British Airways new A350 Business Class seat flies
British Airways' new Business Club Seat is called the Club Suite, and offers customers direct-aisle access, a door for greater privacy and 56 seats flat-bed seats in a 1-2-1 configuration.
Called the British Airways enhanced Super Diamond seat, it has a privacy door meaning it has the privacy you might have expected in First just a decade ago. Seats are also at an angle, giving more length for the same seat area.
American Airlines has already fitted a near identical seat to it's fleet, giving some commonality on code shares, and it can also be found on China Airlines and Air Canada.
Unlike most airlines, which have removed the centre overhead bins, British Airways has installed them. This must be said is largely because BA flies shorter business orientated routes such as transatlantic, where most passengers skip checking in a bag and just take on board a small wheelable bag for a shorter trip.
It has 40 per cent more storage, including a vanity unit and mirror. There is the usual Super Diamond slide out table with a bi-fold, which gives egress when the table is down.
The new inflight entertainment system has a standard 18.5-inch HD TV screen, with the system powered by Panasonic Aerospace, and mains plus USB power sockets.
the A350 British Airways Business Class also includes a small walk up snackbar, similar to the Club Kitchen found on the A380.
There is also WiFi fitted to the aircraft.
Further back, British Airways A350 has 56 World Traveller Plus seats in a 2-4-2 layout. These premium economy seats mirror the same smaller Premium Economy seats fitted by Qantas and other airlines. The WTP seats have calf rests in every seat, and full leg rests found on the front row.
The economy cabin has 219 Recaro seats in a 3-3-3 configuration. The seats are the new style as fitted to British Airways 787 and the retrofitted 777s with a bi-fold seatback table and gate-to-gate IFE.
British Airways' A350 will initially operate on selected services to Dubai, followed by flights to to Toronto, Tel Aviv and Bangalore this year.
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