May 17, 2019, 5:06 am
Last edit by: Scotflyer80
Best seats on A350 guide: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...on-thread.html
Future route speculation: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...my-flight.html
Background discussion on the Club Suites (historical): https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...on-thread.html
Madrid training flights - meetup thread (historical): https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ps-thread.html
British Airways has revealed the configuration for its Airbus A350-1000 (56J 56W 219Y):
First A350 flights have also been revealed:
More pics and details at https://www.ausbt.com.au/british-air...ess-class-seat
Flights planned to be operated by a A350
Summer 2021 (Updated: 9th February 2021)
Austin - Daily
Buenos Aires via São Paulo - Daily
Denver - Daily
Dubai - 3 x Weekly (Tuesday to Thursday)
Las Vegas - Daily
Newark - 2 x Weekly (Monday/Sunday)
Vancouver - Daily
Winter 2021 (Updated: 9th February 2021)
Bangalore - Daily
Boston - 9 x Weekly
BA213/212 - Daily
BA215/214 - 2 x Weekly (Mon/Sun)
Chicago - 2 x Daily
Mumbai - Daily (BA139/138)
San Diego - Daily
Tel Aviv - Daily (BA163/162)
Washington - 3 x Weekly (BA293/292 Tuesday to Thursday)
Vancouver - Daily
Future route speculation: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...my-flight.html
Background discussion on the Club Suites (historical): https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...on-thread.html
Madrid training flights - meetup thread (historical): https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ps-thread.html
British Airways has revealed the configuration for its Airbus A350-1000 (56J 56W 219Y):
- 56 business class featuring all-new Club Suites
- 56 premium economy
- 219 economy
- (BA maintains that no A350s will have first class)
- 10x Weekly flights.
- Daily on BA464/465
- 3x Weekly (Thurs, Sat, Sun) on BA456/457
- No end date yet.
- See for more details: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ps-thread.html
- A Couple of days are NO OP due to training and other requirements.
First A350 flights have also been revealed:
- 02 to 06 Sep, 09 to 30 Sep, and from 08 Oct 2019 daily to Dubai (DXB) - BA107/106
- from 01 Oct 2019, daily to Toronto (YYZ) - BA92/93
- from 01 Dec 2019, daily to Tel Aviv (TLV) - BA163/162
- from 01 Jan 2020, daily to Bangalore (BLR) - BA119/118
- from 01 Mar 2020, double daily to Dubai (DXB) - BA107/106 & BA105/104
More pics and details at https://www.ausbt.com.au/british-air...ess-class-seat
Flights planned to be operated by a A350
Summer 2021 (Updated: 9th February 2021)
Austin - Daily
Buenos Aires via São Paulo - Daily
Denver - Daily
Dubai - 3 x Weekly (Tuesday to Thursday)
Las Vegas - Daily
Newark - 2 x Weekly (Monday/Sunday)
Vancouver - Daily
Winter 2021 (Updated: 9th February 2021)
Bangalore - Daily
Boston - 9 x Weekly
BA213/212 - Daily
BA215/214 - 2 x Weekly (Mon/Sun)
Chicago - 2 x Daily
Mumbai - Daily (BA139/138)
San Diego - Daily
Tel Aviv - Daily (BA163/162)
Washington - 3 x Weekly (BA293/292 Tuesday to Thursday)
Vancouver - Daily
Flying BA’s Airbus A350: deliveries, routes, reviews and more
Jun 20, 2019, 4:23 am
#166
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No more information, if there were it would be here.If I were you I would book the one on a wide body, it is the best chance get an equipment change to A350 if the flight familiarisation happens to coincide with your dates.
Jun 20, 2019, 4:25 am
#167
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Just conflicting information out out there which is the issue...
Jun 20, 2019, 11:24 am
#168
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Great to hear that from you. But conflicting information for me. I heard it’s going on a A321 flight capped to those loads so to avoid problems if it goes tech. And the 777 flight goes unaffected with all the cargo?
Just conflicting information out out there which is the issue...
Just conflicting information out out there which is the issue...
rb211.
Jun 20, 2019, 1:27 pm
#169
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Jun 20, 2019, 4:10 pm
#170
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BA A350 arriving in 2 weeks... confirmed by BA Head of Customer Experience and Head of Value customers at BA event this evening. Not yet known when training flights will be scheduled in. One FO has his A350 rating and got his first flight in September.
Last edited by KeaneJohn; Jun 20, 2019 at 5:49 pm
Jun 21, 2019, 9:20 am
#171
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 725
2 weeks? I'm sorry but I can't see that happening. XWBA still hasn't had its first flight and the A350s are currently spending 3-4 weeks between first flight and delivery. There is the occasional frame that spends less than three weeks in the flight testing phase but then there's the occasional plane that spends 50+ days there as well.
Jun 21, 2019, 1:05 pm
#177
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: BA Gold, VS Gold, IHG Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hertz Presidents Circle.
Posts: 1,447
DFW via YYZ
I'm currently in dilemma on a good opportunity to potentially get into Club on YYZ routing in late Oct.
Have to travel to Dallas for work and looking at a slightly less conventional route out of MAN-LHR-YYZ-DFW. It works quite well landing at YYZ at 1545 with the AA flight to DFW leaving at something like 1830.
The downside is the 3hr20 flight from YYZ to DFW on an AA737, then there's double immigration though I do have Global Entry for US.
Never flown to US via Canada so don't want to get caught out by some unknown quantity, on the face of it the draw of A350 and new Club Suite is winning the argument.
Return would be more conventional routing only as far as LHR, probably DFW - Ord then the AA787 day flight to LHR.
Have to travel to Dallas for work and looking at a slightly less conventional route out of MAN-LHR-YYZ-DFW. It works quite well landing at YYZ at 1545 with the AA flight to DFW leaving at something like 1830.
The downside is the 3hr20 flight from YYZ to DFW on an AA737, then there's double immigration though I do have Global Entry for US.
Never flown to US via Canada so don't want to get caught out by some unknown quantity, on the face of it the draw of A350 and new Club Suite is winning the argument.
Return would be more conventional routing only as far as LHR, probably DFW - Ord then the AA787 day flight to LHR.
Jun 23, 2019, 8:03 am
#179
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 373
In terms of planning logistics, I assume flight and cabin crews get their schedules 4+ weeks in advance. Shouldn't the crews already be notified if the A350 is going to be in service in August? Maybe safe to assume September is the earliest we will see the A350 on Euro flights.
Jun 23, 2019, 8:05 am
#180
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Location: London, UK
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Posts: 1,020
In terms of planning logistics, I assume flight and cabin crews get their schedules 4+ weeks in advance. Shouldn't the crews already be notified if the A350 is going to be in service in August? Maybe safe to assume September is the earliest we will see the A350 on Euro flights.
The cabin crew will have their schedules. It’ll just be showing as A321 to MAD. Aircraft type and frame can swap. They will still be off to MAD. Will have no bearing on when they start.
Edit: In summary I think it won’t have too much impact. I’m still hoping for end of August.