{"id":256283,"date":"2021-02-17T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?p=256283"},"modified":"2021-03-11T15:05:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:05:50","slug":"review-british-airways-a380-business-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2021\/02\/17\/review-british-airways-a380-business-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: British Airways A380 Business Class from London to Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday\u00a0newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature a\u00a0hotel<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0flight<\/a>\u00a0review.<\/p>\n

Today (February 17, 2021): British Airways A380 Business Class from London to Miami<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Early 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic forced international travel to shut down. While in lockdown, I \u2018discovered\u2019 some unpublished material of flight clips and photos on my computer, recorded over the past years. Since most of us miss flying longhaul, I decided to upload some of it on my YouTube channel and my travel blog (despite the so-so quality of the footage) to boost our morale in times of never-ending travel restrictions (it almost feels like 2021 is worse than 2020 for travelers).<\/p>\n

In spring 2019, I flew with British Airways<\/a> in Business Class (dubbed ‘Club World’ by the carrier) onboard an Airbus A380 from London to Miami. The A380 is British Airways’ largest wide-body plane and flagship aircraft. The airline has 12 A380s in its fleet, which have remained grounded for the duration of the pandemic. Contrary to other airlines, British Airways still considers the A380 to be a valued part of its fleet and has currently no plans to retire the jumbojets. In fact, the airline is currently finalizing details for their A380 cabins to be retrofitted with the new terrific Business Class seats that you find on the carrier’s A350 and retrofitted Boeing 777s (meaning an excellent 1-2-1 layout in Club World, with direct aisle access and sliding doors for all passengers).<\/p>\n

While I am still impressed by the A380 (and feel honored every time I can fly in one), I was not impressed by the Business Class service provided by British AIrways on this flight (e.g. mediocre food and broken seat features). That said, since I took this flight, British Airways has dramatically stepped up its game with the introduction of new and impressive service concepts (e.g. catering, bedding, etc \u2026), which I wrote about in this trip report<\/a> featuring a British Airways flight from the Seychelles to London.<\/p>\n

Have you ever flown with British Airways? If so, what was your experience? Leave a comment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n