Mar 18, 2019, 4:12 am
Last edit by: JAXBA
For the discussion on if/when the new seat will be on (insert flight/route here), please see the companion thread here: British Airways Club Suite 2019 - (When) Will I get the new seat on my flight?
On 18 March 2019, British Airways announced its new Club World seat:
Images: British Airways
BRITISH AIRWAYS WELCOMES ITS NEW A350 AIRCRAFT AND UNVEILS ITS NEW BUSINESS CLASS 'CLUB SUITE'.
360 degree view of cabin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=dYJgVnHyDqA
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=vQ9XUNnvkvg
http://mediacentre.britishairways.co...details/109862
http://mediacentre.britishairways.co...details/109870
On 18 March 2019, British Airways announced its new Club World seat:
Images: British Airways
BRITISH AIRWAYS WELCOMES ITS NEW A350 AIRCRAFT AND UNVEILS ITS NEW BUSINESS CLASS 'CLUB SUITE'.
360 degree view of cabin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=dYJgVnHyDqA
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=vQ9XUNnvkvg
http://mediacentre.britishairways.co...details/109862
http://mediacentre.britishairways.co...details/109870
New CW ‘Club Suite’ Discussion Thread
Mar 21, 2019, 4:13 am
#362
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I think the new seat looks great. Tbh I've been actively avoiding BA club for years if I can. I'll fly other OW carriers just to avoid the current J seat..even if the flight times arn't that good. With this new seat...it will definitely bring me back to flying more with BA again..(when the seat is actually installed) which is a good thing. I wonder how many people are thinking the same thing...or will it not mean much to most folk out of FT??
Mar 21, 2019, 4:23 am
#363
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Mar 21, 2019, 5:02 am
#364
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Mar 21, 2019, 5:24 am
#365
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Mar 21, 2019, 5:25 am
#366
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I always thought the best thing about a door is you can open or close it. Quite remarkable really!
In this case you wouldn’t know there was a door on the suite as it slides away into the shell of suite. So you can pretty much pretend there isn’t a door and therefore alleviate any chance of worrying about being too enclosed. As another had said the door is almost irrelevant.
I can empathise with people who can feel claustrophobic and therefore maybe this type of seat isn’t for them (and maybe not an aircraft either!). Luckily the current CW will be around for some years to come for those who like the openness.
In this case you wouldn’t know there was a door on the suite as it slides away into the shell of suite. So you can pretty much pretend there isn’t a door and therefore alleviate any chance of worrying about being too enclosed. As another had said the door is almost irrelevant.
I can empathise with people who can feel claustrophobic and therefore maybe this type of seat isn’t for them (and maybe not an aircraft either!). Luckily the current CW will be around for some years to come for those who like the openness.
Mar 21, 2019, 6:10 am
#368
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The supposed dichotomy between current CW's "8-abreast" and the "4-abreast" of the new layout and all of the similar layouts is false, and it always has been. There's always some overlap between one person's feet and some other person's head and body. Current CW does it differently from most others because of the yin-yang arrangement, thus its higher density. But the difference is one of degree, not of distinction; only a completely unthinking person would say that moving from current CW's "2-4-2" to the new "1-2-1" means double the space or half the density (although I acknowledge that there have sometimes been such people posting on FT). Take any similar cabin and draw any horizontal line across the aircraft: it will almost always cross some part of each of 8 seats.
Is this information available ?
Mar 21, 2019, 6:16 am
#369
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Mar 21, 2019, 6:18 am
#370
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Has anyone yet sat in the seat to be able to comment on where the "unbuckled buckle" sits? Is it high enough, in the retracted position, to be above the shoulder? It seems high enough, but I can't really be sure from that photo.
Mar 21, 2019, 6:18 am
#371
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Don't think so yet - until a 777 refurb seatmap is known we can only compare the A350 to other carriers version of that aircraft [with all the attendant like-for-like pitfalls associated with lav and galley positions]. Not that it will stop people trying.
Mar 21, 2019, 6:42 am
#372
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I agree the QR seat really doesn't feel very private at all. I personally prefer a CW window, or the CX/AA seat which to me feels better overall. Hopefully the new BA seat has the advantages of all three.
Mar 21, 2019, 6:56 am
#373
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Yes, I'm aware of that. What I'm getting at is that the "unbuckled buckle" then potentially impinges on the passenger's shoulder/back if they happen to be the wrong size/shape.
Has anyone yet sat in the seat to be able to comment on where the "unbuckled buckle" sits? Is it high enough, in the retracted position, to be above the shoulder? It seems high enough, but I can't really be sure from that photo.
Has anyone yet sat in the seat to be able to comment on where the "unbuckled buckle" sits? Is it high enough, in the retracted position, to be above the shoulder? It seems high enough, but I can't really be sure from that photo.
it looks like it fits into a slight cubbyhole to me so the buckle would be below the seat level.
Mar 21, 2019, 7:05 am
#374
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Moving on, apologies for the lengthy diversion!
Mar 21, 2019, 7:28 am
#375
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ISTR that the AA version has the cowling extend forward near the head to improve this?