Originally Posted by
Bub001
When I see photos I like I mourn what airnz has done to their PE offering. I travelled on the 747 within 3 months of PE starting....it was amazing...Business class without the lie-flat. And for what they charge now...I’ve voted with my wallet and my feet.
As an overall product PE is miles ahead of what it was then. The 77E was still the same 3-3-3 as economy but with greater seat pitch. The 744 was the better offering having the downstairs area, but the seats were still the same.
Sure the you got a table cloth and better booze was on offer back then, but the food isn't really significantly different to what you get now which is still fundamentally the BP menu but with fewer options. The Zodiac seat now is a million times better.
If you're going to talk about the "good old days" of PE it was circa ~2014 on the 77W with the Spaceseat before they but back the booze to the same as economy.