I wonder what the passenger's and crew's reactions we're like when/if they noticed a new cabin

Sure the crew would’ve noticed at least, passengers may have potentially been informed by the crew? Quite a while ago I saw a someone in a BA uniform surveying some new thing at Heathrow, didn’t hear what it was about, wonder if the same thing was done?

Lots of comments this morning, positive from what I heard, and the crew mentioned it in their PAs.
The new seats is more comfortable with increased knee room.

Some photos taken on the inaugural flight to Edinburgh this morning.
Picture credits thanks to Philip Grover

Overall looks very smart, but I question how long it will be before that wooden galley floor is filthy with stains and I prefer the solid Speedbird logo on current aircraft at the front of the cabin.

Pilot37

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Shame to see the antimacassars dissappear from the Club Seats. I guess it's one less thing to have to add/remove/wash.

G-ZBJA won't return in service until mid-June due to certification. The elimination of the horrible bathrooms in the back of the A320s was a rumour, but alas not one that proved to be correct.

Any idea where G-TNED is heading tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday? I've got a few spare avios so may try and grab a b2b if I can on Sunday...

Nice first thing (07:20)

Planned as:

Saturday
BA342/343 NCE
BA632/633 ATH

Sunday
BA774/775 ARN
BA1336/1337 NCL

Annoyingly the BA1336 looks to be sold out on Sunday

There are seats available in both cabins.

It’s not coming up on Ba.com…

It is if you book two one ways.

Was hoping that they would include a device holder on the new seats- shame to see they haven’t.

Could you not tuck your tablet cover into the magazine holder and hang it that way? Maybe even your phone case?

LcS

really?

They had device holders on the Vurgin Australia Max that I flew last month. The cabin looked classy and I assume that the holders will become the defacto standard eventually.

Thank you for sharing these, as a frequent short-haul flyer I was struggling to find how the product looks in-service and my curiosity was getting the best of me!

Very elegant Airspace cabin and much better than the previous the A320neos, I think that the mood lighting was a very nice touch on the older A320-200s and seeing it's return on the new A320neo cabin is great.

As others have pointed out, the lack of a phone holder is a little irritating for those with no iPads/tablets, as airlines with the same seats mostly have them (Air France, Aegean, Southwest) and sometimes taking my laptop out to watch a movie is a little bit of a hassle. Shows that there is still a hint of cost-cutting there.

Overall a very nice improvement, so happy that the horrible Recaro seats in the back are now gone and great to see the addition of USB-C charging points too.

You could, just think that little features like that make the experience more enjoyable

G-YMME appears to be broken in Kingston, been there 3 days now.

Coming back tomorrow.

The new interior on the NEO looks great!

fingers crossed for a fleet refurb!

Surely that 'wood' galley floor is not actually wood?
Agree on the 'smart' look. The logo is proof that less is not always more,
or was it a case of "We forgot the bloody logo! Quick, come up with something!"

I’d guess it’s some kind of vinyl, still likely to stain more than the old black floor

Most likely a vinyl which can be replaced along with carpets etc. during a midlife refit, but I think much like a car with a cream interior it will start to look grubby quite quickly, a darker wood look would have been better, something more similar to the shade of wood on the older middle tables.

I also note that it looks like the logo has been removed from the middle tables, perhaps not a bad thing as these seemed to be a great area for grime to gather, and with no hot towels to help with the removal of said grime, they probably decided it was best just to drop this little design feature.

Overall I do love the new look, well done to BA on this one, though it will all be worthless unless they retro fit these seats to the NEO's which were delivered without the tables and mood lighting, as there will just be a continuation of the same inconsistent product we are have at the moment.

A decision on the retrofit will be made after enough feedback is gathered.

Jamaica or is she coming back of her own accord?

Or we know which are the first NEO frames to Euroflyer. :D

Any idea for Monday? I have nothing to do tomorrow :D

aks120

Monday
BA1430/1451 EDI
BA668/669 RAK

This is a very good point, are any of the A320NEOs with the slimline recaros or is it just the A321?

From what I’ve seen around, I don’t think wifi is fitted from factory but instead installed after delivery
I’m not sure whether airbus just don’t install the wifi as an option, or if BA do it in-house to cut costs

On her way home to LGW now, departed just after 0900L this morning.

Wiki Updated

Notable movements:

• 3 x E190's in Exeter, although none of the fleet that has rotated through EXT have had the seats increased, so not sure where that will happen
• G-VIIW appears to have gone tech in Boston
• G-TTNT appears to have gone tech in Florence
• G-MIDT appears to have gone tech in Brussels
• G-TTNP hasn't flown since Sunday, but is due to Marrakech first thing Thursday morning, so I've kept it on the active list
• G-STBB is still in CWL, so fingers and toes crossed it comes back with CS interior!

Pilot37

TBB is due back at LHR on Friday, sadly still as a G7!

BA9174E CWL1715 – LHR1800

It’s then planned to operate the BA53/52 SEA rotation daily until 20th May.

G-VIIW arrived back from Boston this evening and G-MIDT is about to land from Brussels, just leaving G-TTNT still stuck in Florence after this trio went tech at various outstations earlier in the week!

Pilot37

Just spotted G-XBWC, with engine covers fitted, looking rather sorry for herself outside TBA at the East Base. Suggests that it's a longer term fix.
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(sorry, couldn't catch a shot showing the engine covers)

Saw it last week, the outer portion of the horizontal stab is missing.

I wonder who is paying for the damage repair.

probably insurance? I’m guessing it covers things like this

G-TTNT finally on its way back from FLR as BA9276.

Pilot37