{"id":305840,"date":"2019-03-21T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=305840"},"modified":"2019-03-20T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T14:07:59","slug":"british-airways-is-launching-a-new-business-class-heres-how-it-compares-to-the-worlds-best-and-saa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/305840\/british-airways-is-launching-a-new-business-class-heres-how-it-compares-to-the-worlds-best-and-saa\/","title":{"rendered":"British Airways is launching a new business class – here’s how it compares to the world’s best, and SAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Airways has unveiled a new business class seat that will launch in October 2019 on select flights, as it prepares to roll out the class on all its A350 flights.<\/p>\n

The new suites, under the Club Suite brand forms part of British Airways\u2019 \u00a36.5 billion (R124 billion) investment to improve the airline.<\/p>\n

It reduces the other 2-4-2 seating pattern for a 1-2-1 pattern, that features privacy cubicles that can be closed or opened up to the passenger’s desires.<\/p>\n

It has more storage room, an entertainment system (including an 18.5 inch HD screen and WiFi) and the seat can recline into 183cm x 54cm bed.<\/p>\n

The new seats will first be available in short-haul flights on A350 aircraft on the London-Madrid route. From October 2019, they will launch on long-haul flights.<\/p>\n

According to the airline, three A350 aircraft will join the fleet with the new class, while two Boeing 777 aircraft will be retrofitted.<\/p>\n

Initially, these new seats will replace First Class on the A350s, but a new First Class range may be added in the future. Economy and Premium Economy classes are also due to be enhanced.<\/p>\n

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The best business class seats in the world<\/strong><\/p>\n

BA’s new business class will be competing with some of the fanciest and most luxury business class suites in the world.<\/p>\n

In the 2018 Skytrax rankings<\/a><\/strong>, Qatar Airways was ranked as the number one business class airline in the world, with the number one business class seating.<\/p>\n

This was followed by Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways, Japans Airlines and China Airlines.<\/p>\n

Here is how these airlines’ seats compare in the BA equivalent (A-series) class of airlines.<\/p>\n

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Singapore Airlines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Etihad Airways<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Japan Airlines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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China Airlines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

South African Airways launched its new business class seats in 2017<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Read: SAA to be split into three units<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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