British Airways announces inaugural Airbus A380 destinations — Los Angeles and Hong Kong!

By: Ben Schlappig

Updated: March 11, 2013
Published: March 5, 2013

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British Airways is one of the next carriers to take delivery of the Airbus A380, and they’ve just unveiled their inaugural routes and schedules for the aircraft.

The first destination with Airbus A380 service will be Los Angeles, starting October 15, 2013. It will operate with the following schedule:

Then as of November 15, 2013, the A380 will be operating a daily service to Hong Kong:

Here’s a video they just released of the new Airbus A380 (though it’s a bit abstract to actually be useful):

They’ve also published their A380 seatmap here, which I find a bit odd with business class being split between the upper and lower deck.

Fortunately award availability seems to be pretty good on the A380, and they don’t seem to be blocking the premium cabin award space on it. Can’t wait to try it!

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gb Guest

March 6, 2013, 9:51 am

upper deck J has 3 toilets for 48 pax. lower deck has 4 for 24 Js and 2 for 16 Fs. Upper has more galleys than toilets, it looks like :)

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Mitch Member

March 5, 2013, 9:28 pm

Why on earth do carriers keep installing business products that don't provide direct aisle access for all passengers? Oh, and the rear-facing seats are spectacular, too.

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Andrew Guest

March 5, 2013, 8:12 pm

Those Business Class seats SUCK, fold down leg rest=worst idea ever.

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Todd Diamond

March 5, 2013, 2:47 pm

@ Lucky - Thank you. I should have said I was looking at LAX LHR.

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lucky OMAAT

March 5, 2013, 2:39 pm

@ Todd -- I suspect at first there will be some fanfare around the A380, so it'll probably be tough to snag two seats at first. For now I see two first seats on the A380 to HKG, though not any space in November to LAX for two, which is a tough route to begin with.

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