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Old Jan 19, 2013, 12:32 pm
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timmynl
 
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Originally Posted by travelislife
Just a pity they haven't gone with the new A380/777 business product, I know the 747 isn't rated for the seat, all the same still a bit sad to be spending the money installing a new seat which is already behind the competition.
I don't think that TG didn't want to install the same C seats as on A380 and 777-300ER (not 9W ones). However, those seats are not certified for B747. So TG seems to have no choice but to pick updated C slope lie-flat instead of fully flat bed as on A380 & 777-300ER.
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