British Airways unveils brand-new 'game-changing' first-class suite for the A380 - and the Mail gives it a try. Here's our first impression... what's YOURS?

British Airways has revealed a brand-new first-class spot for the Airbus A380 – and the Mail has fixed it a try.

The hose - a spouse bearer with American Airlines - unveiled the suite astatine a glitzy ceremonial connected Monday nighttime astatine its Waterside HQ adjacent to Heathrow.

Harriet Sime and Laura Sharman from the Mail's question squad tested it out.

After 'listening to colleagues and customers to assistance signifier plan elements', BA is calling the suite a 'game-changer'.

But what did Harriet and Laura think?

Deputy Travel Editor Harriet said: 'The spot is plush, with elegant curves and ambient lighting. It felt similar a cocoon, with wide seats and acres of abstraction connected either broadside and successful front.'

Assistant Travel Editor Laura remarked: 'It felt similar stepping into a blase edifice suite. The spot was plush and cosy, some arsenic a seat and erstwhile afloat reclined arsenic a bed. It surely oozes luxury and style.'

Let's tally done immoderate of the specifications.

In a statement, BA revealed that the spot is 'ultra-wide' – 36.5 inches – with a furniture magnitude of 79 inches (6ft 6in) and featuring a 'multi-purpose ottoman'.

It besides features a 32-inch 4K TV surface and adjustable temper lighting including scenes specified arsenic 'relax', 'dine' and 'cinema', with customers cocooned wrong a 60-inch curved wall, for 'ultimate privacy'.

On the privateness front, BA added: 'The brushed panelling wrong the spot helps with acoustics and absorbing sound, which adds to the consciousness of being successful a cocooned, backstage space. Customers tin besides usage the seat's brand-new "do not disturb" functionality connected its wireless power tablet, which notifies unit if they privation to maximise their remainder connected board.'

For customers travelling unneurotic successful the centre of the cabin, the divider slides unfastened to make a shared lounge space, and they tin present instrumentality their luggage into a idiosyncratic luggage abstraction connected the extracurricular of the suite, 'making it adjacent easier to settee successful earlier their flight'.

Harriet and Laura agreed that this diagnostic looks handy.

BA added: 'The spot has been beautifully curated by adept designers and world-class manufacturers from each corners of Great Britain and Ireland, including London, Glasgow, West Yorkshire, Kilkeel and Dublin.

'We worked intimately with world-class shaper Collins Aerospace to make the First seat, pursuing its engagement successful cautiously crafting British Airways' Club Suite and short-haul craft seats earlier this year.'

Any thoughts from predominant fliers?

Rhys Jones, Aviation Editor astatine predominant flyer website headforpoints.com, didn't be the motorboat event, but told MailOnline Travel that helium thinks the caller spot is taking BA successful the close direction.

He commented: 'British Airways has cleverly decided not to spell head-to-head with the ultra-luxury offerings from Etihad, Emirates and Singapore Airlines, immoderate of which connection multi-room apartments to passengers.

'The caller compartment is simply a level-headed attack to archetypal people with nods to the Ozwald Boateng-designed uniforms.

'Compared to the existing seats, the caller compartment should beryllium much spacious. The question present is whether BA tin present a work and soft-product to lucifer [what looks like] an awesome caller seat. The motorboat of a caller First Service Specialists grooming programme astatine BA should assistance elevate inconsistent work from crew.'

British Airways' Chief Customer Officer, Calum Laming, said: 'We're incredibly arrogant to motorboat the adjacent epoch of First that pushes the boundaries of comfort, luxury and modernity, taking into information lawsuit preferences and expectations to the finest detail.'

The caller compartment is expected to instrumentality to the skies successful mid-2026. It whitethorn besides diagnostic successful the caller Boeing 777X.

Watch this space.