No more reclining seats on s/h flights
Jan 7, 2018, 4:34 am
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No more reclining seats on s/h flights
Page 3 of the Sunday Times today - article that routes under 4 hours will no longer have reclining seats - BA confirm in the article
Jan 7, 2018, 4:35 am
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This is not new news, but I think it is a good thing personally, reclining seats cause more problems than they solve
Jan 7, 2018, 4:36 am
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discussed extensively already, see NEO thread
Jan 7, 2018, 5:17 am
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The 4 hours thing sounds weird, I think they meant all short haul routes. ATH/IST/LCA would be some of the longest short haul routes and can be over 4 hours and I fear they will have no recline.
Jan 7, 2018, 5:24 am
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Jan 7, 2018, 5:26 am
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LCA is 767 I believe so will have reclining seats
IST similarly is served by Mid-haul/Long-Haul aircraft and will have reclining seats still
Jan 7, 2018, 5:30 am
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Jan 7, 2018, 5:33 am
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Jan 7, 2018, 5:35 am
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Regardless - it'll be the new config of non-reclining seats in ET as soon as the 767 is gone, whether it'll be the reconfigured A320s/A321s (CEO) or A320N/A321N in the coming years, unless they upgauge to widebody aircraft (787 for example).
Jan 7, 2018, 5:40 am
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will be interesting to see, perhaps they will once the last few narrow body with reclining seats are gone? One can hope
Last edited by navylad; Jan 7, 2018 at 5:58 am
Jan 7, 2018, 5:47 am
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My last IST was the last one I will take until BA remove their dumb laptop ban like others on the route, but also because it was a short-haul config 321. 4 hours is really too long to sit on a plank of wood.
Jan 7, 2018, 5:58 am
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Jan 7, 2018, 6:10 am
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This is incorrect. LCA is sometimes 767 and sometimes 320/321 and both are short-haul variants.
My last IST was the last one I will take until BA remove their dumb laptop ban like others on the route, but also because it was a short-haul config 321. 4 hours is really too long to sit on a plank of wood.
As as I say it will be interesting to see what happens