The 787-8 Dreamliner currently operates on BA's long haul routes from London Heathrow to Boston, Bahrain, Chicago O'Hare, Dubai, Houston, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Mumbai, Philadelphia, and Toronto Pearson. It is not uncommon for this type to operate on an ad-hoc basis on Heathrow short-haul routes to Athens, Istanbul, Paris Charles de Gaulle, and Stockholm Arlanda.

BA's 787-8 aircraft will receive refurbished cabins during the course of 2023/24 with the first refitted aircraft expected to operate on the Baltimore and Montreal routes from October 2023

The larger 787-9 plies London Heathrow routes to/from Atlanta, Bangkok, Boston, Dallas Forth Worth, Houston, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Tel Aviv, Tokyo Haneda, Toronto Pearson, and Washington Dulles.

The new four class 787-10, equipped with the latest Club World cabin featuring Club World Suites currently operates between London Heathrow and Atlanta, Dallas Fort Worth, and Seattle