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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 10:53 pm
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JAL to roll out new seats on long-haul 773/763 from Jan 2013

Official Press Release in Japanese: http://press.jal.co.jp/ja/bw_uploads/JGN12087.pdf
My Blog Post: http://jal-pak.blogspot.com/2012/08/...long-haul.html

- 777-300ER rollout in Jan 2013. Launch route is NRT-LHR
- new long-haul seats on 767-300ER to be rolled out in 2nd half of 2013
- New config: 232 seats (8F, 49C, 40PY, 135Y). Big reduction in Executive Class capacity (current generation with NEO seats has 246 seats - 8F 77C 46PY 115Y and previous generation currently used on LHR route has 272 seats - 9F 63C 44PY 156Y)
- F seats will have new design which will be an improvement over current JAL Suite and it comes with a bigger 23" screen
- C seats will be truly lie-flat with aisle access in every seat. Privacy will be improved and come close to those in F. Also 23" screen
- PY seats will have 12.1" screen and 42" pitch and a fixed back design
- Y seats will be 2cm wider and pitch increases to 33-34"

More details (including new catering and services) will be announced in Sep

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