BA unveils A380 and B787

British Airways unveiled their new Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 aircraft at the Heathrow engineering base with a media scrum last Thursday. 

One experienced travel journalist described the layouts as uninspiring.  “Not being first in line for the aircraft you would have thought that BA might have been more enterprising.  True they will have the North Atlantic to themselves with the Airbus (unless Virgin resurrects their orders) but into the Gulf there is serious competition.  The BA service will be good, and likewise the travellers’ benefits (mileage etc) but they should be seen as the leader of the pack”.  He was particularly critical of the A380 layout. “It is nearly as bad as some 747s where Business Class passengers have no disembarking priority.  It will be interesting to see how the boarding is accomplished at T5”.

Following training and service proving flights, BA will introduce commercial operations on 787s from 1 September to Toronto, with its A380 due to start service to Los Angeles in October.  There are no premiums for booking on these aircraft. www.ba.com

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