alexbthomson,
I haven't got the Winter 11 aircraft schedule as yet let alone the Winter 2012!, but it's normally an Airbus A320-200 on the LGW-AYT-LGW. It won't be a testing route as the 787 will be put in to long haul service commening November 2012, assuming there are no further deals. The first is expected in June 2012 and will be used on medium haul sectors such as Canaries to begin with for crew familarity, but all that is yet to be decided.
alexbthomson wrote:
boeing are really getting on my nerves with these delays
Not as much as the airlines that have been expecting them for over 3 years! It's also costing Boeing a fortune in compensation packages, for example Thomson Airways are getting $45 million, aircraft maintenance (c-checks), refurbishments, winglets and the possibility of a couple of replacement 767's to cover the ones with persistant technical issues, if they can be sourced.
Darren