Originally Posted by Land-of-Miles
It should be noted that AY have one particularly awful MD11 with even worse seating than the others and no IFE in J apart from the portable dvd they hand out (around 90+ mins into the flight). The problem is there is no way of knowing if this aircraft will be used on your flight or not. I believe it is meant to fly the atlantic but they have been known to substitute it and I have been unlucky enough to "enjoy" that aircraft on several occassions.
AY onboard service is pretty good, but you are unlikely to get too fat on the "light supper" served on the flight.
That's the ex-CityBird plane, OH-LGF, which is the latest addition to AY's MD11 fleet (6th). It's true the seats are bit worse (smaller recline etc) than in rest of the fleet but the difference is not "huge" as the others are not 21st century long-haul J standard either. We just have to wait until they get them upgraded.