Everything you need to know about British Airways' Boeing 787-10 extended aircraft
British Airways is one of the few airlines in the world that operates all three variants of the modern family of wide-body twin-engine Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The largest of these is the 787-10 model with an extended fuselage.
In the coming years, British Airways plans to increase its fleet with these aircraft. The Simple Flying website provides details you need to know about the twin-engine Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
The average age of the aircraft is 3.2 years
According to ch-aviation, the founding member of oneworld, an airline headquartered in London, currently has seven Boeing 787-10s. The last of these aircraft was delivered to the British flag carrier last summer, shortly before it converted six of its options into firm orders for this type of aircraft.
British Airways' 787-10s have an average age of 3.2 years and are Boeing's youngest aircraft type and second oldest after the Airbus A350-1000 (2.6 years on average at the time of writing). Compared to the average fleet age of 11 years, the 787-10 is still one of the youngest aircraft in its class.
In the future, the national airline plans to order 11 more Boeing 787-10s, which will eventually increase the total fleet of this type to 18 units. According to British Airways, by the end of 2024, the carrier plans to have 12 Dreamliners with an extended fuselage in its fleet.
Four classes of travel on board
Although first class is becoming increasingly rare in today's airline industry, British Airways has retained this upscale cabin on its Boeing 787-10 aircraft, meaning that this type of aircraft has a four-class configuration. It has 256 seats, of which 165 are in World Traveller (economy), 35 in World Traveller Plus (premium economy), 48 in Club World (business), and only eight in the first class cabin.
The aeroLOPA data shows that both Club World (which has a Club Suite on this aircraft) and First Class are equipped with 79-inch flat-panel seats in a 1-2-1 configuration, with each seat having direct access to the aisle. However, First Class offers more exclusivity in its eight-seat cabin, as well as wider seats (22 inches compared to 21 inches in Club World) and entertainment screens (23 inches versus 18.5 inches).
Further back are 35 World Traveler Plus seats, arranged seven to a row in a 2-3-2 configuration. These 18.7-inch-wide reclining seats have a generous 38-inch pitch. Meanwhile, most of the World Traveler's 31-inch pitch seats are arranged in nine rows in a 3-3-3 configuration. However, as the cabin narrows toward the rear of the aircraft, it becomes 2-3-2 in rows 46, 47, and 48.
Where do they fly to?
British Airways operates Boeing 787-10 aircraft on a variety of long-haul routes from its home base at London Heathrow Airport (LHR). Thus, according to Flightradar24, in recent weeks, aircraft of this type have served such cities as Boston (BOS), Dubai (DXB), Kuwait (KWI), Lagos (LOS), New York (JFK), Riyadh (RUH), Toronto (YYZ) and Washington, DC (IAD).
