Business Elite on a 777-200 LR, Atlanta to Johannesburg

[east_of_the_sun]

Who here can tell me about the inflight services? Anyone have pearls of wisdom on seat selection?

[yngdiego]

Originally Posted by east_of_the_sun

Who here can tell me about the inflight services? Anyone have pearls of wisdom on seat selection?

Since when did that get a 777? My understanding was it was serviced by 767 aircraft with a stop-over in Senegal.

[Robert Leach]

Well, the nonstop 777-200LR service doesn't start until June 1, so the fact is that nobody really knows yet what the specifics of it will be. My hunch is that the service will mirror that of the ATL-BOM service, which is on similar equipment departing at a similar time and flying a similar distance.

I expect it to be quite good, but the details are yet to be known.

[east_of_the_sun]

Oh, thanks for the heads-up. I have reservations on this flight in late June, but I wasn't aware that the service doesn't begin until June 1.

[gohoward]

Any word on whether the seats will be truly flat? I have a hard time believing Delta will rival South African's C seats.

[southerndoc]

How much of a decrease in flight time will we see with a non-stop flight?

[AndrewNewOrleans]

I am booked on this flight in August. Are there any Business Elite reports on routes currently serviced by the 777LR floating around out there? Best part about the new nonstop is not having to sit on the ground for a couple of hours in Dakar at 2am while the army/security strips the plane down looking for contraband.

[CObigtimefan]

Originally Posted by southerndoc

How much of a decrease in flight time will we see with a non-stop flight?

About 3 hours less, from 18 to 15 - give or take some.

[ClipperDelta]

Originally Posted by gohoward

Any word on whether the seats will be truly flat? I have a hard time believing Delta will rival South African's C seats.

DL will be using the 772LRs all of which have the truly flat beds in Business:

http://news.delta.com/photo_display....0&view=low_res

http://news.delta.com/photo_display....1&view=low_res

http://news.delta.com/photo_display....2&view=low_res

Originally Posted by AndrewNewOrleans

Are there any Business Elite reports on routes currently serviced by the 777LR floating around out there?

Plenty...do a search on "ATL-BOM" or "JFK-BOM"....

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by gohoward

Any word on whether the seats will be truly flat? I have a hard time believing Delta will rival South African's C seats.

Yes, DL is already installed new J class suite. Perhaps you can upgrades into J class with your mileage upgrade. You will pay for M class fare. It will be automatically you to be upgrade into J class, if they availability.