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The A350 is scheduled to operate daily on HND for the summer season. There's no issue with crew rest space; rather, the problem was related to galley space as the decision makers of the day, in their infinite wisdom, selected the same rear galley chosen by IB for their 350... even though IB's are a wee bit smaller.
I think the bigger issue from a BA perspective is the lack of a proper galley at D2. Despite IB having the A359, the total passenger capacity isn’t very different (think IB could be slightly higher depending on layout). The initial IB A350s had the original rear galley but the newer ones have the new galley layout. Airbus developed this as an option in response to requests for options to increase capacity and this option allowed for toilets to be moved to both sides of the galley. IB newer layouts have this option, plus a D2 galley. BA opted not to have a fully D2 galley.