JOSECONLSCREW28

Hub - Hub flights, as well as EWR - MCO, IAH - MCO etc.

FriendlySkies

Any idea how MCO fits into this mix? Seems kind of odd to send the newest aircraft to a mostly kettle/leisure destination.. If anything, it should go on transcon flights that might attract more paying C pax.

uastarflyer

On CO, kettles rule

I was referring to end product

You refer to project - and on that aspectyou definitely have a very valid point!

EWR764

Correct. NH and JL went 2-4-2 for eight abreast, but all subsequent 787 operators have gone 3-3-3 in Y.

DL2SXM

for such a remarkable aircraft, you don't even get direct aisle access in Business? sad....

pbearmedic

Looks great. It'll be a real fun experience flying this for the first time!

channa

The pics don't really show it, but I saw in one of the videos that they're using the same, drab gray bulkhead walls and lav/closet doors that they've been using for 20 years.

I guess swooshing the gold stripe on the outside was as innovative as CO could get. Game changing no doubt.

mbarreto

+1 (or maybe -1 depending on how you see it ).

I find it a lack of touch with the business travellers needs to keep insisting on C seats with no aisle access. UAs new 777 with 4 seats in the center is the epitome of such disconnect.

UAL4life

Those air nozzles are the same type that are found on the new sky interior 737. Let's hope they do more blowing, than sucking; unlike their narrow-body counterparts.

+1

Could we really expect anything short of that? The only thing different is the new headrest flaps in BF and even that's half old! They sure do have vision.

trust77

it looks great. how exciting.

and it looks like all window seats in the BF cabin have great views out!

bob_the_d

honestly when comparing old bulkheads i find the grey to be less depressing than the old UA dirt brown bulkheads. grey may be 90's but the brown feels 80's (feels funny to think that the 90's is "twenty years ago").

Sulley

It has nothing to do with kettles and everything to do with MCO MX...

DL2SXM

what is the layout in Business, 7 across? its just such a shame to squeeze in the kitchen sink... This could've been a great way to roll out something more appealing and appetizing, say like a 1 - 2 - 1 layout.

bob_the_d

2-2-2 same as the pmco 772 BF config.

Jorgen

Or how about a -1- layout? Just one seat per row, really wide? And then just one row, so just one seat in the whole cabin. FAs would stand beside you with giant feather fans feeding you grapes for the whole flight.

Seriously though I'm trying to understand the density. I'd thought ANA would be significantly less dense because it's 1-2-1 and 1-1-1 in alternating rows, but looking at the seatmaps and comparing the cabins fore of the main entry doors it seems like ANA crams twenty biz seats into that cabin while United only has eighteen. However United also has two lavs and a bit of galley in the same space.

I'm guessing that over the longer run most airlines will go for an ANA-like configuration where one man's footwell is another man's side-table. It seems like that's the best way to get the best of all possible worlds: you get lie-flat ability *and* all forward facing *and* a combination of seats with privacy and seats where you can talk to your companion *and* direct aisle access for everybody *and* reasonably high density of seats. But nobody has ever accused UACO of being on the bleeding edge of cabin design.