Equipment update: refurbished 744 removed from the ATL - NRT route, back to the 77L
Jan 29, 2012, 2:00 pm
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Equipment update: refurbished 744 removed from the ATL - NRT route, back to the 77L
Going back a few months, the ATL - NRT flight was changed from the 77L to the 744 with the newly configured cabin. The date of the switch was March 26. A few weeks ago, it was pushed back to April 11. Now, the 744 is totally removed from the schedule and is no longer slated to fly ATL - NRT - ATL. It is back to the 77L. NE 1 know why? Will it eventually show up on ATL - NRT?
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Jan 29, 2012, 2:56 pm
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Checked my itineraries and yes indeed it is back to a 777. Also moved the ATL-NRT departure time 20 mins earlier.
For a trip I have in July/Aug the equipment still shows 747, and my seat selection holds, but online doesn't let me change the seat.
The return is through JFK, and it originally showed the old style 747, but I can't change the seat on that one either, here's to hoping it gets assigned the new config.
For a trip I have in July/Aug the equipment still shows 747, and my seat selection holds, but online doesn't let me change the seat.
The return is through JFK, and it originally showed the old style 747, but I can't change the seat on that one either, here's to hoping it gets assigned the new config.
Jan 29, 2012, 3:00 pm
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I wonder whether the schedule yet shows when the MSP-NRT nonstop will change back from the 777 to a (hopefully reconfigured, I guess, but that would mean fewer BE seats and a much worse ratio) 747.
Jan 29, 2012, 3:06 pm
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Seems to me that changing ATL-NRT to 77L in the spring schedule could actually increase the chance of a last minute 77L->74S equipment swap. Remember, the 77L seats 45 in BE, and the 74S seats 48. Until there are enough 744->74S planes to be sure to operate a route 100% of the time, the logic might be "Best not schedule a 744 and sell 65 BE seats if there's a chance we might operate the flight with a 74S which has only 48 BE seats."
Jan 30, 2012, 11:36 am
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http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5350194/
Good place to start reading is from around reply #120 or so.
Good place to start reading is from around reply #120 or so.
Jan 31, 2012, 7:23 am
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Thank you FT. My originally scheduled 77L NRT-ATL in late may went 74S, and I was wondering about which seat to pick that would be similar to my 7A on the 77L. This thread alerted me to check My Itineraries again. The 74S was gone, switched back to a 77L. But I had 6A. Fixed it back to 7A, thanks to FT.