Jun 25, 2015, 8:33 pm
Last edit by: starflyergold
Aer Lingus New A330 and B757 Transatlantic Business Class
Thompson Aero Seating (Portadown) seating
Launched March 15, 2015; installed in all EI A330 aircraft.
- Seats convert to two metre lie flat beds
- 90% direct aisle access
- Touchscreen seat controls
- In-seat massage function
- Personal AC and USB charging points
- IFE 16 inch flat screen monitors with AVOD (from Inflight Dublin)
- Storage space for shoes or laptop, tablet, water bottle
- Personal reading LED spot lamp
- On demand food and beverage service
- Courtesy WiFi
Link to Factorydesign publicity video / guide on YouTube (Video embedding seemingly not available in wikis)
Window seating (Factory Design)
Window and centre section (BoardingArea)
B757 roll out has commenced with EI-LBT and is expected to be completed by May 2016.
Business-Class Lie-Flat-Seats from 2015
Feb 14, 2015, 6:55 am
#46
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From what I can make out this is the current situation;
EI-DUO - is re-fitted and starting flights as of 15th February.
EI-EAV - is re-fitted and as of right now is flying back from the re-fit to DUB to re-position for service.
EI-DUZ - is currently on it's way to begin re-fitting.
Turn around time is around a month(?) by the looks of things. I may be wrong though?
EI-DUO - is re-fitted and starting flights as of 15th February.
EI-EAV - is re-fitted and as of right now is flying back from the re-fit to DUB to re-position for service.
EI-DUZ - is currently on it's way to begin re-fitting.
Turn around time is around a month(?) by the looks of things. I may be wrong though?
Feb 16, 2015, 11:14 am
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I'm hoping to get to try it out a little later in the year ^
I just need to figure out the configuration of the single window seats on the "A" side. I think rows 2, 4 & 6 are closest to the window, with the other rows being set to the side, due to some personal storage locker type arrangement. I haven't quite been able to figure it out properly from the pictures I've seen so far.
But no matter, it looks super & can only serve to further improve what in my opinion is an already super J product ^
I look forward to a TR hopefully being posted soon, as I'd love to get the skinny on some of the service changes that I've heard are coming on stream along with the new cabin.
Last edited by kered; Feb 16, 2015 at 11:24 am
Mar 7, 2015, 10:06 pm
#51
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Hello everyone,
My sincere apologies. I did something i hate others doing, and did not report back! Again, sorry about that.
I went to the launch. It was very nice. Lots of goodies to eat and drink and a mock-up of the seats. The DUB-SFO route has been a great success apparently and there was a lot of congratulation going on. They also ran a short video and slide show. It included the following picture showing the expected refit dates.
They slide had a chart showing completion of refit as follows:
05th February = 2 planes done
15th February = 3 planes done
24th February = 4 planes done
25th February = 5 planes done
07th March = 6 planes done
21st March = 7 planes done
My sincere apologies. I did something i hate others doing, and did not report back! Again, sorry about that.
I went to the launch. It was very nice. Lots of goodies to eat and drink and a mock-up of the seats. The DUB-SFO route has been a great success apparently and there was a lot of congratulation going on. They also ran a short video and slide show. It included the following picture showing the expected refit dates.
They slide had a chart showing completion of refit as follows:
05th February = 2 planes done
15th February = 3 planes done
24th February = 4 planes done
25th February = 5 planes done
07th March = 6 planes done
21st March = 7 planes done
Last edited by qmacker; Mar 7, 2015 at 10:14 pm
Mar 19, 2015, 2:25 pm
#54
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Did you get the seats? I'm flying EI137 in a few weeks; it sounds promising for new seats, but it'd be great to know it's happened on that route!
Mar 21, 2015, 2:55 am
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Well the seats 2HK i think are on the first row and set back from the bulkhead by a few feet or so from the looks of it. However its only a small cabin , and has two toilets dedicated to it by the looks of things so people hanging round the toilets shouldn't be a major issue.
Mar 26, 2015, 2:04 pm
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Lounge Access
Mar 27, 2015, 8:05 am
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Mar 27, 2015, 2:05 pm
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These seat maps show the configuration very accurately (?) I think!
http://www.theseatmaps.com/aerlingus/333/30j287y.html
http://www.theseatmaps.com/aerlingus/332/24j243y.html
3K and 5K are what they call the "Captain Kirk" seats in JetBlue Mint Class as they have a full surround. The next best are 3A and 5A with the aisle cut off by the outside of the seat.
(on the 333, it's 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A, and 3K, 5K and 7K)
http://www.theseatmaps.com/aerlingus/333/30j287y.html
http://www.theseatmaps.com/aerlingus/332/24j243y.html
3K and 5K are what they call the "Captain Kirk" seats in JetBlue Mint Class as they have a full surround. The next best are 3A and 5A with the aisle cut off by the outside of the seat.
(on the 333, it's 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A, and 3K, 5K and 7K)