{"id":47310,"date":"2015-03-18T16:39:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T15:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?p=47310"},"modified":"2017-11-15T23:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T22:09:07","slug":"british-airways-airbus-a380-business-class-lhr-lax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2015\/03\/18\/british-airways-airbus-a380-business-class-lhr-lax\/","title":{"rendered":"British Airways A380 Business Class London to Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wednesday newsletters always feature a\u00a0luxury hotel<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0flight<\/a>\u00a0review.<\/p>\n

Today (March\u00a018, 2015): Flight Review: British Airways\u00a0Business Class in an\u00a0Airbus A380\u00a0from London\u00a0to Los Angeles.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On March\u00a014th 2015,\u00a0I flew Business Class\u00a0in an Airbus A380\u00a0of\u00a0British Airways<\/a>\u00a0(BA) from London Heathrow (LHR)\u00a0to Los Angeles\u00a0(LAX). The world\u2019s largest passenger aircraft entered into service for BA last year and is currently flying between London\u00a0Heathrow, Hong\u00a0Kong, Johannesburg, Los\u00a0Angeles, Miami (from 25\u00a0October\u00a02015), San\u00a0Francisco (from 29\u00a0March 2015), Singapore and Washington. Let’s get it out the way at the start: the Airbus A380 is big. Really, really big. Its 80 m (262 ft) wing span is 20 per cent longer than the Boeing 747<\/a>, and the 24m (88 ft) high tail is so tall that BA had to extend the roof of their already sizeable Heathrow hangar in order to fit the aircraft inside.<\/p>\n

The Business Class product that BA offers on its Airbus A380 fleet is an updated version of the product that you can find on its aging Boeing\u00a0747s (read my review here<\/a>) and 777s. Although BA\u2019s Business Class (dubbed Club World) raised the bar for Business Class worldwide a decade ago with the introduction of the first fully lie-flat seat, it is now outclassed by some of its competitors, especially those in the Middle East: Emirates (read my review here<\/a>), Etihad Airways (read my review here<\/a>), and Qatar Airways (read my review here<\/a>). Nevertheless, the overall experience was very good (with a British touch) and it remains one of the best Business Class products on the Transantlantic routes (although these days, I prefer the Business Class product aboard American Airlines’ new Boeing 777-300ER; read my review here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

British Airways\u00a0features in my top 10 lists of\u00a0best airlines for longhaul Business Class<\/a>\u00a0and the world’s best airline lounges<\/a>.<\/p>\n