BA Future CW seat
Oct 28, 2018, 8:19 am
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BA Future CW seat
As many of you on this forum have already flown in business class and tried different kind of hard products on many airlines competing with BA.
I wonder, which hard product design, do you think that BA should adapt in their future CW seat design?
I wonder, which hard product design, do you think that BA should adapt in their future CW seat design?
Oct 28, 2018, 8:36 am
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Hi,
There is a long debate going on in this thread;
New Club World (Genuinely something new)
Regards
TBS
PS I have alerted the moderators to consider merging these threads.
There is a long debate going on in this thread;
New Club World (Genuinely something new)
Regards
TBS
PS I have alerted the moderators to consider merging these threads.
Last edited by The _Banking_Scot; Oct 28, 2018 at 8:55 am
Oct 28, 2018, 9:26 am
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Oct 28, 2018, 9:58 am
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The seat has already been decided upon - that was basically intimated in the various capital markets presentations.
The only thing we really know is that apparently all seats will have aisle access.
As to BA caring what any of us think ...
The only thing we really know is that apparently all seats will have aisle access.
As to BA caring what any of us think ...
Oct 28, 2018, 10:08 am
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Do you think it is going to be an upgraded version of the current seat or a complete different design and features?
Oct 28, 2018, 10:41 am
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Decisions already made as stated above. This really has to be a totally new set-up, not just some sort of minor upgrade.
The clear requirement for proper storage (anything more than the current offering would be an improvement on that aspect !) at all seats, and some measure of privacy were apparently deemed must-haves in the design phase, along with the basic all-aisle access of course.
CEO Alex Cruz is confidently asserting it will be worth the wait, judging from the comments made in a speech* at a business gathering in April of this year : “It really is something else”
Lots of fingers are being crossed ; but as with all significant product changes at BA, time alone will tell ........
* https://www.headforpoints.com/2018/0...t-class-seats/
The clear requirement for proper storage (anything more than the current offering would be an improvement on that aspect !) at all seats, and some measure of privacy were apparently deemed must-haves in the design phase, along with the basic all-aisle access of course.
CEO Alex Cruz is confidently asserting it will be worth the wait, judging from the comments made in a speech* at a business gathering in April of this year : “It really is something else”
Lots of fingers are being crossed ; but as with all significant product changes at BA, time alone will tell ........
* https://www.headforpoints.com/2018/0...t-class-seats/
Oct 28, 2018, 1:10 pm
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Oct 29, 2018, 5:55 am
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Walking through the BA Facility on Friday evening on our way to the simulators, the area that was being used for developing the new CW product is now looking less like Fort Knox.
The doors were wide open, and there seemed to be a few mock up cabins set up in there (obviously only saw the outside of the fuselage)
So if they're still using that area it would seem as though things are pretty well advanced.
The doors were wide open, and there seemed to be a few mock up cabins set up in there (obviously only saw the outside of the fuselage)
So if they're still using that area it would seem as though things are pretty well advanced.