[Swissdiver]

Actually, Tim, reading the BT Airline Survey 2015, it seems all long haul business class seats are fully flat…
Anyway, it seems I’ll have the old product on IB6365 and IB6346…

[TimFitzgeraldTC]

Hi SwissDiver

The A330-300 which is on this flight number 17th/18th May is new Business Class seat. They definitely have planes with the old product on (codes 342/346) – not sure if they will all be upgraded by end of 2015.

[newbieflyer]

On the topic of long haul flights intra-Europe, I think Kuwait Airways have some A340 from Amsterdam to Zurich.

[TimFitzgeraldTC]

Hi Newbieflyer

Kuwait go from Frankfurt to Geneva using an A340. Couple of flights a week but doesn’t seem to quote on GDS nor could I book on their website. So don’t think they have rights to this route?

[Swissdiver]

Thanks, Tim. I am afraid though I’ll be flying on a A340-300, so will have the old product. But 1A seems to remain a good option…

[Jetset1808]

Hello Swissdiver, I flew on an A340 with the old product from Madrid to Quito 2 weeks ago, although it looks a little dated, there is acres of space and the seat is very comfortable, I too flew in 1A. The IFE is a little clunky and the seat isn’t 100% flat, but the service was good. I’m flying back tonight on the new product so it will be interesting to compare the two.

[Swissdiver]

Hello Jetset,

Curious to read you on the new seats. It seems it is much narrower…

I got twice the old seat, actually on the very same aircraft (EC-GUQ), twice on 1A (in between it went to LIM, EZE, MVD and GIG). First flight was reviewed here: http://www.businesstraveller.com/discussion/topic/Iberia-A340-300

[Jetset1808]

Hello Swissdiver, certainly, the new seat felt significantly narrower than the old product, however, if like me you have an individual window seat, it’s is much more private and I was able to sleep a lot better (although being a night flight, this was inevitable). My experience of the old product on my outbound flight was probably a little bias as there were only 12 passengers in business, which meant the service and attention was impeccable. Flying home, all business class seats were taken and I certainly felt the cabin crew were maybe a little stretched and less attention was given to individual passengers.
The IFE is better, however I didn’t use it much as I tried to sleep as much as I could, the space around the new product is certainly an improvement in terms of storage, I’m 6’3 so found the new seat a little short, but I’ve grown to expect that, having said that, I slept well.
All in all, I enjoyed both flights, I liked the new product, however preferred the more intimate service offered on the old, but that was probably down to lack of passengers.

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