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NOTE: The last C45 777-223ER was retrofitted to C37 and Premium Economy at KPAE and returned to service 11 December 2018. Please see the new “Which 777-200ER?” thread here. - Two J seats, two configurations as of 1/1/2019: Two, 37J Zodiac in 20 772 and Super Diamond in 27. The final two Boeing 777-200 left to be retrofit (aircraft registrations N759AN and N795AN) entered the shop at the end of November. With these out of service, all 777-200s operating going forward will have the following configuration: 37 Business (1-2-1 arrangement) 24 Premium Economy (2-4-2) 66 Main Cabin Extra (3-4-3) 146 Economy (3-4-3) link to American Airlines Retrofits Its 100th Widebody Aircraft With Premium Economy, TPG, 5 Dec 2018 - Premium Economy installation began June 2017, over December 2018 for the 45J - now converted to 37J. - Route Deployment, "How can I tell?" and General Discussion NOTE: On aa.com, seat charts make it difficult to identify which 777 has Zodiac or B/E Aerospace seats. See post #1 for the AA seat diagrams of the 777 Business cabins. If the available (blue) seats have a notch in the front signifying aft (backward) facing seats, it’s a Zodiac “Concept D” Business Suite equipped aircraft. If the available (blue) seats have NO notch in the front (are perfectly square), it’s a B/E Aerospace Super Diamond Solo equipped aircraft. Boeing 777-223ER – 777 / 772 (47 total in fleet) FOR THREADS ON 777-200ER SEATS AND SEAT SELECTION See See: AA reducing 45 Business Class seats to 37 from the “45” 777s Link to unofficial AA Fleet 772 page with configuration updates.See: LAA "77D" / 772 CIP Refitted 777-223ER Zodiac Business Seat / Seats for Zodiac "Concept D" Business Suite seating discussion. Zodiac fitted aircraft have aft and forward facing seats. See: "77D" / 772 CIP Refitted 777-223ER B/E Aerospace Super Diamond Business Seat / Seats for B/E Aerospace "Super Diamond" Solo Business seating discussion. All seats are "reverse herringbone" forward facing. See: Best 772 "V2", "V3" Zodiac J Refitted 777-200 MCE and Economy / Coach Seat / Seats for MCE / MC - Economy seating discussion. See: Best "772 V4" B/E Aerospace J Refitted 777-200 MCE & Economy / Coach Seat / Seats NOTE: Which Business seats a particular aircraft has is fairly opaque on aa.com, but if the available (blue) seats have a notch in the front, it’s a Zodiac equipped aircraft; un-notched blue square indicates Super Diamond. See post #1. See American Completes Two-Class Retrofits for Entire Boeing 777-200 Fleet July 25, 2017 AirlineGeeks.com Staff See HAECO interviews AA article here. Longboater states the last 777 pre-CIP changes to CIP flight was 772 MIA-SCL July 5, 2017. The last old "NGBC" aircraft went to HAECO HKG 23 July 2017 for refitting. The Points Guy (link) states AA will begin retrofitting 772s with three rows of 2-4-2 seating Premium Economy in June 2017 and finish in Q2 of 2018. AA will treat these as Main Cabin Extra for sales purposes until 15 Dec 2017. There are 47 Boeing 777-223ER total in the AA fleet. They may be as follows: 13 refurbished 777-200ER (AA coded "772") with 45 Business seats with full flat solo suites with all aisle access, forward and aft facing, with the Zodiac Concept D Business Suite in Business, 55 Main Cabin Extra and 160 Economy seats. Link to SeatGuru "version 2" seat chart. 6 refurbished 777-200ER (AA coded "772") with with 37 Business seats with full flat solo suites with all aisle access, forward and aft facing, with the Zodiac Concept D Business Suite in Business, 58 Main Cabin Extra and 194 Economy seats. Link to SeatGuru "version 3" with 37 J seats. The remainder of the 28 777-200ER fleet (currently AA coded as "772") is comprised of aircraft with 37 B/E Aerospace Super Diamond Solo all forward facing (at an angle to the fuselage center line) Business class, 58 MCE and 194 Economy seats. (No seat chart on SeatGuru yet, but the "Version 3" will probably suffice for MCE and Economy.)" NOTE:,Premium Economy seating to be added (completion June 2018) resulting in loss of some Economy seats. NOTES ON 777-200ER Configuration From Gary Leff's "View from the Boarding Area": (24 Sep 2015) That means there will be two different new business class seats on American’s reconfigured 777-200s: They will not be changing seats for 777-300ERs or 787-8 aircraft. Here’s the full detail on American’s seat plans for ...777-200 aircraft: "The B777-200 260-seat configuration (13 aircraft) that we are retrofitting now will be completed with the Zodiac (Concept D) Business Suite. The B777-200 289-seat configuration (34 aircraft) will be mixed between the Zodiac Business Suite and the new Business Class seat." AA spokesperson Laura Nedbal For the full article see here for Gary's full information. The Zodiac fleet of 20 will be justified to all Zodiac aircraft offering 37 Business Suites. Link to Gary Leff’s article. The following 47 777-223ER (100% of the fleet of 47) have been converted as of 08SEP2017: "45J/215Y" configuration with Zodiac seats with alternating front/back facing seating: None, conversion to 37J/252Y has finished on December 18 2018 "37J/252Y" configuration with Zodiac seats with alternating front/back facing seating: N781AN*, N782AN*, N770AN*, N752AN*, N774AN*, N765AN*, N788AN*, N756AM*,N761AJ*, N785AN*, N751AN* N757AN* N754AN* N773AN* N798AN* N795AN* N759AN* "37J/252Y" configuration with BEA Super Diamond (front facing only) seats: N750AN* N753AN* N755AN* N758AN* N762AN* N766AN* N767AJ* N771AN* N772AN* N775AN* N776AN* N777AN* N778AN* N779AN* N780AN* N783AN* N784AN* N786AN* N787AL* N789AN* N790AN* N791AN* N792AN* N793AN* N794AN* N796AN* N797AN* N799AN* Note: 100% of the 777-200 fleet have been converted to lie-flat in J as of 08SEP2017. The following 47 aircraft (100% of the entire active fleet of 47) have been retrofitted with Premium Economy Seating as of 18DEC18. (All of the 37J 772's are refitted with PE seating): N750AN N751AN N757AN N752AN N753AN N754AN N755AN N756AM N758AN N759AN N760AN N761AJ N762AN N765AN N766AN N767AJ N768AA N770AN N771AN N772AN N773AN N774AN N775AN N776AN N777AN N778AN N779AN N780AN N781AN N782AN N783AN N784AN N785AN N786AN N787AL N788AN N789AN N790AN N791AN N792AN N793AN N794AN N795AN N796AN N797AN N798AN N799AN The following aircraft(s) currently getting PEY at PAE Last 772 N759AN left PAE on 12/18/2018 Estimated time of completion: end of December 2018 Program details:
See: Boeing 772 / CIP Refitted 777-223ER Business Seat / Seats for Business seating discussion. See: Trip reportwith images by TokinaMaso. See: Boeing 772 / CIP Refitted 777-223ER MCE and Economy / Coach Seat / Seats for MCE / MC - Economy seating discussion. Zodiac Concept D Business Suite seat production problem slowed the CIP / refit to a crawl. (The Zodiac contract was terminated and a suit filed against Zodiac 24 Sep 2015.) The airframes required infrastructure changes to support the new seats etc. and the reconfiguration was accomplished at the airframe's scheduled maintenance "C" check (performed by HAECO at HKG): Widebody "C" Checks Because of the complexity of widebody aircraft, all "C" checks are "Heavy C" checks. The complete airframe inspection and service is done every 24 - 30 months. It takes approximately 10,000 man-hours and from two to four weeks to accomplish a widebody "C" check.
For the 763 / 767-323ERs Cabin Improvement Program, see the thread Renovated 767-300 / 763 with New Business Class Announced for 1 Apr 2014. ARCHIVED THREADS OF OBSOLETE 777-200ER with Flagship F, "NGBC" J Thanks to econometrics, longboater and fedechat for the many updates updated 18 December 2018 by Fedechat |
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