Originally Posted by
FoxCL9
Almost the entire -300ER fleet has the wider wood trim and electric blinds on the windows, the only exceptions (as far as I know) are ECE, ECJ and ECK.
Some of the EB* series were originally delivered with manual blinds and then retrofitted once they were reconfigured from the older 12F layout in the early 2010s. There were some exceptions to this as well, like EBW which still had manual blinds till retirement in 2024.
Originally Posted by
FoxCL9
Almost the entire -300ER fleet has the wider wood trim and electric blinds on the windows, the only exceptions (as far as I know) are ECE, ECJ and ECK.
Some of the EB* series were originally delivered with manual blinds and then retrofitted once they were reconfigured from the older 12F layout in the early 2010s. There were some exceptions to this as well, like EBW which still had manual blinds till retirement in 2024.
First of all, I wish everyone a safe return back home or to your destination.
Thanks, your hint helped me to evaluate a bunch of youtube videos. I think I resolved the puzzle. In the videos I looked for shots of the inflight information system or the front gear, where the tail number is visible too. For the latter I took special care, that it really was the plane actually boarded.
Result:
Active planes:
Manual A6-ECA, CE to CK (8 planes)
Electric A6-EBM, BU, BY, CM, CO, CQ to CZ. EBV (retired?)
Retired, B series:
BB, BG, BL, BN, BQ all had electric blinds.
Retired, C series:
CB,CD,CL all manual. CN most likely electric, CP not found.
Summary
It looks like EBW (manual) was indeed an exception in the B-series.
In the C-series there's a pattern: ECA to ECL were manual (delivered till Dec. 2008) ECM to ECZ electric (delivered Jan. 09 or later).
Thanks for having guided me in the right direction.