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):

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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Feb 10, 2021, 12:08 pm

#1126

Globaliser

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chuck1

I could be mistaken but I passed through Dulles on Friday morning and again mid-afternoon on Monday.
On each day I saw an A350 parked at the BA gates.
This is not the normal times for BA turns and there wasn't a cancellation.
Has BA parked an A350 at IAD?

The aircraft appear to be spending 24 hours on the ground at IAD.
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GXWBA
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GXWBB
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GXWBC
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GXWBD
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GXWBG
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/GXWBH

Feb 11, 2021, 6:49 am

#1127

jwhite9185

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Originally Posted by Globaliser

Yes, this has been the case for a good few months now for some reason.

Feb 11, 2021, 9:33 am

#1128

1stClassFan

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I hate to say but I am a bit confused. The LHR - PHX route went to the A350 for S'21 however within a few weeks scheduling the A350 BA changed the route back to 77W which includes F of course. I was scheduled late September '21 into first week of October and my flight was "cancelled" due to no F on A350. I had to reschedule to late October into first week of November, outbound on A350 to check out the new Club seat, back on 77W in F as the route changes back to 77W for W'21. This route now has 777 for most of S21 but switches back to A350 for roughly 3-4 weeks in October '21. Both BA Routesonline and BA Source has not kept up with any route / aircraft changes, in part possibly because changes are so frequent I am guessing? Is there a Flyertalk thread more dedicated just to route / aircraft changes? I posed my question and confusion to this thread as the PHX route had been switched to the A350 but now appears to make only a brief appearance October '21.

Feb 11, 2021, 10:16 am

#1129

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Originally Posted by 1stClassFan

I had to reschedule to late October into first week of November, outbound on A350 to check out the new Club seat ...

I think that there is only one piece of advice that's worth giving at present: Simply do not book any travel on the basis of what aircraft type, configuration or seat you might get. It is all pot luck.

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Feb 11, 2021, 12:06 pm

#1130

RB211

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Originally Posted by Globaliser

Yes - this cannot be stressed enough. I've had a couple of flights ping-pong a few times between different aircraft types. It is quite likely they will change again!

rb211.

Mar 18, 2021, 5:08 am

#1131

BigDogg

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British Airways A350

Hi guys,

Anyone know where I can chase up information on BA’s A350 Summer 2021 routes?

Regards
BigDogg

Mar 18, 2021, 5:42 am

#1132

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Originally Posted by BigDogg

Hi guys,

Anyone know where I can chase up information on BA’s A350 Summer 2021 routes?

Regards
BigDogg

Routes are changing planes all the time, I wouldn't suggest choosing a route for a plane. Too many unknowns.

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Mar 18, 2021, 6:16 am

#1133

SKT-DK

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Your crystal ball is as good as anyone's - short answer is that things change all the time.

Mar 18, 2021, 6:35 am

#1134

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PGberkshire

Routes are changing planes all the time, I wouldn't suggest choosing a route for a plane. Too many unknowns.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SKT-DK

Your crystal ball is as good as anyone's - short answer is that things change all the time.

The OP has asked specifically where they can find the info about BA's A350 routes, so I'm sure they would appreciate some more directed answers.

Mar 18, 2021, 6:42 am

#1135

SpurMan

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https://mediacentre.britishairways.c...20Philadelphia.

This has the info on routes in 2020. I would expect they'll keep it the same for 2021, going at the very least to Toronto, Washington, Chicago and Philly, mainly as these were predominantly 747 routes.

Mar 18, 2021, 7:10 am

#1136

Confus

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BA’s submission to OAG contains an up-to-date comprehensive view of which aircraft they currently have scheduled on any given flight and will give the OP the answer he requires. The schedule view on ba.com will also contain it, though requires searching by flight rather than aircraft type. Obviously, as others have mentioned, this is subject to frequent change.

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Mar 18, 2021, 7:27 am

#1137

FlyingScientist

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Some runs now come with https://twitter.com/DaveWallsworth included

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Mar 18, 2021, 9:26 am

#1138

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Another way would be to check Flightradar.

Right now the 350 is flying to ACC, TLV, IAD, BLR. Some of these might be partial/full freighter. It's also meant to be flying to LAS if/when it resumes, and EZE-GRU again if/when it resumes.

Mar 18, 2021, 10:10 am

#1139

BAeuro

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If you have ExpertFlyer, you can do a ‘Timetable’ search from LHR on any date. Then you can specify BA and put the flights in order of operated aircraft. This will give you BA’s A350 flights for that day.

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Mar 18, 2021, 10:46 am

#1140

TheMan123

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Also currently flies to BOS but not sure if that’s continuing into S21