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![]() ![]() ![]() I could store my glasses while I tried to sleep, for example. Personally, I preferred the baby bus seats as it avoided the unavoidable awkward eye contact of the yin-yang seat and provided more flat surface space for personal items. The baby bus featured more traditional forward-facing seats in a 2-2 configuration. The flat bed seats were different from the unique but not always loved “ yin-yang” seats on the BA widebody fleet. Passengers could check a bag down to just 20 minutes before departure rather than the 60 minutes required at Heathrow.īefore the introduction of Global Entry, the stop at Shannon allowed New York-bound passengers to clear the customs and immigration process while the aircraft refueled, potentially saving hours upon landing in New York. ![]() ![]() While the flight to New York required a fuel stop in Shannon, Ireland, it still provided an overall time savings to passengers. With just 32 fully flat bed seats on board, BA was able to operate a premium transatlantic service out of London City Airport rather than Heathrow, putting its arriving passengers much closer to central London. While a small handful of airlines incorporated the A318 into their fleets, British Airways saw an opportunity to recapture the super high end, and super high fare-paying Concorde crowd. The A318 was nothing more than the unwanted runt of the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. While the Concorde was something straight out of science fiction and purpose-built for speed, the A318 used by BA was something far more ordinary. Economic forces permanently grounded Concorde in 2003, while the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic downturn has sealed the fate of the Concorde’s replacement as British Airways’ lone A318 exits the fleet. Originally used as flight numbers for the legendary Concorde, BA1 and BA2 were more recently associated with the British Airways Club World London City Airbus A318 “baby bus” service. ![]()
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