Latest flying club mailing states that G-VAST will join G-VXLG with the new seats on 3rd September, used on the New York, Washington, LA and San Fran routes.
When I was last in LHR Clubhouse I had a long chat with one hostess who told me that Richard had been in earlier in the day and was annoyed because he'd seen BAs ads everywhere about the flat beds in Club, and that they'd had 'problems' fitting their own and had fallen well behind schedule. Makes sense given that many cabins have been upgraded with the ommission of seats- this sort of stuff is only done on major maintenance interval so if you miss one you wait ages for the next...
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