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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):

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):

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

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Jul 2, 2019, 7:32 am

#286

RHWine

Join Date: Nov 2018

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

This is just a 777 with flub showing.

should I move from 13A though?

Jul 2, 2019, 7:34 am

#287

Rubecula

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The FLUB section is not accurate though with just 2 rows and 16 seats.

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Jul 2, 2019, 9:03 am

#288

corporate-wage-slave

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RHWine

should I move from 13A though?

You are best to select your preferred CW seat, and stick with it past OLCI without apping or printing your boarding pass. Only move to Flub when say 4 hours from departure if it is clear that Flub must be used. See the main MAD Flub thread for the logic behind this.

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Jul 2, 2019, 9:28 am

#289

RDWRER

Join Date: Apr 2018

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For August and September, starting 6th Aug.

Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri - BA464/BA465
Thu, Sat, Sun - BA456/457 and BA464/BA465

A couple of days are No Op due to training and other requirements.

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Jul 2, 2019, 9:40 am

#290

itripreport

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RDWRER

For August and September, starting 6th Aug.

Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri - BA464/BA465
Thu, Sat, Sun - BA456/457 and BA464/BA465

A couple of days are No Op due to training and other requirements.

Have seat maps updated yet?

Jul 2, 2019, 9:45 am

#291

rockflyertalk

Join Date: Jun 2015

Location: LHR, LGW

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Posts: 3,442

Quote:

Originally Posted by itripreport

Have seat maps updated yet?

Just looking at RFS seats and the aircraft type hasn’t changed yet. I imagine FT might be quicker or more in the know than BA

Jul 2, 2019, 10:22 am

#292

teledude

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RDWRER

For August and September, starting 6th Aug.

Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri - BA464/BA465
Thu, Sat, Sun - BA456/457 and BA464/BA465

A couple of days are No Op due to training and other requirements.

Let's hope you are right

1A outbound for me.

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Jul 2, 2019, 10:55 am

#293

msm2000uk

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Booked on 8th BA456 and BA465

M

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Jul 2, 2019, 10:58 am

#294

george77300

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I think I'm going to book BA465 9th August and BA464 11th August. (Also have a BA457 booking on 7th Sep). I just don't want these A350 flights to change to A319/320.

Jul 2, 2019, 11:03 am

#295

Trent900

Join Date: Sep 2018

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I hope we all have more luck than with the 747 fiasco.

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Jul 2, 2019, 11:30 am

#296

RDWRER

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RDWRER

For August and September, starting 6th Aug.

Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri - BA464/BA465
Thu, Sat, Sun - BA456/457 and BA464/BA465

A couple of days are No Op due to training and other requirements.

As some of you seem to be booking. for info, the planned (stress on planned) non op days are 13th and 31st Aug, and possibly 7th/8th Sep.

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Jul 2, 2019, 11:32 am

#297

george77300

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RDWRER

As some of you seem to be booking. for info, the planned (stress on planned) non op days are 13th and 31st Aug, and possibly 7th/8th Sep.

My booking is on the 7th....Great....

Jul 2, 2019, 12:29 pm

#298

davm666

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Posts: 25

Need to be in Madrid on 18/9 so taken a punt and booked 464 as a reward flight

Jul 2, 2019, 12:45 pm

#299

eae

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Join Date: Apr 2008

Location: San Francisco, CA

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Posts: 405

Quote:

Originally Posted by TCX69

A few photos of the cabin of G–XWBA:

I'll reserve judgement until I've flow it but it looks a lot tighter and shorter than the initial renderings. I also really hope that's not a touch screen by the armrest. Surly BA must have learned from other carriers with similar seats that it's a terrible idea to place a touch screen controller in a place that is super awkward to access when seated but in a place where one is guarantee to bump into it when sleeping with confusing results (lights on, bed accidentally turned into seat..).

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Jul 2, 2019, 1:09 pm

#300

SpeedbirdLHR

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There are reasons why BA has not published the MAD flights and it is unfortunate when some people take it on themselves to publicly release information that is yet to be finalised and confirmed.