Originally Posted by
Pat89339
At the United Polaris event in San Francisco last September, I was told:
The 777-300 is due for delivery in January and will come with the new Polaris seats. There will be 60 seats in C.
The planned retrofit is the 767s first, starting sometime between 2/17-4/17. There will be 30 seats in C. They will have a 1-1-1 configuration.
The 777-200 (excluding Hawaii Configuration) is planned to start sometime between 7/17-9/17. There will be 50 seats in C. 1-2-1 configuration.
The 787-900 will not be retrofitted with Polaris seats, even those still not delivered. The 787-10 orders will be delivered with the Polaris seats.
The Hawaii configured 772s will receive the old C lie flat international seats in a 2-4-2 configuration. They weren't sure how many or the time frame, but it would be similar to current C seating. They will receive the Saks linen.
The international 757s will receive some kind of Polaris seats. They haven't made a decision yet. They will receive the linens, as will the ps aircraft.
No new seats in the 747 which they will retire in 2018. (Now 2017)
767's in a 1-1-1 configuration? Very wasteful to refit those old and nasty birds. Better use of that CAPEX would be to retrofit the 787's, they will be around a lot longer. Besides, the 767's are lie-flat already so just stick with it. They do short Europe hops anyway. Terrible call by OM. Shame that the 789s wont get true Polaris seats.
There are 35 763's and 31 787's. forget the 76's. Pour the money into the 78's. Oscar has recently said it himself, to make money you gotta spend money. You cant have an inferior product which is what they have in Polaris on the 78's.
Back to the 767, do they currently have in-seat IFE and if not, will they get it with the refurb?