New AA 777-200 J Cabin Announced
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at 15:49 by JordanD.
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coolflyerParticipantI can’t see a formal public announcement anywhere yet, however American Airlines revealed their new refurbished Business Class cabin for their existing 777-200 fleet via Instagram last night. Search ‘AmericanAir’ to see the photo.
Interesting to note that this cabin appears to be different to their 77W and actually has rearward as well as forward facing seats with direct isle access. I would have thought the 777-200’s would have followed the same footprint at the 77W being it’s essentially the same aircraft (albeit one is slightly longer).
8 Apr 2014
at 08:33
Str8TalkingParticipantThe rear facing seats are certainly an interesting choice – I wonder what led to that decision, if it’s not to do with fitting more seats within the same footprint.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/aboutUs/ourPlanes/boeing-777-200-retrofit.jsp
8 Apr 2014
at 09:16
superchrisParticipantTheres certainly some logic in having forward / backward facing with shoulders requiring less room than feet. What a super looking product and congrats to American for completely reinventing themselves.
Overdue though.
8 Apr 2014
at 09:25
superchrisParticipantsorry that should of course said feet require less room than shoulders!
8 Apr 2014
at 12:14
ZKSmithParticipantThe beauty of the reverse herringbone layout on the likes of US, CX, and AA is you don’t need to contort yourself at all to see out the windows, because the seat is angled towards them.
I find this new layout an odd decision, as it means half the seats are now angled away from the window like in a conventional herringbone layout, such as on VS or NZ, making looking outside more challenging.
Having said that, anything that gives a little extra shoulder space is much appreciated.8 Apr 2014
at 21:28
IanFromHKGParticipantThey may be angled away, but it looks as though the window near your head would still be in such a position that you could look out of it. I just wonder why they went for this yin-yang arrangement rather than the same layout as on the 77Ws? Perhaps the seats are a little narrower – they certainly look it from the photos
9 Apr 2014
at 03:23
JohnHarperParticipantNice to see AA being innovative. It’s not like they don’t have a brand new product on the 773 but they are still driving ahead with another.
It does make you wonder how long they will continue their current commercial agreements or whether the old stories of an alliance with EK will return. After all, their products and service on the North Atlantic were already rather better than BA and yet they are still improving and innovating.
10 Apr 2014
at 13:24
IanFromHKGParticipantJohnHarper – 10/04/2014 14:24 GMT : After all, their products and service on the North Atlantic were already rather better than BA and yet they are still improving and innovating.
Which product are you talking about? The awful 2-2-2 wedgie seats they have been running for years? Or are you just looking at the very very new lie-flat seats? Because if it was the former I can tell you that even the BACW seats were better than those!
11 Apr 2014
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