Simple Flying reports two Airbus A380 cabin changes. Qantas is reworking the floor plan of a 485-seat A380, while British Airways is removing 88 economy seats. The summary says both airlines are reconfiguring their A380s to reduce economy seating. The stated 485-seat figure describes Qantas’s aircraft layout; the 88-seat figure refers specifically to the economy seats British Airways is removing.
The adjustments concern the cabin layouts of the two airlines’ A380s. Qantas’s stated change is a reworking of its 485-seat floor plan; British Airways’s is the removal of 88 economy seats. The report’s summary characterizes both changes as reconfigurations intended to reduce economy seating.
