Return of domestic widebody flights?
May 3, 2022, 8:25 am
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EF currently showing the CW cabin only for CE, with WTP and WT being used for ET. Great news and a nice surprise for someone in economy who ends up in WTP.
May 3, 2022, 8:27 am
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Expert flyer showing 5 blocked seats in Business and 3 empty on BA1438 on Friday. It’s a 787-8 type 78B. 3 lucky people in premium economy but loads of blocked seats in economy, presumably for weight balances reasons.
May 3, 2022, 8:36 am
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May 3, 2022, 9:33 am
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Moving map should be available.
May 3, 2022, 9:33 am
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May 3, 2022, 9:50 am
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May 3, 2022, 10:42 am
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May 3, 2022, 11:48 am
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So do we actually have any additional concrete info for this?
Last edited by flight125; May 3, 2022 at 12:03 pm
May 3, 2022, 12:35 pm
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Why does this make me think there will be a few cancellations so they need a bigger plane on the services that are running?
May 3, 2022, 12:38 pm
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I notice that for Friday's services they are running WTP as the ET cabin, on other short haul 787s WTP is the CE overflow.
May 3, 2022, 1:15 pm
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I know people like flying widebodies on unusual/short-haul routes - but WHY?? Boarding and deplaning take much much longer. If you're in club you are hardly going to recline the bed for a 1 hour flight. And if you're in row 36 then you might as well have taken the train by the time you get off!
May 3, 2022, 1:26 pm
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I think you answered your own question, because most people fly the widebodies because they are in CE (and not down the back), and it makes their "business class" trip actually feel (hard product) like business class - who wouldn't chose tonnes of leg room/unlimited recline over an economy seat, yes you get another economy seat blocked next to you, and does deplaning really take much longer?!
As I understand it, the widebodies’ freight / baggage can take longer, fuelling can take longer, but not sure it’s as much as you’d think.
Then there’s things like - large overhead bins, wardrobes so that jackets can be hung, the 787 certainly feels quieter to me than an A320/321.