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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)
Familiarisation flights to Madrid (starts August 6th):
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

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Old Jun 26, 2019, 2:14 am
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Looking good! No doubt in time dedicated BAEC FT experts will give us the lowdown on best seats/ones with missing windows etc.
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 2:47 am
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OK. So its going to be fun bringing cart up to WT+ from the rear galley with that bottleneck at the front of WT which you can see.. Watch your knees and feet in that aisle economy seat folks!
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 2:54 am
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The Club World cabin looks very bland and sterile - hopefully some ambient lighting will improve the look. And the angle might be very deceptive but there really doesn't look like there's much room for your legs under the TV in bed mode.
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 4:02 am
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Looks like a tricky dog leg between WT and WT+ - May just be an illusion tho’.
Going to be a trek with the cart for WT+ - that will impact on service standards imho.

In support of RB211s post, we see smaller First class cabins on the 787, the removal of First from some 777s and reduction in CW seats on some 777s..
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 4:06 am
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It might just be the perspective of photo, but the WT+ seats look very narrow.
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 4:27 am
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Originally Posted by MaxFlyer
How come this plane doesn’t have the electronic blinds that I’ve seen on other A350s? Is it an optional feature that BA have decided against (based on cost)?
Where have you seen electronic blinds on an A350? I've only seen them on 787s... AY and CA both have the same on their A350s.
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 4:28 am
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Originally Posted by Deltus
Where have you seen electronic blinds on an A350? I've only seen them on 787s... AY and CA both have the same on their A350s.
Qatar for sure on both 900 and 1000 have electronic blinds.

FYI: No 787 have electronic blinds. Just electronically dimmed. The A350 on Qatar are a bit like BA F on A380 or Emirates A380 J.
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 4:33 am
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I think this looks great! The business class does look a bit basic like stated above but that’s been the club world tone for a while now. And I’m sure mood lighting will fix that! The premium is similar to Cathay’s (looks and arrangement wise) and that’s quite comfortable actually. Can’t wait to try this out!
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 5:08 am
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Originally Posted by Deltus
Where have you seen electronic blinds on an A350? I've only seen them on 787s... AY and CA both have the same on their A350s.
Qatar Airways A350-900 and 1000
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by george77300


Qatar for sure on both 900 and 1000 have electronic blinds.

FYI: No 787 have electronic blinds. Just electronically dimmed. The A350 on Qatar are a bit like BA F on A380 or Emirates A380 J.
Ah sorry - I thought that was what we were talking about here, rather than normal shades with a motor on them. I've now found some photos of the QR windows - I'm not sure it's a dealbreaker, to be honest!
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 5:31 am
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Originally Posted by Young82
I do not get the issue with the 'flying dorm' thing. I fly AA 777-300 from JFK to LHR a lot, and often prefer the middle of the cabin for a night flight. It is quiet, no people queuing for bathrooms, no loud crew etc. As far as I am concerned the further from galley for a night flight - the better!
I don't get this either. Smaller cabins mean less award availability and higher prices. I don't understand why anyone would want that. It's public transport. Other people are going to use it.
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 5:53 am
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Originally Posted by MaxFlyer


Qatar Airways A350-900 and 1000
I was in Qsuites on QR’s A350 last week and I had to close the window blind in the conventional way by lowering it by hand
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 5:59 am
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Originally Posted by A P Yu
OK. So its going to be fun bringing cart up to WT+ from the rear galley with that bottleneck at the front of WT which you can see.. Watch your knees and feet in that aisle economy seat folks!
After 1C on SH, aka the backpack-in-your-face-at-boarding-time seat, 31C and 31H become the trolleyed-knees seats?
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by Great_circle


I was in Qsuites on QR’s A350 last week and I had to close the window blind in the conventional way by lowering it by hand
Are you sure you weren't on a 777? Both QR's A350-900s and A350-1000s as far as I'm aware have only electronically operated window blinds (there are two small white triangles above each window to operate these), whilst the Qsuites-equipped 777 does indeed have manual blinds.
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Old Jun 26, 2019, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by lost_in_translation
Are you sure you weren't on a 777? Both QR's A350-900s and A350-1000s as far as I'm aware have only electronically operated window blinds (there are two small white triangles above each window to operate these), whilst the Qsuites-equipped 777 does indeed have manual blinds.
I think they have switched to traditional shades on newer deliveries. Certainly the QSuite A350 I was on last month had conventional plastic shades.
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