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Old Jun 24, 2018, 9:56 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
The plan was absolutely yes. Those aircraft are due to be in the fleet another 5-10 years and keeping the old product is not viable. AFAIK the contracts for the seats and the retrofits were signed so it is a done deal in that context. This was part of the plan when the 2-cabin mods started early last year; there was always a pause scheduled to wait for the Polaris announcement and then the remaining aircraft would be in that config.
If the plan is to retrofit by 2020, one could easily imagine last retrofits happening in 2022. That leaves at most 5 years of use for some of the 767’s. For an 8 hour flight max, I think current product is plenty good. 789 product is not that bad either. Get those damn 777-200’s done first and then reassess. The world could change between now and 2022.
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