Have heard reports that N821AW, a former US A319 has re-entered service after having its cabin reconfigured. Apparently it now features the same cabin config as the LAA A319s: 8F seats, 120Y
Power in every seat now, but no PTVs.
I wonder, where will this bird be deployed? Would make sense to initially deploy it on LAA A319 routes where pax have bought tickets for that configuration. However, if it is substituted for an LUS A319 with 12 seats of booked F, there will no doubt be some unhappy pax bumped back to Y. Could also explain why AA seems to be holding back 4 seats for gate upgrades on the past few A319 flights I've been on...maybe priming the market to expect less upgrades.
Not a positive change at all as far as I see it.