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Bengaluru-London route gets British Airways' new plane

BRITISH AIRWAYS on Thursday (9) announced the launch of its A350 aircraft with the highly-anticipated club suite from Bengaluru to London's Heathrow.

The A350 aircraft is the only plane of British Airways in India.


This is only the fourth destination across the entire network of British Airways to receive this aircraft. The other three destinations are Dubai, Toronto and Tel Aviv.

The daily flight from Kempegowda international airport to London, which started from January 1, is marked by sophistication, luxury, privacy and branded business cabin called club suite with luxurious flat-bed seats.

Moran Birger, British Airways head of sales, (Asia-Pacific and Middle-East), said: “We have launched our brand new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft on the Bengaluru-to-London routes. It's fantastic thing we can do for Bengaluru, for India as well. It's the newest aircraft we have in our entire fleet.

“As one of the busiest airports in India, Bengaluru is an important hub for the airline, and we are delighted to welcome our new A350 aircraft featuring our new club suite business cabin, which is one of the most exciting developments in our current £6.5 billion investment programme."

Along with the all-new 56-seat club world cabin, the three-cabin A350 features the latest world traveller plus (premium economy) class.

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