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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by hillrider
To put it in context, I can't think of many 6 hour flights operated by European, Asian or even African airlines that are not operated with a long-haul configuration, which more often than not has lie-flat in J cabins.

The US is (finally) catching up.
I don't think that is particularly relevant. After all, there are tons of 3-4 hour intra-European flights where business class is a coach seat with an empty middle, often with no or limited extra legroom. When will Europe catch up with us?

And FWIW, I don't think that many intra-Asia flights, even 5-6 hour ones, have lie-flats in J. Deep recliners (maybe 45-55" pitch) that are better than domestic U.S. F yes, but not lie-flats.
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