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The First Fully Painted British Airways Airbus A380

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Continuing my occasional look at the building and painting of first British Airways Airbus A380 here are some pictures of the first fully painted aircraft fresh out of the paint shop.

First Fully Painted British Airways Airbus A380
Photo from BA Facebook page

I must admit that I’ve always found the A380 a little ugly and not as streamlined and beautiful as the Boeing 747. But this paint job – perhaps it’s the blue belly – certainly improves the super jumbo’s looks.

First Fully Painted British Airways Airbus A380
Photo from BA Facebook page

Airbus will deliver this A380 to BA in July. Then we can look forward to all the cabin crew training flights. I wonder whether we will see it on the Edinburgh Shuttle run?

Your turn: What do you think of these photos of the first fully painted British Airways Airbus 380? Have you got any others you can share? Please leave a comment or share a link by clicking below.

 

Video Trip Report – British Airways Club World Review London Gatwick to Barbados

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It’s always a pleasure to start a holiday in a bit of style.

For this year’s long haul trip to St Vincent in the Grenadines we had to travel from Edinburgh to London Gatwick, then across Atlantic to Barbados and finally a short hop to St Vincent itself.

For nearly nine hours the excellent crew in the BA Club World cabin looked after us. To get an idea of the experience watch the video below – it only lasts for 5 minutes or so. I’ve included shots of the cabin, the food, the entertainment and of course the take off and landing.

Your turn: What did you think of this British Airways Club World Review London Gatwick to Barbados? Have you recently travelled with BA? Please share your experiences. Please leave a comment or post a link to your review below.

British Airways Club World Review London Gatwick to Barbados
Taking off from Gatwick

Have a sneaky look inside the first British Airways Airbus A380

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Continuing my occasional look at the building and painting of British Airway’s Airbus A380 there has been a recent lack of new photos of the fully painted aeroplane.

However BA released this video showing the inside of their new double-decker super jumbo. It looks great.

You can see the four classes of travel:

  • FIRST
  • Club World (Business Class)
  • World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy)
  • World Traveller (Economy)

Apparently BA will use the A380 on the London Heathrow to Los Angeles route so if you are travelling there from July onwards you never know you might get lucky.

Your turn: What do you think of this look inside the first British Airways Airbus A380? Does it really make any difference if you are travelling in economy class? Let me know what you think and please do share this video.

 

Revealed – first British Airways Airbus A380 Seat Map

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As part of my ongoing series of posts about the first British Airways Airbus A380, which they say will fly passengers for the first time in May 2013, here is a sneak peek at the seat map which BA have published.

first British Airways Airbus A380 Seat Map
British Airways Airbus A380 Seat Map

I remember when Airbus first announced the A380 that there was talk of shopping malls, gyms, restaurants and bars on board. But we all knew what would really happen didn’t we? Once built, this giant aircraft would simply be crammed to the rivets with seats.

So unless you can afford to fly FIRST, Club World or World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) – it’ll be the same knees into chest cattle class experience for the majority.

Still I believe the plane is much quieter!

Over to you: What do you think of the first British Airways A380 seat map?Whilst the first British Airways A380 has yet to fly passengers I’d love to hear stories of your trips on other airline’s A380s. What’s it like in all classes? Does the economy traveller really notice a difference? Share your thoughts. Click on “Leave a reply” just below and tell your story

Or for a taste of BA’s premium cabins please click here to watch my video review of flying BA FIRST Class on a Boeing 747.

Or for a two-minute trip report video of a BA Domestic flight – click here.