same way.[3]
Current fleet
| Aircraft type | In service | Parked | Assigned total | Principal role |
| Airbus A319-100 | 21 | 0 | 21 | Short-haul mainline and Gatwick services |
| Airbus A320-200 | 58 | 2 | 60 | Short-haul mainline and Gatwick services |
| Airbus A320neo | 36 | 0 | 36 | Short-haul fleet renewal and growth |
| Airbus A321-200 | 11 | 0 | 11 | Higher-capacity Gatwick short-haul services |
| Airbus A321neo | 20 | 0 | 20 | Higher-capacity short-haul services |
| Airbus A350-1000 | 16 | 2 | 18 | Long-haul twin-engine services |
| Airbus A380-800 | 10 | 2 | 12 | High-capacity long-haul services |
| Boeing 777-200ER | 42 | 1 | 43 | Long-haul services |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 16 | 0 | 16 | Higher-capacity long-haul services |
| Boeing 787-8 | 11 | 1 | 12 | Long-haul services |
| Boeing 787-9 | 18 | 0 | 18 | Long-haul services |
| Boeing 787-10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Higher-capacity long-haul services |
| Embraer 190 | 20 | 0 | 20 | BA CityFlyer services from London City |
| Total | 291 | 8 | 299 | — |
Counts and service status in this table are from the database snapshot current when accessed. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's June 2026 Heathrow material independently records British Airways totals of 18 A350-1000s, 12 A380s, 12 787-8s, 18 787-9s and 12 787-10s, providing a regulator-source cross-check for the principal modern wide-body fleets.[2][4]
Narrow-body fleet
Airbus A320 family
The A319, A320 and A321 form the short-haul core. The fleet contains both current-engine-option A320/A321 aircraft and A320neo/A321neo aircraft. British Airways' official fleet material lists all five sub-types, while its 2026 factsheet says that seven A320neos and five A321neos were delivered during 2025.[1][3]
The older A319s, A320ceos and A321ceos are progressively being supplemented or replaced by neo aircraft. British Airways reported retiring four A319s and four A320ceos during 2025. New A320neo-family deliveries introduced revised short-haul seats, larger overhead bins and USB charging.[5][3]
BA Euroflyer operates British Airways-branded services from Gatwick using A320-family aircraft. Aircraft may move between operating certificates or be temporarily parked, which is one reason current registration-level records should be checked before treating a sub-fleet allocation as fixed.[2]
Embraer 190
BA CityFlyer, a wholly owned subsidiary, operates the Embraer 190 from London City Airport on domestic and European routes. British Airways stated in December 2025 that BA CityFlyer operated 20 E190s; the current database snapshot records the same total.[6][7][2]
Wide-body fleet
Airbus A350-1000
British Airways operates only the -1000 member of the A350 family. The 18-aircraft assigned fleet is used on long-haul routes and was delivered with the airline's Club Suite business-class product. IAG exercised options for six additional A350-1000s for British Airways during 2025.[4][8]
Airbus A380
All 12 A380-800s remain assigned to the fleet, although the number available for service changes with maintenance and cabin work. British Airways has announced an A380 refurbishment that includes a new First suite, with the first refurbished aircraft expected to enter service from 2026.[1][3][2]
Boeing 777
The 777 fleet comprises 43 777-200ERs and 16 777-300ERs. The type remains a large part of the Heathrow long-haul operation. IAG's 2025 year-end fleet table records 59 777s in service with Group companies, matching the British Airways assigned total, and 24 future 777-9 deliveries; the annual report identifies the 777-9 aircraft as British Airways fleet renewal.[8][2]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
British Airways operates all three passenger 787 variants: 12 787-8s, 18 787-9s and 12 787-10s. The CAA reported that six further 787-10s were expected by the end of 2026. IAG also ordered 32 additional 787-10s for British Airways in 2025 for delivery between 2028 and 2033.[4][8]
Orders and fleet renewal
IAG's 2025 annual report records 13 new aircraft delivered to British Airways during the year: one 787-10, seven A320neos and five A321neos. It also records the exercise of options for six A350-1000s and six 777-9s for British Airways, plus the order for 32 more 787-10s.[8][3]
IAG had separate future commitments for Boeing 737-8-200 and 737-10 aircraft at 31 December 2025. The public Group fleet table does not allocate those aircraft to British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus or LEVEL, so this page does not present them as British Airways orders.[8]
Registrations and individual aircraft
Most mainline and subsidiary aircraft carry UK registrations beginning G-. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's G-INFO register is the authoritative public source for registration, registered owner, aircraft type and serial-number fields for UK-registered airframes. Registration does not by itself prove current operational use; the live fleet database is used here to distinguish assigned, in-service and parked aircraft.[9][2]
A full registration-level inventory changes too frequently to embed as an undated prose list. Individual aviation.wiki aircraft entities should link back to the relevant aircraft-family entity and operator relationship when the schema supports registration entities; the current schema does not yet provide a dedicated registration or airframe type.
Cabins and configuration
Seat counts vary within several sub-fleets because of cabin-generation, route and refurbishment differences. British Airways publishes current seat maps by aircraft type. New-build long-haul aircraft are delivered with Club Suite, while retrofits continue across parts of the 777 and 787 fleets. The A380 refurbishment introduces a different cabin plan again, so configuration should be stated at individual-aircraft or documented sub-fleet level rather than assumed from the type alone.[1][3]
Historic fleet context
British Airways and its predecessors operated many types no longer in the current fleet, including Concorde, the Boeing 737, 747, 757 and 767, Lockheed TriStar and McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The last 31 Boeing 747-400s were withdrawn from commercial service in 2020 after the COVID-19 downturn accelerated their retirement.[10]
Historic type totals and individual airframe histories belong in the separate British Airways fleet history and type-specific fleet pages, where dates, registrations and preservation outcomes can be sourced without mixing them into the current fleet snapshot.
Related pages
Sources
Fleet facts — British Airways
British Airways fleet details and history — Planespotters.net
IAG Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — International Airlines Group
CAP 3214: Heathrow night flights analysis, June 2026 — UK Civil Aviation Authority
G-INFO aircraft register — UK Civil Aviation Authority