Originally Posted by
esledo
There has been some conversation about the seating plans and configurations on AY LH fleet. Hopefully this will provide some clarification what to expect:
Five A340s (LQA-LQE) have the same seating configuration, "old Finnair style" angled lie-flat bed in J. Economy seats are also the same. In other words cabinwise no difference between 1994 LQA and 2008 LQE.
Two ex-AF A340s (LQF/LQG) have ex-AF seats (with Finnair textiles though), AF-style angled lie-flat in J and AF-style Y seats with smaller IFE screen than in LQA-LQE.
Four A330s (LTM-LTP) have the same seats than LQA-LQE, angled lie-flat etc., the only difference is the lighter blue colours in the textiles.
One A330 (LTR) has the new bigger J class, with the new fully flat seats.
Three A330s (LTS-LTU) have the same new J seats than LTR, just fewer seats in J resulting more seats in Y class. All A330s have the same Y seat than LQA-LQE.
Consistent product, eh?
Oh come on, be fair. With that method airlines like Lufthansa have what...10? 15? 20? long haul products (couning each variant for each aircraft type, some in the middle of product overhaul...) AY:s five is consistent as heck.
Seriously speaking, AY has 2 or 3 different kinds of J depending on how you count them: The new true-flat J, the old angled-lie-flat and the ex-AF variant of angled lie flat.
How many rows of each class they have or how many engines are bolted under the wing does not constitute as separate inconsistent products IMO.