New BE TransCon Product Revealed
Aug 5, 2013, 8:47 am
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Count ourselves lucky if this is the only thing that comes over from the Sky Club! The last thing we want in the premium cabin is Gordon's and the Luxury Bar.
Aug 5, 2013, 8:53 am
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While the cabin still retains Delta's signature cheap plastic look, it is an improvement. The use of black to frame the monitors looks sleeker than the gray they use on other versions of the lie-flat cabins.
Overall, the new hard product coupled with DL's soft product will be very competitive on these routes. Good move.
(On another somewhat related note, it would be nice if DL removed the Confederate gray inserts from the domestic First class seats.)
Overall, the new hard product coupled with DL's soft product will be very competitive on these routes. Good move.
(On another somewhat related note, it would be nice if DL removed the Confederate gray inserts from the domestic First class seats.)
Aug 5, 2013, 9:02 am
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New BE TransCon Product Revealed
I didn't see this posted. This morning Delta unveiled it's new Business Elite cabin on the 757 for transcontinental flights starting next spring.
http://takingoff.delta.com/post/5742...he-new-757-200
Seats look kinda cheap. Maybe it's just bad images.
Interesting to see this revealed after JetBlue's new A321 cabin was revealed.
http://takingoff.delta.com/post/5742...he-new-757-200
Seats look kinda cheap. Maybe it's just bad images.
Interesting to see this revealed after JetBlue's new A321 cabin was revealed.
Aug 5, 2013, 9:14 am
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New bulkhead “Sky Diamond” laminates reminiscent of the Sky Club backwall
Aug 5, 2013, 9:31 am
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I'm sure there will be mixed feelings about the new wood/laminate accents, but I think it's an improvement in that it warms up the cabin a bit and means there is a little less gray plastic.
Aug 5, 2013, 9:56 am
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http://www.united.com/web/en-us/cont...mservices.aspx
Better pics of UA's : http://www.fodors.com/news/united-ro...anes-6609.html
I'm fine with the headrest gone, it's really only in coach that it's great. Otherwise, it just gets in the way when sleeping on lie-flats.
Aug 5, 2013, 10:00 am
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I believe it's also substantially the same as the new AA J seat...so basically all 3 airlines will be running the same J class hard product across the country.
Aug 5, 2013, 10:07 am
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I especially dislike the UA headrest because it is bolted onto the seat, which does nothing for me. If it were flatter to the seat, maybe I would like it more, but to me it just gets in the way.
Aug 5, 2013, 10:10 am
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Yeah, AA looks like the same seat, though they kept the headrest. They did use a wood laminate inlay on the drink table like DL.
Aug 5, 2013, 10:30 am
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The "Sky Diamond" design is also on the new A330, and on the coach bulkhead as well. I don't like the look of the Sky Clubs, but I actually thought it looked nice on the plane. I'm sure in 4 or 5 years when its scuffed up and perhaps peeling off a little bit that is going to look like crap...but for now..
Aug 5, 2013, 10:32 am
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After just seeing the new B6 product, this looks underwhelming to say the least. For some reason those seats look remarkably similar to something I would expect to find in my dentist's office.
Aug 5, 2013, 11:20 am
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The Delta product looks ok, but something isolated to a very small percentage of Delta fliers.