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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):
First A350 flights have also been revealed:
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
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)
- 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
#17
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: BA Blue
Posts: 2
Four of us are booked already to fly on BA93 on 2 oct in WT and we were just thinking of seat selection on the 787-9 when the plane on the booking is now down as undefined and I assume may be the A350 1000 . Where could I find out potentially the seats to avoid
#18
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,020
No one has seen the plane yet. You won't get detailed Seat advice until the MAD flights start in mid August.
#19
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 1,836
1. Airbus advises BA of A350 delivery date based on progress down the line plus flight tests. There's supposed to be a 30-day heads-up on this, BA has been saying July for the delivery, so we won't likely even have a delivery date until sometime in June.
2. BA picks up the keys to the A350, does a TLS-LHR ferry flight - again, sometime in July but which end of the month is anybody's guess.
3. The A350 has to go through an 'entry into service' program, this isn't my area of expertise but I believe this is a few weeks. I know that it will encompass some additional cabin work because while the Club Suites are being line-fitted at TLS, there's 'finishing work' to be done by BA on arrival.
Taking that into account, I'd not expect MAD to pop up on the schedule until mid- or even late-August. If you want to get a jump on this, you could set up an aircraft change alert in ExpertFlyer for the likely flight. However, don't count on getting into Club World on the very first MAD flight as BA tells me their current thinking is to book out the entire CW cabin for media etc (likely also some BA staff who have won contests etc).
Last edited by djsflynn; Mar 19, 2019 at 3:16 am
#20
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 1,836
That's why I flagged them as 'tipped', because this was based on in o from pre-briefing with BA and not locked in. I believe the typical swap for these famil flights would be B777 to A350 but timing-wise, yeah, BA could well have decided that the better turn-around for the A350 will be by having it on an earlier service. We won't know for sure until this is confirmed by BA or indicated through GDS change etc.
#29
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: BA Gold; Flying Blue Gold
Posts: 87
So looking at the Dubai flights, it looks like the A350 is on BA107 arriving in Dubai at 2300, then departing back at 0130 the next day on BA106. Anyone have any experience of doing back to backs in these cases? I've only been through Dubai on Emirates ( under QF codeshare ), and I know there that transferring didn't mean immigration etc. Not sure whether that's the same at BAs terminal? Also wondering whether I would be able to easily checkin online for the second flight?
Thanks!
Thanks!
#30
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,190
Have they explicitly said no A350s will have first class? I thought they were using slightly different language, words to the effect of either "no A350s currently on order with have First" or "none of the initial A350s will have First" (I have heard/seen both versions.) What I haven't seen/heard yet a definitive statement that NO BAs A350s will have a First! But I probably missed it.
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