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Old May 17, 2019, 5:06 am
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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):
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 Jul 27, 2019, 9:00 am
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London Air Travel published several delicious detail photos on its website today, plus a notice that a full seat map is now available on ba.com


Credit: P Pigeyre



Edited to add: seat map added to the thread's wiki
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Old Jul 27, 2019, 9:27 am
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The club suite now has a video (don't believe this was published before?) here;


Or here (about half way down the page):

BA.COM page on business class
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Old Jul 27, 2019, 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by BotB
don't believe this was published before?
It was, back in March. It was published to YouTube on the 21st and they updated the Club World page to include it there as well around the same time.
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Old Jul 27, 2019, 10:29 am
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Originally Posted by MNMAA
It was, back in March. It was published to YouTube on the 21st and they updated the Club World page to include it there as well around the same time.
Thanks, I noted the date on the youtube page stated that date but wasn't sure if they had previously had a different video and then updated it later to show this one (so date didn't reflect this)...I must have missed that video being talked about before and have noted that pages are updated after the 'creation' date without any further details being provided that new images and information have been updated.

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Old Jul 27, 2019, 10:59 am
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From the seat map and pictures so far, it seems like 3 rows of club will only get 1 window (1, 11 and 15 my guess) with a further row somewhere between 2 and 10 also only getting one window or only a partial window as the new seat spacing is not exactly 2 windows. There are 19 windows in front section, 5 in second section, 11 rows in front section, 3 in second section. I also note the renders of the BA A350 BA are showing have 22 windows in front (albeit in reality the first 2 club windows behind door 1 are blocked out and painted white in reality) and no spacing between the club and remaining sections after door 2 (whereas the real plane photos show a window spatial separation between club and WT+ windows).
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 11:28 am
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What a beauty
BA certainly needs order a lot more than 18. 😍😍😍
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 11:39 am
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Originally Posted by BotB
From the seat map and pictures so far, it seems like 3 rows of club will only get 1 window (1, 11 and 15 my guess) with a further row somewhere between 2 and 10 also only getting one window or only a partial window as the new seat spacing is not exactly 2 windows. There are 19 windows in front section, 5 in second section, 11 rows in front section, 3 in second section. I also note the renders of the BA A350 BA are showing have 22 windows in front (albeit in reality the first 2 club windows behind door 1 are blocked out and painted white in reality) and no spacing between the club and remaining sections after door 2 (whereas the real plane photos show a window spatial separation between club and WT+ windows).
It looks like the windows in the lavs at the front and rear of the front section are blocked. If so, it's a shame - I thought it was a cool feature on the Cathay A359.
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 11:40 am
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I cannot remember any other aircraft that has entered service with BA that has received so little excitement internally!
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 12:18 pm
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I cannot remember any other aircraft that has entered service with BA that has received so little excitement internally!
with two galleys only it's going to be a horrible plane to work on for the crew...
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 12:23 pm
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with two galleys only it's going to be a horrible plane to work of for the crew...
Looks like there are three?
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 12:24 pm
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Absolutely, the cabins and galleys have been designed by accountants and it’s going to be a pig to work on.
IFCE are desperate for crew to volunteer to be trained on it but very few WW crew are interested.
Crew will be posted onto it in juniority and unfortunately be the ones to find out how bad it is, fortunately I think I will be able to avoid it, such a shame and a missed opportunity.
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 12:25 pm
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Originally Posted by peter h
It looks like the windows in the lavs at the front and rear of the front section are blocked. If so, it's a shame - I thought it was a cool feature on the Cathay A359.
​​​​​​I'd read on here about that feature about the F loo on the 747 and one (female) FA was astonished that I was waiting for a specific loo rather than taking the second one that was free. I said she should ask one of her male colleagues and she laughed about it when I came back out
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 12:27 pm
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Looks like there are three?
There are just two, three are required.
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 12:32 pm
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Originally Posted by alex67500
​​​​​​I'd read on here about that feature about the F loo on the 747 and one (female) FA was astonished that I was waiting for a specific loo rather than taking the second one that was free. I said she should ask one of her male colleagues and she laughed about it when I came back out
Was this before takeoff, or at 36,000 feet?
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Old Jul 28, 2019, 12:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Can I help you

There are just two, three are required.
Is the one on the seat map between the two CW cabins a self service 'galley-lite', or will it look after WT+? Even so, the rear galley will be crazy with a full load in WT!
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