British Airways admits the A350 cabin layout has failed

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• Richie says:

  7 Feb7 February 10:21

  I’ve spent a bit of time studying A350 seat plans for most airlines. I noticed BA is the only airline that has an economy seat pair 59 A & C at the back. This is definitely squeezing seats in. BA’s A351 may just be too long for a 3 class configuration.

• John T says:

  7 Feb7 February 10:39

  I have heard CX crew hate working on the A350 because the lack of galley space makes meal services very difficult.

• Sam says:

  7 Feb7 February 11:50

  ‘Unwilling to sacrifice a single centimetre of sellable space’ – this.

  I’ve been sick of having the same seating in Club Europe as Euro Traveller when they’ve decided to ditch the previous seating (convertible between CE and ET). That was a brilliant design to minimise the floorspace whilst offering some extra comfort, but they couldn’t even let go an inch or two worth of extra space.

• Gary says:

  7 Feb7 February 12:21

  Flown the BA A350 twice now, both in club. The first time 2 years ago I spoke to crew who hated it. They said it was way too cramped to work properly and much preferred the 747 even though they were at that stage already pretty old.

  Came to Dubai last week and a somewhat stroppy steward told me the forward toilets were in use when I enquired if I could use them. They weren’t, it was simply that the crew had put them out of use whilst they prepped the food.

  Seems odd that an airline wouldn’t involve crew and possibly passengers in their decision making when buying new planes and putting the layout in place.

  • Rhys says:

    7 Feb7 February 13:17

    The galleys on the 747s were gigantic, though. There’s probably a middle ground between the A350 and 747 in terms of galleys.

• Dave says:

  7 Feb7 February 12:48

  Given the similarity with Virgin Atlantic, do they have the same issue does anyone know?

  • Rhys says:

    7 Feb7 February 13:18

    Virgin Atlantic have a different galley layout.

• Gildas Le Guevel says:

  7 Feb7 February 13:40

  Certainly NOT the best layout in CW. Suites are too narrow unless you are a small person, very difficult to turn over unless you keep your legs “straight”…

• AndyF says:

  7 Feb7 February 13:40

  I booked a BA holiday and stayed at the Waldorf Astoria the Palm in Dubai for 8 days returning just under a week ago. I had a fantastic time and I wanted to thank you Rob and co for your reviews on the hotel. It helped make my decision much easier when booking reading your experiences.
  My question – It was booked via BA Holidays and they recognised my Gold status and upgraded my room, which I didn’t expect! At the same time, Hilton has a deal currently running for 25% of food and drink which really did work out very well indeed. I am wondering, however, the spend at the hotel which was around £750 after discount for food and drink. Will I earn Hilton points on this spend (obviously not the room)?

  • Blenz101 says:

    7 Feb7 February 17:29

    They would have posted by now but you should have gotten them in my experience.

    Contact Hilton and see what they say.

• Andrew says:

  7 Feb7 February 13:56

  BA has become an overpriced low cost airline.

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