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Old May 17, 2015 | 6:18 am
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Intra-European flat beds are rare because the market will no longer tolerate the accompanying prices.

Except for equipment swaps there are a small number of exceptions.

QR do ZAG-BUD and TBS-GYD on A320s as fifth freedom flights. These are sometimes flat beds and sometimes they are recliner seats. QR also used to do OTP-SOF but SOF recently received direct service from DOH.

LA do MAD-FRA.

Originally Posted by francismc
Iberia uses their A340 from LHR - MAD; which is long-haul configuration. Flat bed setup.
There is only one of these flights per day, so watch out. It's for the cargo capacity. Most flights are standard European business.

Originally Posted by SPBanker
BA at least used to have long-haul configuration between London and Moscow, LHR-DME.
Yes, the MOW-LON traffic will tolerate the cost.

Originally Posted by dcjl
They still do. I flew CW from LHR to DME a few weeks ago in the 777, However, I've noticed on booking sites that they also operate the A321 on the route, which presumably is configured only for CE.
It is in a "mid haul" configuration with flat beds.
http://www.thebasource.com/seatmaps/a321/23j131y.html
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