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British Airways 787-9 Business Class

CabinScore has measured 2 physically different business-class cabins that British Airways flies on the 787-9 — rated 9.0 and 5.4 out of 10 — and booking sites sell every one of them as the same “Business” fare. Your route decides which one you board.

The Versions, Ranked2 versions · 6 tracked routes

01

Club Suite

53.34cm wide · 200cm bed · direct aisle access

9.0Exceptional
British Airways Club Suite cabin on the 787-9

British Airways’ newer long-haul business class seat is a fully-enclosed suite-style product with a sliding door, arranged in a 1-2-1 layout so every passenger has aisle access. The seat converts into a fully flat bed and includes improved storage and an 18.5-inch IFE screen (details vary by aircraft and retrofit batch).

Spot it

  • Business cabin is arranged 1-2-1 with suite shells and a door (not BA’s older 2-3-2 Club World)
53cmWidth
200cmBed
Seat Dimensions8.8
Cabin Density8.6
Privacy10.0
Product Age7 years old
Direct Aisle AccessYes
Where it flies2 routes
LHR → PVGLondon – Shanghai (Pudong)6%SIN → SYDSingapore – Sydney6%
02

Club World

50.8cm wide · 182.9cm bed · no direct aisle access

5.4Lacking
British Airways Club World cabin on the 787-9

Older business class configuration with forward and rear facing seats

Spot it

  • 2-3-2 layout (7-abreast)
  • Alternating forward-/rear-facing seats
  • Not all seats have direct aisle access (some require stepping over a neighbor)

Route shares are the share of British Airways's observed flying on a tracked route that is this cabin, resolved from flight history to individual registrations. They describe the routes we track, not British Airways's whole 787-9 fleet — a version we haven't measured would not appear here at all.

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