Originally Posted by TrayflowInUK
Don't get too used to that. Although I'm not a seasoned AZ flyer, I have yet to see an MD-80 with proper biz class.
As a fairly seasoned AZ flyer, I've yet to see one that doesn't! To be fair, most of my travel with AZ has been international, but I'm reasonably sure that every MD-80 I've flown with them has had the 'big green armchair' biz class seating, configured as a genuine 2-2, with decent recline and leg room.
For the longest time, they used to have about 15 rows on their MD-80s, but refit sometime in 2003-2004 (?) to remove all but the front few. I used to seek out the MD-80s in the timetable because I was practically guaranteed a good seat as an AZ elite, given that AZ has never had 15 rows of biz class pax in my experience.