IAG details business-class refit schedule for BA fleet

IAG expects over half of the roll-out programme for British Airways' business-class reconfiguration to be completed within the next 2 years. But the company admits that it has been facing internal pressure to accelerate the deployment. IAG CFO Steve Gunning said the roll-out was an "enormous logistical exercise". "I don't think people quite get the gravity of it," he says, pointing out that over 7,000 seats are being fitted. Gunning says that even the board has queried whether the installations can be carried out more quickly. But he states that the supply chain from the seat manufacturer is the "critical path" and that the exercise is "quite a challenge". BA started introducing the new Club World seat on its Airbus A350s and Boeing 777-200ERs this year. <br/>