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Old Aug 1, 2014, 5:53 am
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Originally Posted by csutter
772/3 yes, 767 no I think. Never mind that the 767 will stop flying transatlantic soon anyway.

I'm more curious if the 747s that are sticking around for longer will ever receive a 767-style refurb of WT(P).
I know that it wouldnt make sense (to have such a big increase on one particular flight rather than spreading it out over flights throughout the day) and might not be practical BUT, what would an all J 747 be like? how many seats could you fit in?

I assume existing 70 plus 14 from F cabin (if not 16/18/20 doubling up current window rows towards back of F cabin). and then presumably easily another 50 (i.e. CW downstairs again). and possibly a few more rows? so maybe even as many as 140 J?
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Old Aug 1, 2014, 8:05 am
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Originally Posted by wellsy
Or buy more A380s, perhaps the slots Skymark have just cancelled
Or buy 747 - 800, and keep the smaller upper deck going. I'm no great fan of the A380
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Old Aug 1, 2014, 9:21 am
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Or buy more A380s, perhaps the slots Skymark have just cancelled
Willie was quite clear on that during the call : "We remain committed to the orders that we have, our 12, and we are not at this stage looking to increase that," Mr. Walsh said.
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Old Aug 1, 2014, 9:43 am
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Originally Posted by dptraveller
Willie was quite clear on that during the call : "We remain committed to the orders that we have, our 12, and we are not at this stage looking to increase that," Mr. Walsh said.
Which can often mean that or that they are in deep discussions which they do not want to prejudice.

A380 has a lot of weak slots that are likely to be cancelled so I would not be surprised if there were deals to be had as the inventory book based solely on EK would not seem a great model to me!

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Old Aug 1, 2014, 10:39 am
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Originally Posted by dptraveller
Willie was quite clear on that during the call : "We remain committed to the orders that we have, our 12, and we are not at this stage looking to increase that," Mr. Walsh said.


Originally Posted by Flying Doctor
Which can often mean that or that they are in deep discussions which they do not want to prejudice.

A380 has a lot of weak slots that are likely to be cancelled so I would not be surprised if there were deals to be had as the inventory book based solely on EK would not seem a great model to me!

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Old Aug 1, 2014, 10:58 am
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Originally Posted by chris1979
I know that it wouldnt make sense (to have such a big increase on one particular flight rather than spreading it out over flights throughout the day) and might not be practical BUT, what would an all J 747 be like? how many seats could you fit in?

I assume existing 70 plus 14 from F cabin (if not 16/18/20 doubling up current window rows towards back of F cabin). and then presumably easily another 50 (i.e. CW downstairs again). and possibly a few more rows? so maybe even as many as 140 J?
Maybe some Redemption seats in J ? Ha!
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Old Aug 1, 2014, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by mikeyfly
Maybe some Redemption seats in J ? Ha!
But no UUA (if no WT+)?
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 2:58 am
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Originally Posted by Paralytic
But no UUA (if no WT+)?
That was worrying me, as I read the earlier posts.
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 6:25 am
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Originally Posted by edi-traveller
Are you sure about WT+ on those two aircraft? I travelled a couple of times on one of those - once got upgraded to J and sat in the very back seats, the other time I'm sure it was WT+ maybe only one or two rows?
Yes I am sure.
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 11:05 pm
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 11:15 pm
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Originally Posted by angatol
You should be able to UUA from YBH to CW if no WT+.
BA and what should be possible are not always aligned

Assuming they can get their IT to do this, what would you think the Avios cost would be? Just double the WT+ to CW UUA?
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 11:18 pm
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 11:22 pm
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Originally Posted by angatol
Yes. But I'm pretty sure this is not unusual and BA's IT can easily cope with this.
I'm going to frame that sentence
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 11:53 pm
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Originally Posted by angatol
Yes. But I'm pretty sure this is not unusual and BA's IT can easily cope with this.
It already does cater for it with economy to business on AA and economy to business on BA on European services

I doubt that, should BA increase the size of the business class cabin, that it will choose to do so at the loss of the entire premium economy cabin
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Old Aug 2, 2014, 11:58 pm
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