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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

Flying BA’s Airbus A350: deliveries, routes, reviews and more

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Feb 24, 2020, 11:24 pm

#1066

Scotflyer80

Join Date: Nov 2013

Posts: 378

The A350 is planned to operate the routes below from the start of the S20 schedule on 29th March (unless otherwise stated).

Austin - Daily (Except for the month of July when a 4 class 772ER will operate in place of the A350)

Bangalore - Daily (Except for the month of July when a 3 class 772ER replaces the A350 on 2 of the 7 weekly flights)

Dubai - Daily (BA109/BA108)

Philadelphia - Daily (BA067/BA066)

Washington - Daily (BA293/BA292)

Tel Aviv - Daily (BA167/BA166)

Tokyo (Haneda) - Daily (BA005/BA006) - From 1st July

Boston - Daily (BA203/BA202)- From 01SEP (Was originally planned to start 01AUG)

KARFA, TedToToe and travelsbyplane like this.

Feb 25, 2020, 2:21 am

#1067

rhysflies

Join Date: Sep 2018

Programs: BA/VS Gold

Posts: 276

Anyone have any idea when the next few A350s will be delivered? G-XWBF+?

Feb 25, 2020, 2:23 am

#1068

opus99

Join Date: Jan 2019

Programs: BA Exec Club

Posts: 951

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhysflies

Anyone have any idea when the next few A350s will be delivered? G-XWBF+?

March 2020

Feb 25, 2020, 2:24 am

#1069

rhysflies

Join Date: Sep 2018

Programs: BA/VS Gold

Posts: 276

What's the schedule for all their deliveries in 2020?

Feb 25, 2020, 2:25 am

#1070

opus99

Join Date: Jan 2019

Programs: BA Exec Club

Posts: 951

G-XWBA - Delivered on 27 Jul 2019
G-XWBB - Delivered on 19 Sep 2019
G-XWBC - Delivered on 26 Nov 2019
G-XWBD - Delivered on 23 Dec 2019
G-XWBE - Delivered on 12 Feb 2020
G-XWBF - Due in Mar 2020
G-XWBG - Due in Jun 2020
G-XWBH - Due in Jul 2020
G-XWBI - Due in Oct 2020
G-XWBJ - Due in Jan 2021
G-XWBK - Due in Feb 2021

from the new arrivals thread

Feb 25, 2020, 2:27 am

#1071

rhysflies

Join Date: Sep 2018

Programs: BA/VS Gold

Posts: 276

Quote:

Originally Posted by opus99

Thanks!

Feb 25, 2020, 5:43 am

#1072

'andad

Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: London

Programs: BA Lifetime Gold(twice), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 679

A350 this year, back to 777 next year. Likely to change ?

Really enjoyed A350 Club to BLR this Jan, particularly all seats having aisle access.
Just booked same route for Jan 2021, and its back to a 777-200. I understand operational reasons for allocating frames change, but why introduce an aircraft that people really like, and then change back to one they definitely don't? Or is Jan 2021 too early to actually predict the aircraft type, ie is it likely to change in the meantime?

Feb 25, 2020, 5:48 am

#1073

rhysflies

Join Date: Sep 2018

Programs: BA/VS Gold

Posts: 276

The A350 hasn't been loaded on ANY routes for the winter timetable yet.

Feb 25, 2020, 6:00 am

#1074

'andad

Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: London

Programs: BA Lifetime Gold(twice), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 679

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhysflies

The A350 hasn't been loaded on ANY routes for the winter timetable yet.

Thanks for that info.

Feb 25, 2020, 6:15 am

#1075

mikeyfly

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Join Date: May 2014

Location: UK

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 12,235

Recommend you subscribe / follow the A350 main thread

Flying BA’s Airbus A350: deliveries, routes, reviews and more

Feb 28, 2020, 2:34 am

#1076

NRGsaver

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: London

Programs: BA GGLFL, EK Gold

Posts: 110

BA 105 to Dubai

I'm booked on BA 105 to Dubai in J. Could anyone please tell me whether at Dubai the airbridge comes to door 1 or door 2? I have an early-ish meeting in town and will be aiming to get off the aircraft as soon as possible (hand-baggage only). Seated in 11A at the moment in the expectation that it will be door 2.

Feb 28, 2020, 3:05 am

#1077

megaloman

Join Date: Jul 2014

Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA

Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador

Posts: 2,498

Quote:

Originally Posted by NRGsaver

From experience it will be door 2. Mind crew can't be bothered and let premium economy/economy pax to disembark before J pax... I was in 1A on my recent fly from Toronto and took a while to get off the plane through the door 2.

Feb 28, 2020, 3:08 am

#1078

NRGsaver

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: London

Programs: BA GGLFL, EK Gold

Posts: 110

Thanks Megaloman! That is helpful and confirms what I expected.

Feb 28, 2020, 4:27 am

#1079

TGLoyalty

Join Date: Apr 2016

Programs: Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, IHG Spire, AMEX Plat

Posts: 595

Our A350 J Suite experience was thwarted on Feb 19th when BA105 was swapped out for a 4 class 777 and even missed on changing to FLUB as it was swapped out after I OLCI at T-24 (unusual for me to do that as well)

Now annoyingly flying daily with an A350 at least since the 21st Feb. Perhaps another time. Will have to keep an eye on the winter schedule.

Mar 1, 2020, 3:09 pm

#1080

South London Bon Viveur

Join Date: Sep 2013

Location: London

Programs: BA Gold; FB Silver; SPG; IHG Gold

Posts: 2,981

Flew my first BA 350 this week, to DXB, and enjoyed the the ride. However, one thing did strike me, and apologies if I have missed it discussed above, but the Audio programme appears to have lost the create your own playlist function. I appreciate that it might be a bit of a niche thing which most people don't care about, but I have always liked that feature, so it would be disappointing to lose it. Is it gone or was I just being a cretin?