Slimline Recaro seats on BA
Nov 18, 2017, 12:20 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 116
Slimline Recaro seats on BA
The new slimline recaro seats (similar to Easyjet) are coming to British Airways.
- The first 12 rows(in Club Europe and beyond) on the A320s will remain the current, more comfortable seats with headrest and recline,
- Beyond row 12, the new non reclinable Recaro seats will be installed.
- All A320s and A319s and A321s will be retrofitted.
Last edited by frenzie01; Nov 19, 2017 at 12:53 am
Nov 18, 2017, 12:29 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
Great , we now crawl even closer to easyJet. Maybe we should become their sister airline , i do not see the difference on intra-Europe anymore when comparing BA and easyJet.
Nov 18, 2017, 12:31 pm
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
The new slimline recaro seats (similar to Easyjet) are coming ti British Airways.
The first 12 rows(in Club Europe and beyond) on the A320s will remain the current, more comfortable seats with headrest and recline,
Beyond row 12, the new non reclinable Recaro seats will be installed.
All A320s and A319s will be retrofitted.
The first 12 rows(in Club Europe and beyond) on the A320s will remain the current, more comfortable seats with headrest and recline,
Beyond row 12, the new non reclinable Recaro seats will be installed.
All A320s and A319s will be retrofitted.
What about the seat pitch? It seems odd BA would replace existing seats if they could not squeeze in an extra row.
Nov 18, 2017, 12:37 pm
#5
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Battleaxe Alliance
Posts: 22,127
It would be a good thing if they increased the seat pitch at the front even if they squeezed the back.
But it seems hell of a waste to get rid of those seats. I hope they hold them in stock and replace seats that get tired rather than turfing them.
The only concern is, it doesn't seem fair on some CE passengers if the CE cabin gets really big and some miss out on the better seats. Or would BA limit the CE cabin to the certain row?
But it seems hell of a waste to get rid of those seats. I hope they hold them in stock and replace seats that get tired rather than turfing them.
The only concern is, it doesn't seem fair on some CE passengers if the CE cabin gets really big and some miss out on the better seats. Or would BA limit the CE cabin to the certain row?
Nov 18, 2017, 12:42 pm
#8
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,094
The new slimline recaro seats (similar to Easyjet) are coming ti British Airways.
The first 12 rows(in Club Europe and beyond) on the A320s will remain the current, more comfortable seats with headrest and recline,
Beyond row 12, the new non reclinable Recaro seats will be installed.
All A320s and A319s will be retrofitted.
The first 12 rows(in Club Europe and beyond) on the A320s will remain the current, more comfortable seats with headrest and recline,
Beyond row 12, the new non reclinable Recaro seats will be installed.
All A320s and A319s will be retrofitted.
Personally I hate seats with no headrest/flaps.
Nov 18, 2017, 12:42 pm
#9
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Brexile in ADB
Programs: BA, TK, HHonours, Le Club, Best Western Rewards
Posts: 7,067
We have know about the plans to increase the density of seats on BAs A320 family of aircraft, so it sort of makes sense. I hope the current CE seats. Pitch will remain (or improve).
Nov 18, 2017, 12:44 pm
#10
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Brexile in ADB
Programs: BA, TK, HHonours, Le Club, Best Western Rewards
Posts: 7,067
Nov 18, 2017, 1:22 pm
#13
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,531
Gasp... On some routes (not least NCE), CE sometimes go beyond row 12 despite popular assumption, so I wonder if it means one will now sometimes have CE with no recline! 
Nov 18, 2017, 1:34 pm
#14
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Helvetia
Programs: AS; BA Silver; UA; HH Gold; Sprüngli Connaisseur
Posts: 2,912
Nov 18, 2017, 2:36 pm
#15
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,531
The new slimline recaro seats (similar to Easyjet) are coming ti British Airways.
The first 12 rows(in Club Europe and beyond) on the A320s will remain the current, more comfortable seats with headrest and recline,
Beyond row 12, the new non reclinable Recaro seats will be installed.
All A320s and A319s will be retrofitted.
The first 12 rows(in Club Europe and beyond) on the A320s will remain the current, more comfortable seats with headrest and recline,
Beyond row 12, the new non reclinable Recaro seats will be installed.
All A320s and A319s will be retrofitted.
Short haul 'densification'