Thai 787
Jun 5, 2014, 12:48 pm
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Jun 5, 2014, 8:08 pm
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Interesting they haven't actually released a seat map for this yet. Is it going to be staggered business class like their 777's or 2-2-2? Is a large reduction in seats compared to their A330's which this plane will replace on a lot of routes.
Jun 5, 2014, 11:59 pm
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So I did a dummy booking for business and the seats show as 2-2-2. But the article did say flat bed seats didn't it? So how many different business class seats will Thai be running around with? A330 recliners, angled V1 (the better one), angled V2 (the worse one), staggered flat, and now this one? Is that correct?
Jun 6, 2014, 3:36 am
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So I did a dummy booking for business and the seats show as 2-2-2. But the article did say flat bed seats didn't it? So how many different business class seats will Thai be running around with? A330 recliners, angled V1 (the better one), angled V2 (the worse one), staggered flat, and now this one? Is that correct?
Jun 6, 2014, 5:57 am
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Jun 6, 2014, 7:48 am
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Picture of the business class cabin on TG's 787: http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/h...75365782_n.jpg
(from Thai Airway's instagram account)
(from Thai Airway's instagram account)
Jun 6, 2014, 10:48 am
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It's B/E Aerospace Diamond seat. The seat is full flat bed but arranged in pairs so the 2-2-2 seat map is accurate. It's the same seat as installed on ex-Continental UNITED aircraft.
http://beaerospace.com/products/seat...ness_class.htm
http://beaerospace.com/products/seat...ness_class.htm
Jun 6, 2014, 3:37 pm
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Thai 787
Looks great! It's still such a pity they didn't use something like this in the 747s when they were refitted as I understand the 777-300ER and A380 seats aren't rated, but all that expense to put in on angled seats just seemed crazy.
Jun 6, 2014, 5:28 pm
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Jun 6, 2014, 11:33 pm
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It's B/E Aerospace Diamond seat. The seat is full flat bed but arranged in pairs so the 2-2-2 seat map is accurate. It's the same seat as installed on ex-Continental UNITED aircraft.
http://beaerospace.com/products/seat...ness_class.htm
http://beaerospace.com/products/seat...ness_class.htm
Jun 7, 2014, 4:49 am
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. I wouldn't choose a J seat on a 787 cuz I just don't like the plane but while biz is bad enough what many airlines re doing in Y borders on criminal