Best First Class: New York to London

4 first class products fly JFK→LHR, ranked by the seat you'll actually get — not just the one on the schedule. Lie-flat is available; the badges show how reliably each flight delivers it.

S#1
American Airlines — Flagship Business seats
Lie-flat suite with privacy door
⚠ Luck of the draw
Scheduled as a lie-flat suite with privacy door, but ~32% of departures fly a worse aircraft — the same on every flight, so you can't pick around it.
68% Boeing 787-9 · S-tier
32% Boeing 777-300ER · A-tier
Seasonal — only flies this route from 24 Oct
B#4
American Airlines — Flagship First Suites
Lie-flat, paired seating
Consistent
Usually — ~32% of departures

Every flight, by departure time

Each scheduled departure with the aircraft it flies — tap any to see the seat map.

00:20British Airways BA1182MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
07:50British Airways BA178MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-200ER· older aircraft
09:35American Airlines AA142MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-300ER· older aircraft
18:20American Airlines AA100MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-300ER· older aircraft
18:30British Airways BA112MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
18:40British Airways BA174MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
19:10British Airways BA180MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
20:15Delta Air Lines DL1MTWTFSSAAirbus A330-200· older aircraft
20:20British Airways BA116MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
21:40British Airways BA114MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
21:40British Airways BA172MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-200ER· older aircraft
22:00Delta Air Lines DL3MTWTFSSSAirbus A330-900
22:30American Airlines AA104MTWTFSSSBoeing 787-9
22:40British Airways BA182MTWTFSSBBoeing 787-10· older aircraft
How we rank

Ranked by seat hardware — what you physically get, independent of what the cabin is sold as. We lead with the seat the fleet typically flies on this route, not a single scheduled aircraft.

  • SLie-flat suite with privacy door
  • ALie-flat, direct aisle for every seat
  • BLie-flat, paired seating
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Schedule data from OAG.