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Aer Lingus New A330 and B757 Transatlantic Business Class
Thompson Aero Seating (Portadown) seating
Launched March 15, 2015; installed in all EI A330 aircraft.
- Seats convert to two metre lie flat beds
- 90% direct aisle access
- Touchscreen seat controls
- In-seat massage function
- Personal AC and USB charging points
- IFE 16 inch flat screen monitors with AVOD (from Inflight Dublin)
- Storage space for shoes or laptop, tablet, water bottle
- Personal reading LED spot lamp
- On demand food and beverage service
- Courtesy WiFi
Link to Factorydesign publicity video / guide on YouTube (Video embedding seemingly not available in wikis)
Window seating (Factory Design)
Window and centre section (BoardingArea)
B757 roll out has commenced with EI-LBT and is expected to be completed by May 2016.
Business-Class Lie-Flat-Seats from 2015
#96
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A new wrinkle
In Nov '15 I booked 2 business class seats for a trip in June '16 from JFK-DUB-JFK when the plane was scheduled to be an Airbus 330. Did so because the business class seats were lie flat on that aircraft. Just got an email from EI that the aircraft will now be a Boeing 757 with no wifi. Does anyone know if the seats will be lie flat or angled lie flat? Hoping it's not the latter.
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In Nov '15 I booked 2 business class seats for a trip in June '16 from JFK-DUB-JFK when the plane was scheduled to be an Airbus 330. Did so because the business class seats were lie flat on that aircraft. Just got an email from EI that the aircraft will now be a Boeing 757 with no wifi. Does anyone know if the seats will be lie flat or angled lie flat? Hoping it's not the latter.
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The 757 fleet is not yet fully converted; we have a long - running thread on the new seats which is rarely off the first page here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/aer-lingus-gold-circle-club/1502062-business-class-lie-flat-seats-2015-a.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/aer-lingus-gold-circle-club/1502062-business-class-lie-flat-seats-2015-a.html