British Airways unveils new Club World (Business Class) seat

British Airways recently put out teasers of their new business class seat on various social media channels. As everybody keep saying, their current seat was path breaking when revealed in 2006. After a few years, reverse herringbone seats and staggered seats came along. These seats were in a 1-2-1 combination and gave all passengers direct aisle access which made flying long haul a breeze. After 8-9 years of massively disappointing business class flyers, the bosses at IAG and BA have finally decided to do something in the increasingly competitive business class world.

After checking out the teasers, I must say they look.......promising?

As is the norm with BA, blue seems to be the prominent colour. The contrast stitching looks very classy and the brushed aluminium finish on the table release only adds to that effect.

These seats will debut on BA's A350-1000 aircraft that are due for delivery soon. If the vague pictures that BA have put up are anything to go by, the extremely long wait might be worth it after all. After all, anything will be better than the hideous monstrosity that BA calls 'Club World'.

Stay tuned for further updates. BA will be doing a full reveal of their new Club World seat tomorrow!

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