My wife and I just came back from a leisure trip YYZ/SNN ("Skyservice") and LGW/YYZ (Transat); A332 each way.
The airport experience was a far cry from BA. While the first aircraft was a bit tattered (cloth seats), the Transat service was actually quite good.
Reason we took it? The fare of $530 per person was about $100 more than the taxes and fees for a WT
reward ticket on BA.com.
Not sure how BA or AC can compete with that on the leisure side.
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Steve
Originally Posted by Traveloguy
Just posted in the thread. Flown these guys a few times although that was a few years ago when they had their L1011s operating. Pitch was ultra tight to say the least. If someone had say it was 28" (maybe even less), I would believe it.
Looking at their seat maps, it's amazing how many people they shove on their A332s especially.
http://www.airtransat.co.uk/en/7_3_2.asp
Somehow they manage to put more people on a A332 than an A333 despite it being a smaller aircraft. 363 must be a near record for the number of people one can fit on one of those jets. Even QF who are known to pack them on on a domestic configured A332 only squeeze on 303. 60 extra pax is very impressive and I don't know if I would fit. Looking at the seat map however much of the extra capacity is because they configure their Y cabins in 3x3x3 whereas most carriers configure a A332 in 2x4x2.