New Business seat coming to the A350 from Dec 2022
Jul 29, 22, 4:42 pm
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New Business seat coming to the A350 from Dec 2022
Announced at today’s IAG First Quarter Results presentation.
Iberia will introduce the Recaro CL6720 business class seat in Dec next year, when the A350 embodiment program rolls out. TAP Air Portugal frequent flyers will be familiar with this seat as it is already seeing service in the Lisbon based A330-900neos
https://www.recaro-as.com/aircraft-s...ss/cl6720.html
Iberia will introduce the Recaro CL6720 business class seat in Dec next year, when the A350 embodiment program rolls out. TAP Air Portugal frequent flyers will be familiar with this seat as it is already seeing service in the Lisbon based A330-900neos
https://www.recaro-as.com/aircraft-s...ss/cl6720.html
Jul 31, 22, 8:14 am
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Aug 1, 22, 8:58 am
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They look really nice. Unfortunately out of ORD they don't use the 350....they did once for a very short time.....Current seats on 330 need some restoration. The leather cushions on the armrests are coming apart, along with some small other details.
Aug 1, 22, 4:17 pm
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Three new A350s are slated for delivery later this year, so maybe the Chicago service will perk up.
Aug 16, 22, 8:11 am
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I just received a schedule/ Date/aircraft change for lax to mad for June 2023. This is the seat map now, for the a350-900. I noticed that the seating configuration is weird compared with what's on seatguru. Ie it's still 1-2-1, but the seat lettering is now AC DEGH JL.
Is this the refreshed cabin?
Is this the refreshed cabin?
Aug 20, 22, 6:34 am
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Hmmm ... not so good news. This seat is much denser than the current one, based on my experience with TAP. Certainly foot space is more restricted and the bed is also slightly shorter - not good for the tall ones like me.
Aug 23, 22, 10:59 pm
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I was gonna say it looks tighter...other than that the basics are the same it's hard to justify them switching to a very similar design, it's obviously for denser cabin
Dec 16, 22, 2:01 am
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So should it be from Dec 2022 rather than Dec 2023 as per the title or is there a full year of test with that??
