Which BA aircraft types are now 100 percent Club Suite-fitted as of Q2 2026?

All 18 Airbus A350-1000s, all 16 Boeing 777-300ERs and all 12 Boeing 787-10s carry Club Suite. The 18th and final A350-1000 was delivered on February 21, 2024, completing the A350 build phase. Additional A350-1000 deliveries are scheduled for 2028 and 2029 under the March 2025 follow-on order.

What is the current state of the 777-200ER retrofit at Heathrow?

28 of the 33 Heathrow-based 777-200ERs carry Club Suite as of Q2 2026. The remaining five aircraft continue to operate the legacy eight-across Club World cabin and are increasingly concentrated on Gatwick and shorter trans-Atlantic rotations. BA has guided to full Heathrow 777-200ER Club Suite completion within the 2026 calendar year.

Why is the 787-9 retrofit behind the rest of the fleet?

The 787-9 retrofit program started later than the 777 retrofits and runs through 2026 and 2027 by published British Airways guidance. The 787-9 retrofit has been slower in part because of the cabin reconfiguration complexity on the type and because the 787-10 - which arrived with Club Suite from delivery - took priority for Dreamliner premium-cabin capacity.

Are BA112, BA117, BA001 and BA006 all guaranteed Club Suite on the JFK trunk?

As of Q2 2026 all four named JFK rotations are operating Club Suite-certain aircraft. BA112 (JFK-LHR, 18:30 departure) and BA117 (LHR-JFK) operate on Heathrow 777-200ERs, the majority of which now carry the new product. BA001 and BA006 - the all-Business Class Club World flights from London City via Shannon to JFK - have been operationally restructured and now route through Heathrow on retrofitted equipment.

What are the next material Club Suite milestones to watch?

Three: (1) completion of the remaining five Heathrow 777-200ER retrofits during the second half of 2026; (2) the A380 retrofit, which BA has indicated will follow the 787-9 program rather than precede it; and (3) the 787-9 retrofit completion target through 2027. Until the A380 work concludes, the type continues to carry the eight-across Club World cabin on remaining long-haul rotations.

British Airways Club Suite Fleet State: A Q2 2026 Briefing

LONDON - British Airways’ Club Suite program - the carrier’s first proprietary 1-2-1 Business Class hard product, introduced in 2019 and progressively rolled across the long-haul fleet through retrofit - has now reached a fleet-state inflection point. As of the close of Q2 2026, all of the A350-1000, 777-300ER and 787-10 fleets carry the new product, the majority of the Heathrow 777-200ER subfleet has been retrofitted, and the 787-9 program continues to lag.

For corporate travel buyers and premium leisure agents working the trans-Atlantic, the practical question for the summer 2026 schedule is which rotations on which days carry which cabin. The carrier’s published guidance and Cirium operating-aircraft assignment data through May 2026 allow a clean picture by type.

A350-1000: 18 aircraft, all Club Suite, all four-class

British Airways operates 18 Airbus A350-1000s as of Q2 2026, with the final delivery booked on February 21, 2024. All 18 carry the Club Suite product from delivery, configured in a four-class layout with First, Club Suite, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller. The A350-1000 fleet anchors several of BA’s highest-yield long-haul trunks - Bengaluru, Tokyo Haneda, Toronto, Riyadh - and has progressively absorbed flying from older 777-200ERs through the fleet rotation cycle.

BA placed a follow-on order in March 2025 for six additional A350-1000s, with deliveries scheduled for 2028 and 2029. No A350-1000 deliveries are booked in 2026 under firm orders.

777-300ER: 16 aircraft, fleet retrofit complete

The 16-aircraft 777-300ER fleet completed its Club Suite retrofit program ahead of schedule, with the final airframe re-entering revenue service in mid-2025. The 777-300ER is the type-level reference for Club Suite operation - any 777-300ER on any rotation as of Q2 2026 is a Club Suite aircraft.

787-10: 12 aircraft, Club Suite from delivery

All 12 Boeing 787-10s carry Club Suite from factory delivery, with the type having entered the BA fleet specifically to launch the new product on Dreamliner metal. The 787-10 has progressively taken trans-Atlantic rotations from older equipment and now anchors significant Gatwick flying following the early 2026 introduction of Gatwick Club Suite service on the type.

777-200ER: 28 of 33 Heathrow tails retrofitted

The Heathrow-based 777-200ER subfleet is the most operationally consequential category as of Q2 2026. Twenty-eight of the 33 Heathrow 777-200ERs now carry Club Suite. The remaining five aircraft continue to operate the legacy eight-across 2-4-2 Club World cabin - a hard product two generations behind the current market.

The remaining un-retrofitted 777-200ERs are increasingly concentrated on Gatwick rotations and on lower-yield trans-Atlantic trunks where the operational cost of the Club Suite reconfiguration has been weighed against the residual life of the airframe. BA has guided to full Heathrow 777-200ER Club Suite completion within the 2026 calendar year, with the remaining five aircraft scheduled through the second half.

787-9: retrofit ongoing through 2027

The 787-9 retrofit remains the most behind-schedule element of the program. As of Q2 2026, a majority of 787-8s have been retrofitted with Club Suite, but no 787-9s have yet been re-cabined - the 787-9 work is still inbound and is now scheduled to complete through 2027 by published BA guidance.

The 787-9 retrofit delay is the single largest residual exposure for buyers chasing Club Suite certainty on the Dreamliner. Until the program concludes, 787-9 rotations carry the older Club World eight-across hard product, and seat-map verification at booking remains material.

JFK trunk: Club Suite-certain on the four named day-flights

The JFK-LHR corridor is the single highest-volume premium-cabin trans-Atlantic trunk in the BA network, and as of Q2 2026 the four named day-flights are now operating Club Suite-certain aircraft.

BA112, the 18:30 JFK departure to Heathrow with a 06:30 next-morning arrival, operates predominantly on retrofitted 777-200ER metal. BA117, the westbound LHR-JFK service, operates the same. BA001 and BA006 - historically the two all-Business Class London City to JFK rotations via Shannon - have been operationally restructured through 2025 and now route through Heathrow on retrofitted equipment. Cirium operating-aircraft assignment data confirms Club Suite-certain operation on all four flight numbers through the summer 2026 timetable.

What to watch through the second half

Three items materially affect the Club Suite footprint through the back half of 2026 and into 2027.

The first is the completion of the remaining five Heathrow 777-200ER retrofits, which would push the type to 100 percent Club Suite at Heathrow and would mark the operational end of the legacy eight-across Club World on Heathrow long-haul.

The second is the A380 retrofit decision. BA has indicated the A380 work will follow the 787-9 program rather than precede it. Until then, the 12 A380s in the BA fleet continue to operate Club World on the upper-deck Business cabin - a meaningful gap for premium buyers who draw the A380 on Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and Johannesburg rotations.

The third is the 787-9 program itself, which by published guidance runs through 2027. The 787-9 is the fleet’s swing capacity on a wide set of long-haul rotations, and Club Suite-certain inventory on the type is not expected until well into the 2027 schedule.

The Club Suite footprint at British Airways is no longer the underdog story it was during the 2019-2022 rollout. As of Q2 2026, it is the operating norm across more than half the long-haul fleet, with the residual exposure narrowing route by route.