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matthandy Jan 17, 2013 5:21 pm
737 Refurbishment
 
I flew ADL to SYD last night on a 737-800 which is usual for this route. However, it looked as though the aircraft interior had been through a refit:

- New cabin dividers between Business and Economy
- New overhead bins similar to the 'Sky Interior' ones
- Stickers in the overhead bins asking people to place their luggage sideway
- New vents and LED reading lights

The seats and seat covers remained exactly the same. This was VH-VXC which is one of Qantas' oldest 737-800s.

Some photos:

http://matt.enzy.org/TR/dividers.jpg

http://matt.enzy.org/TR/signs.jpg

http://matt.enzy.org/TR/vents.jpg

serfty Jan 17, 2013 5:33 pm
Major Refit!

BSI even ...

matthandy Jan 17, 2013 5:37 pm
I have to say that whilst I appreciated the new overhead bins and the vents, the dividers were terrible. I was in row 4 and could see in to the J cabin. In fact, the dividers offered no 'division' at all. Is this some new gimmick to try to get people to upgrade to J after seeing the product in action from economy?

perthite Jan 17, 2013 7:18 pm
Maybe its the Heath Tecna retrofit that was talked about mid last year

http://www.heath.com/Files/Press-Rel...ect_amber.aspx

matthandy Jan 17, 2013 7:21 pm
Sounds about right, everything in that press release seems to match with what had been changed in the cabin. Why nothing from Qantas though?

og Jan 17, 2013 7:25 pm
Originally Posted by matthandy (Post 20071561)
Sounds about right, everything in that press release seems to match with what had been changed in the cabin. Why nothing from Qantas though?
Too busy with the spin in thinking how to say one less firebird and the acquisition of 5 used 717s are a good thing?

justin_krusty Jan 17, 2013 8:49 pm
Those dividers look a bit crap!

AndDee Jan 17, 2013 9:24 pm
Originally Posted by og (Post 20071580)
Too busy with the spin in thinking how to say one less firebird and the acquisition of 5 used 717s are a good thing?
LOL - Indeed

While the upgrades are mostly nice, they should really refit the J cabin in the leather like the new BSI birds

DH188 Jan 17, 2013 9:55 pm
Originally Posted by justin_krusty (Post 20072018)
Those dividers look a bit crap!
Yeah, but nice not to have the curtain flapping around your knees if you're 4C/D.

Mgjdubs Jan 17, 2013 11:39 pm
Originally Posted by justin_krusty (Post 20072018)
Those dividers look a bit crap!
I'm not crazy about it either. At least the curtain gave the J cabin a little more privacy (which, it would appear, has now gone up in smoke) which is what I generally fly J for, as ridiculous as that may sound.

nux Jan 18, 2013 2:17 am
So no curtain to stop Y passengers going forward to use the J toilet?

Himeno Jan 18, 2013 3:02 am
VH-VXC was out of service for most of December, but I can't find anything saying why. Maybe that's when they did this.

matthandy Jan 18, 2013 3:06 am
Originally Posted by nux (Post 20073122)
So no curtain to stop Y passengers going forward to use the J toilet?

Nope and the CSM seemed to encourage it!

tuapekastar Jan 18, 2013 5:26 am
The divider's design looks like the MEL/SYD Flounge carpet!

VH-RMD Jan 18, 2013 5:34 am
this time, copying the competition is a fail - big time.

I hate the VA plastic dividers and this is just as bad.


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