New Club World (Genuinely something new)
Oct 1, 2018, 6:40 am
#646
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,254
Agree that AY's A350 layout is relatively poor and somewhat uncomfortable if you're tall - if BA took all this to come up with that as the eventual conclusion that would be utterly pathetic.
Oct 1, 2018, 6:53 am
#647
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: in a cabin
Posts: 6,522
Oct 1, 2018, 7:24 am
#649
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LHR
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 339
I much prefer CX's business seat to QR's. Cathay have that wrap-around at head level, meaning you get much more privacy. On QR, if you swivel your head you can see the entire cabin. On Cathay you have the perception of being in your own cocoon, even though all it is is a bit of plastic above and to the side of you that keeps you away from the dormitory feel.
Still, massive improvement over the current layout.
Still, massive improvement over the current layout.
Oct 1, 2018, 7:35 am
#650
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London(ish)
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 569
Whilst this upgrade is more than welcome, the introduction it is at least 5 years too late. Probably 10.
By the time they introduce this next year, how long do we estimate it will take to be fitted on all aircraft? 10 years?
Meaning BA will have aircraft with the current CW seat, a design that would be nearly 30 years old. Shocking really.
By the time they introduce this next year, how long do we estimate it will take to be fitted on all aircraft? 10 years?
Meaning BA will have aircraft with the current CW seat, a design that would be nearly 30 years old. Shocking really.
Oct 1, 2018, 7:42 am
#651
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, A3 *Gold
Posts: 887
I much prefer CX's business seat to QR's. Cathay have that wrap-around at head level, meaning you get much more privacy. On QR, if you swivel your head you can see the entire cabin. On Cathay you have the perception of being in your own cocoon, even though all it is is a bit of plastic above and to the side of you that keeps you away from the dormitory feel.
Still, massive improvement over the current layout.
Still, massive improvement over the current layout.
Oct 1, 2018, 8:00 am
#652
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,399
Whilst this upgrade is more than welcome, the introduction it is at least 5 years too late. Probably 10.
By the time they introduce this next year, how long do we estimate it will take to be fitted on all aircraft? 10 years?
Meaning BA will have aircraft with the current CW seat, a design that would be nearly 30 years old. Shocking really.
By the time they introduce this next year, how long do we estimate it will take to be fitted on all aircraft? 10 years?
Meaning BA will have aircraft with the current CW seat, a design that would be nearly 30 years old. Shocking really.
The new revamped CW catering (obviously a much, much less complex process) has taken over one year so far - and is I think (?) still not fully rolled out across the entire network.
Oct 1, 2018, 8:07 am
#653
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,262
I would guess that it won't be retro fitted on any aircraft earmarked for retirement in the few years?
Oct 1, 2018, 8:14 am
#654
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,399
Oct 1, 2018, 8:31 am
#655
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,797
Whilst this upgrade is more than welcome, the introduction it is at least 5 years too late. Probably 10.
By the time they introduce this next year, how long do we estimate it will take to be fitted on all aircraft? 10 years?
Meaning BA will have aircraft with the current CW seat, a design that would be nearly 30 years old. Shocking really.
By the time they introduce this next year, how long do we estimate it will take to be fitted on all aircraft? 10 years?
Meaning BA will have aircraft with the current CW seat, a design that would be nearly 30 years old. Shocking really.
Oct 1, 2018, 8:44 am
#656
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,262
Oct 1, 2018, 9:54 am
#657
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Surrey
Programs: BAEC - Gold
Posts: 885
The super diamond does look a touch like the “sofa” concept that was floating around a while ago. That looked very clever indeed.
Oct 1, 2018, 10:30 am
#658
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: BA Blue, EI Silver, Honours Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,209
I thought that BA had chosen a variant of the Q-Suite. To me, the Q-Suite seems like a relative of the current CW seat, a bigger better version, of course. QR have numbered their seats such that everyone refers to it as 1-2-1, but its conceptually little different from CW other than all-aisle access.
I hope that BA can retrofit the new cabins relatively quickly. I would guess that the 77Ws will be the first to be refitted, to match the new deliveries due in 2019 and maybe the non-ER 777s be used as cover to quicken the pace of refits. The less urgent A380 and 788/9 would follow.
I hope that BA can retrofit the new cabins relatively quickly. I would guess that the 77Ws will be the first to be refitted, to match the new deliveries due in 2019 and maybe the non-ER 777s be used as cover to quicken the pace of refits. The less urgent A380 and 788/9 would follow.
Oct 1, 2018, 1:20 pm
#659
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: HPN
Posts: 352
And we’ll have years of “Will my flight have New CW?” or “my flight had Old CW, how much Avios should I ask for?” threads to look forward to!
Oct 1, 2018, 1:30 pm
#660
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,399
Déjà vu all over again ...... ?
