Originally Posted by
tris06
I am not a picky fellow. I dont consider the refubish a fail if they only intend to keep them till 2016-2017. Why spend more money when they will be retired. It probably would have been better they just replaced with that money than refurbish. Still i am satisfied for a couple of years as long as the price is low.
It's not like they spent less $ or time getting this sorted.
Originally Posted by
lolstebbo
Knowing CI, I don't think the cabin product for their 77Ws (or A359s, for that matter) will be much better than what they refurbed their 744s with. Of the seats Sogerma had to offer for C class, they just had to chose the less-competitive of the two.
Well, they have to at least roll out a product that's comparable to BR's Royal on the 77W (not sure on the 359 cause it's been a while since the order), otherwise they are just shooting themselves. The two Taiwanese airlines usually copy each other to the minimum so I would expect to see lie flat seats on CI, just not sure if it's going to be the same as BR's.
The question is if CI is dumping First? I hope not and want to see CX's suites style on their fleet. Six suites are more than enough to complement the cabin with 1-2-1 reverse herringbone business class and 33" economy. This way they will at least have a product that's comparable to their rival and differentiate the market (Suites vs. Premium Economy).
I just hope I won't see Premium Economy on CI
