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Jul 25, 2008, 4:06 am

#16

rorschi

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Originally Posted by Wombelero

I wasn't aware that Swiss has A330 with first class. On which routes are they used and what are the F seats like? The same as on the A340?
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Mainly on all A330-routes over the pond, but not to India and not to Central Africa.

The F-seats are similar to the A340-seats - with the obvious difference that the power sockets are not the same (as I read on FT...).

The A330 have 12 seats (the whole front cabin is F), while the A340 have only 8.

Jul 26, 2008, 3:16 am

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Originally Posted by rorschi

The F-seats are similar to the A340-seats - with the obvious difference that the power sockets are not the same (as I read on FT...).

More about the power sockets can be read here.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...8&postcount=14

Jul 27, 2008, 2:02 am

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Originally Posted by hilton-gold

I think the fact that the purser is assigned primarily to the F cabin, along side 2 other FAs (regardless of load) in an 8 or 12-seat cabin, will ensure you get some very good service. I did BA, AA, and LX on an intercontinental last year and LX won easily for best service.

This isn't correct. LX assigns 2 cabin crew members to F. The purser or "maitre de cabine" however usually works in C.

Jul 29, 2008, 2:43 am

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It depends, somethimes on night flights the service in F can be really slow. I was last year once on JFK - ZRH on an A330 in F with 11/12 seats taken and service was moving really slow and it took 2 hours until service was done which is too long as flying time is relatively short if you still want to get a nice nightly sleep. The Purser did not help they usually work in C class and somethimes even a bit in Y when it is really busy. However the year before service was very quickly on the same route. It always depends on the crew some do a more efficient job and some are slower. Nevertheless the crew in F is always very friendly. On another note I was on an A340 from JFK to ZRH a few weeks ago and sat in row 4 just behind F and noticed that after 1h20 mins into the flight lights were shut off and service was done. Maybe it had to do that the load was 6/8 people but also in a full A330 F class the crew can manage to finish service within 1h30 mins after departure