LH RJ85 Fleet
Jun 10, 2003, 10:11 am
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Harrogate UK
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LH RJ85 Fleet
I hear on the grapevine Lufthansa intend to turn the 85 seat RJ aircraft into 100 seats by changing the config from 3-2 to a 3-3 system, having flown recently i would guess its gonna make it even extra tight and where is all the extra hand luggage gonna go in an already short of locker space aircraft
Jun 10, 2003, 12:08 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2002
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I flew onboard the ARJ85 in the new 3-3 config Saturday LHR-DUS. Not a big deal, the new seats are definitely less cramped than on the CRJ (IIRC, the ARJ's fuselage is only 10cm less wide than that of a B737. However, I wouldn't want to sit in it for much longer flights. The old seats were great, I hope this is not another trend which LX, SN and other ARJ operators will follow.
Jun 10, 2003, 1:12 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: MEL
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On the EW RJ85 I generally try to get an A (window) or C (aisle) seat in the last two rows. As the fuselage narrows at the very back of the plane, the result is a 2-3 formation in those 2 rows (and a lot of space for storage, especially in the window seats!).