TAP 1274 LIS-VIE: Boeing 747 operated?
Sep 10, 2017, 5:11 pm
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TAP 1274 LIS-VIE: Boeing 747 operated?
Am flying TP 1274 LIS to VIE in J today (Sep 11). An A330 was scheduled to fly this route but just got swapped to a B 747. I am very perplexed as TAP doesn’t own any 747 anymore. Tried googling but couldn’t find anything. I suspect it might be a wet lease from Wamos Air but this is just a guess.
The seatmap (sorry don’t know how to embed a gif) is 12 seats in total (I guess upstairs) in a very strange configuration:
1-1
1-1
1-2-1
1-2-1
Has anyone any idea what this mysterious 747 is?
The seatmap (sorry don’t know how to embed a gif) is 12 seats in total (I guess upstairs) in a very strange configuration:
1-1
1-1
1-2-1
1-2-1
Has anyone any idea what this mysterious 747 is?
Sep 10, 2017, 5:30 pm
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Am flying TP 1274 LIS to VIE in J today (Sep 11). An A330 was scheduled to fly this route but just got swapped to a B 747. I am very perplexed as TAP doesn’t own any 747 anymore. Tried googling but couldn’t find anything. I suspect it might be a wet lease from Wamos Air but this is just a guess.
The seatmap (sorry don’t know how to embed a gif) is 12 seats in total (I guess upstairs) in a very strange configuration:
1-1
1-1
1-2-1
1-2-1
Has anyone any idea what this mysterious 747 is?
The seatmap (sorry don’t know how to embed a gif) is 12 seats in total (I guess upstairs) in a very strange configuration:
1-1
1-1
1-2-1
1-2-1
Has anyone any idea what this mysterious 747 is?
https://www.flytap.com/en-ca/on-boar...over-the-fleet
Unless you get this baby:
Last edited by djjaguar64; Sep 10, 2017 at 5:41 pm
Sep 12, 2017, 4:09 am
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Sep 12, 2017, 10:42 am
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Update: yes, it was indeed a real 747 from Wamos Air, ex Malaysia Airlines (can confirm this as there was still some signs inside in Malay).
Plane code: EC-MRM
https://m.planespotters.net/airframe...AS-AerSale-Inc
Also, the seating plan I mentioned was correct, I guess this was the former First Class as seats were huge. My wife and I could dine opposite each other as the ottoman was big and the table was massive (easily double of Cathay business class of other airlines). In fact the cabin looked quite empty.
Service was great but boarding was chaos, bus went to plane, waited 15 minutes then drove back to terminal, waited again 15 minutes then drove back. Captain blamed this on TAP's problems with catering logistics. Definitely TAP was very unorganized and communication of this delay was poor.
Flight finally took off with 1 hour delay but arrived only ~45 minutes late. Catering and service was good.
Plane code: EC-MRM
https://m.planespotters.net/airframe...AS-AerSale-Inc
Also, the seating plan I mentioned was correct, I guess this was the former First Class as seats were huge. My wife and I could dine opposite each other as the ottoman was big and the table was massive (easily double of Cathay business class of other airlines). In fact the cabin looked quite empty.
Service was great but boarding was chaos, bus went to plane, waited 15 minutes then drove back to terminal, waited again 15 minutes then drove back. Captain blamed this on TAP's problems with catering logistics. Definitely TAP was very unorganized and communication of this delay was poor.
Flight finally took off with 1 hour delay but arrived only ~45 minutes late. Catering and service was good.
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Sep 12, 2017, 10:58 am
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Hm not sure, I assumed we were upstairs but be wrong. Sorry if this is a stupid question: in order to get upstairs on a 747, must one always use the internal staircase or can upstairs be accessed directly from outside? Sorry my 747 experience is very limited.
Behind J (former F) was economy class.
Behind J (former F) was economy class.
Sep 12, 2017, 2:42 pm
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Hm not sure, I assumed we were upstairs but be wrong. Sorry if this is a stupid question: in order to get upstairs on a 747, must one always use the internal staircase or can upstairs be accessed directly from outside? Sorry my 747 experience is very limited.
Behind J (former F) was economy class.
Behind J (former F) was economy class.
Just landed at LIS. the plane is still here
Sep 13, 2017, 4:46 am
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Hm not sure, I assumed we were upstairs but be wrong. Sorry if this is a stupid question: in order to get upstairs on a 747, must one always use the internal staircase or can upstairs be accessed directly from outside? Sorry my 747 experience is very limited.
Behind J (former F) was economy class.
Behind J (former F) was economy class.
Sep 13, 2017, 5:31 am
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The spiral staircase was only on the 747-100 and 747-200. This bird would have the staircase starting right by door 2 and going in a straight line to the back of the upper deck.
Sep 13, 2017, 6:08 am
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Sep 13, 2017, 6:09 am
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What is going on between LIS and VIE? TP has rostered A330 service twice this week...
Code:
TNLISVIE/ATP ** AMADEUS TIMETABLE - TN ** VIE VIENNA.AT 13SEP17 20SEP17 1 TP1272 157 LIS 1 VIE 0800 1220 0 15SEP17 18SEP17 320 3:20 2 TP1272 3 LIS 1 VIE 0800 1220 0 19JUL17 20SEP17 321 3:20 3 TP1272 6 LIS 1 VIE 0800 1220 0 16SEP17 16SEP17 332 3:20 4 TP1272 2 LIS 1 VIE 0800 1225 0 12SEP17 24OCT17 321 3:25 5 TP1272 4 LIS 1 VIE 0805 1220 0 14SEP17 14SEP17 320 3:15 6 TP1274 1567 LIS 1 VIE 1300 1720 0 15SEP17 18SEP17 332 3:20 7 TP1274 3 LIS 1 VIE 1300 1720 0 13SEP17 13SEP17 321 3:20 8 TP1274 4 LIS 1 VIE 1300 1720 0 14SEP17 14SEP17 333 3:20 9 TP1274 23 LIS 1 VIE 1300 1720 0 19SEP17 20SEP17 320 3:20
Sep 13, 2017, 6:43 am
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