New "77G" with no F
Aug 20, 2011, 8:43 pm
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
Guess me, Mrs Dben and the little Dben will be sticking to 828. Notice that it is the YYZ base crew that gets the 77G.
Aug 20, 2011, 10:29 pm
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Looks like back to the old days when they used A340 without F on this route. It makes sense, since F is usually empty on this route.
Is this the start of phasing out F? Or only on selected routes?
Is this the start of phasing out F? Or only on selected routes?
Last edited by ahks; Aug 20, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Aug 20, 2011, 11:03 pm
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CX are not dropping F. But a top heavy plane configured the way a 77A/77D is makes no sense for a route and frequency like YYZ, which has much stronger demand down the back. The 77G is a nice way to deal with that. I suspect we might see it replacing some of the creaking old A340s on European supplemental routes or JNB as more come on stream.
Aug 21, 2011, 9:58 am
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Aug 21, 2011, 10:39 am
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CX are not dropping F. But a top heavy plane configured the way a 77A/77D is makes no sense for a route and frequency like YYZ, which has much stronger demand down the back. The 77G is a nice way to deal with that. I suspect we might see it replacing some of the creaking old A340s on European supplemental routes or JNB as more come on stream.
Aug 21, 2011, 11:49 am
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Aug 21, 2011, 12:27 pm
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My guess:
'A' - Boeing aircrafts with Olympus seats - 74A, 77A
'B' - Airbus aircrafts with Olympus seats - 33B, 34B
'D' - Boeing aircrafts with Cirrus J seats (F/J/Y config) - 77D
'E' - Airbus aircrafts with Cirrus J seats (J/Y config) - 33E
'C' has been used by KA for those 330s transferred from CX. (KA also has 33As, 33Ls and 33Rs, but CX uses 'B' and 'E' so no confusion.)
'F' not used - not to be confused with freighters?
'A' - Boeing aircrafts with Olympus seats - 74A, 77A
'B' - Airbus aircrafts with Olympus seats - 33B, 34B
'D' - Boeing aircrafts with Cirrus J seats (F/J/Y config) - 77D
'E' - Airbus aircrafts with Cirrus J seats (J/Y config) - 33E
'C' has been used by KA for those 330s transferred from CX. (KA also has 33As, 33Ls and 33Rs, but CX uses 'B' and 'E' so no confusion.)
'F' not used - not to be confused with freighters?
Aug 21, 2011, 12:43 pm
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Rumor stands for 3 kinds of config for 77W fleet in the future (medium-term)
1) 77D - F, new J, new Y (297 seat)
2) 77G - new J, new W, new Y (340 seat)
3) 77H - F, new J, new W, new Y (~260 seat)
Changes on the A333 remains to be seen.
1) 77D - F, new J, new Y (297 seat)
2) 77G - new J, new W, new Y (340 seat)
3) 77H - F, new J, new W, new Y (~260 seat)
Changes on the A333 remains to be seen.
Aug 21, 2011, 2:36 pm
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