British Airways 747-400 routes
Sep 5, 2019, 2:33 am
#16
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I think one of the most interesting aspects is the number of routes which could once sustain 747 service have been cut entirely. The whole of Australia & NZ save SYD, MNL, CCS etc. I know there’s varying reasons such as political unrest, codeshares & joint business partnerships etc but disappointing to see so many dots off the own metal route map
In a completely different era when fares were many times higher, frequencies were lower, there were fewer airlines, and the whole industry was less competitive. These days it's about who can run the most ruthlessly efficient hub operation
Sep 5, 2019, 3:08 am
#18
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Wolverhampton
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DEN O (Flew it Saturday night)
While successful and all that, the IFE in Club is appalling, on a level it's like travelling back to the 90s. Is it as much as a 10" screen? Basically unskippable movies. Like watching a movie with cataracts.
Only thing worse was VS's old rolling 10 channel IFE, but that at least was a sociable arrangement, because as each movie ended, people went to the bar and a little social occasional started until the films reset, then people rushed back for the next movie. The VS's dated IFE on the A346 (non touchscreen) was actually MUCH better than this crap IFE on the 747.
People make so much of the Upper Deck on the 747, but its pretty much time travel IFE wise.
While successful and all that, the IFE in Club is appalling, on a level it's like travelling back to the 90s. Is it as much as a 10" screen? Basically unskippable movies. Like watching a movie with cataracts.
Only thing worse was VS's old rolling 10 channel IFE, but that at least was a sociable arrangement, because as each movie ended, people went to the bar and a little social occasional started until the films reset, then people rushed back for the next movie. The VS's dated IFE on the A346 (non touchscreen) was actually MUCH better than this crap IFE on the 747.
People make so much of the Upper Deck on the 747, but its pretty much time travel IFE wise.
Sep 5, 2019, 3:29 am
#19
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I think one of the most interesting aspects is the number of routes which could once sustain 747 service have been cut entirely. The whole of Australia & NZ save SYD, MNL, CCS etc. I know there’s varying reasons such as political unrest, codeshares & joint business partnerships etc but disappointing to see so many dots off the own metal route map
Sep 5, 2019, 3:39 am
#20
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: DUB / DOH
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I would agree that the IFE on the older version has to be one of the worst IFE of any airline flying at the moment. However, the updated 86J planes have really good IFE and the update really gave a significant upgrade to the old 747s.
Sep 5, 2019, 5:08 am
#21
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
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PHL still operates 747s; at least according to MMB for my upcoming flights.
I was under the impression all 747s had been refreshed in CW with current IFE??
I’ve just completed a return LGW to MCO; the outbound was a non-refreshed 777, with noticeably poor IFE. The inbound was a refreshed 777 with pretty stunning IFE.
Should I still be loading my iPad for my upcoming 747 return ?
I was under the impression all 747s had been refreshed in CW with current IFE??
I’ve just completed a return LGW to MCO; the outbound was a non-refreshed 777, with noticeably poor IFE. The inbound was a refreshed 777 with pretty stunning IFE.
Should I still be loading my iPad for my upcoming 747 return ?
Sep 5, 2019, 5:49 am
#22
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DEN is definitely the bad IFE 747.
Sep 5, 2019, 7:52 am
#24
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Beijing is 789 (winter) or 77W (summer)
Nairobi is 772 (winter) or 744 (summer)
All 86J 747s have been updated. Some 52J have been refitted with new IFE, some just have new seat covers. The IFE will be the same in all cabins (so all old or or new).PHL should be an updated 86J, so you should be ok. Always worth having a back up though, as the IFE can fail even on factory fresh aircraft.
Nairobi is 772 (winter) or 744 (summer)
Sep 11, 2019, 10:24 am
#26
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Is SEA-LHR losing the 747? usually the evening flight out of SEA and the afternoon flight out of LHR is operated by a 747 but for my December flight (and onwards) all flights are operated by 777s.