Best First Class: London to New York

4 first class products fly LHR→JFK, 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 ~34% of departures fly a worse aircraft — the same on every flight, so you can't pick around it.
66% Boeing 787-9 · S-tier
34% Boeing 777-300ER · A-tier
Seasonal — only flies this route from 9 Sept
A#2
Delta Air Lines — Delta One seats
Lie-flat, direct aisle for every seat
Your choice
Best seat on most flights — the 11:45 flies an older aircraft, so pick another departure.
B#4
American Airlines — Flagship First Suites
Lie-flat, paired seating
Consistent
Usually — ~34% of departures

Every flight, by departure time

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

10:15British Airways BA175MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-200ER· older aircraft
10:30American Airlines AA101MTWTFSSSBoeing 787-9
11:35British Airways BA173MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
11:45Delta Air Lines DL2MTWTFSSAAirbus A330-200· older aircraft
12:30British Airways BA181MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
12:55British Airways BA177MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
15:20British Airways BA115MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
15:35American Airlines AA107MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-300ER· older aircraft
16:35British Airways BA113MTWTFSSSBoeing 777-300ER
17:30British Airways BA179MTWTFSSBBoeing 787-10· older aircraft
17:45Delta Air Lines DL4MTWTFSSSAirbus A330-900
18:05American Airlines AA141MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-300ER· older aircraft
19:25British Airways BA183MTWTFSSBBoeing 777-200ER· 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.