British Airways announces the first routes for the Boeing 787

British Airways has announced the first routes to fly its new Boeing 787 aircraft, the first of which was quietly delivered this week ahead of a large public unveiling alongside the first A380, due in a few days.

BA has a rather snazzy website about the 787’s here, along with a video and interior photos.

The Toronto service starts on September 1st, with the BA93 service operating as a 787 every day.  The BA97 will operate as a 787 on certain days from September 15th.

To New York Newark, the service starts on October 1st, but only on the BA187 service at 18.15.  This will operate as a 787 every day.

This is the seat map of the new plane:

The only feature of note is the single middle seat in Club World.  It will be interesting to see if this becomes a coffin-style hideout or a long-overdue area of privacy for the solo traveller!

No First Class, note.

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