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CHRISBA777ER From UK - England, joined Mar 2001, 5964 posts, RR: 63
Posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3507 times:

Is it a 772 currently? When does it move to a 77W and whats the likelihood it will be a 77W in October?

Am planning a trip to Aus and am not booking if its a 772 as the old entertainment system and tired seats doesnt do it for me, so will spend the £100 extra and go Cathay.

Any ideas folks?

What do you mean you dont have any bourbon? Do you know how far it is to Houston? What kind of airline is this???

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nu From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2007, 95 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3431 times:

It's the new 773 and because the software says my response is too short, I'll say it again - it's the new 773

Aer Maighdean abu

LHR27C From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 1279 posts, RR: 18
Reply 2, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3431 times:

It's already on the 77W.

http://www.thebasource.com/flighttracker.html

Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned forever skyward

jetlag73 From France, joined Sep 2011, 67 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3431 times:

Hi Chris,

Y or J (or F) ?
If Y, be careful, CX Y fixed shell seat are a pain in the back.
If J, then, well...life's good.

Cheers

Enzo

skipness1E From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2007, 2425 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3421 times:

Anyone else think it funny you're not actuallu willing to fly on most of the BA 777 fleet given your erm....username?

Personally I would love to be able to predict that any given flight had G-ZZZA / B / C to get on a rare B777 non ER, but not all the way to Australia, I am not THAT keen !

[Edited 2012-01-19 04:31:03]

vhtje From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2009, 307 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 3365 times:

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Ooh - I'm taking the same flight on the 29th September.

Will HKG still be the 77W by then? Or will the 77W revert to the ORD rotation, as it did last summer?

CHRISBA777ER From UK - England, joined Mar 2001, 5964 posts, RR: 63
Reply 6, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3328 times:

Quoting skipness1E (Reply 4):

Anyone else think it funny you're not actuallu willing to fly on most of the BA 777 fleet given your erm....username?

I didnt think of that but yeah - although they were state of the art, properly lovely to fly on back when I joined the site almost 11 years ago!

Quoting jetlag73 (Reply 3):
Y or J (or F) ?
If Y, be careful, CX Y fixed shell seat are a pain in the back.
If J, then, well...life's good.

Going Y as I'm paying.

What do you mean you dont have any bourbon? Do you know how far it is to Houston? What kind of airline is this???

VV701 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 6675 posts, RR: 17
Reply 7, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2964 times:

Quoting CHRISBA777ER (Thread starter):
Am planning a trip to Aus and am not booking if its a 772 as the old entertainment system and tired seats doesnt do it for me, so will spend the £100 extra and go Cathay.

I believe that only RR powered 772s flew the very long haul routes like LHR-SIN-SYD as the GE powered aircraft do not have the overhead crew rest area required on such routes. However the four-class RR 772s do have such a rest area . And since the very recent upgrade of G-RAES with the latest F, W and Y Class product and the latest Thales Top Series IFE AVOD System, the only GE powered 772s with the old GEC Marconi GMIS IFE System are those registered in the range G-VIIA to 'IN. Many of these birds, like G-RAES, are likely to be fitted out with the new Y as well as the new F and W cabin along with the latest Thales AVOD System by the time October comes round.

Quoting CHRISBA777ER (Thread starter):
Is it a 772 currently?

Has it ever been a 772? I thought - correct me if I am wrong - that until it was first operated by a 77W last year LHR-HKG had been operated by BA only with 744s for literally years and years.

scrappy27 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2008, 273 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2778 times:

I think the new additional HKG flight coming in future (I think BA31) will be on the 772 (YMM range)...
As far as I'm aware, the BA27 had always been 744 and 77W

Babybus From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 3537 posts, RR: 6
Reply 9, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2683 times:

If you're going all the way to Oz should should try and find a A380.

Sitting in a Y seat on a twin jet with nowhere to go for 24hrs is no joke.

and with that..cabin crew, seats for landing please.

sydscott From Australia, joined Oct 2003, 2394 posts, RR: 18
Reply 10, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2274 times:

This may be of help;

http://www.ausbt.com.au/revealed-the...ys-flights-to-london-via-hong-kong

steve6666 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 359 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2247 times:

Quoting VV701 (Reply 7):
Has it ever been a 772? I thought - correct me if I am wrong - that until it was first operated by a 77W last year LHR-HKG had been operated by BA only with 744s for literally years and years.

When there were 3 daily (?) BA flights to HKG back in summer 09(?), the third one was with the 772 I believe.

eu nasci ha dez mil anos atras, e nao tem nada nesse mundo que eu nao saiba demais

QFFlyer From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 338 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2112 times:

Quoting Babybus (Reply 9):
Sitting in a Y seat on a twin jet with nowhere to go for 24hrs is no joke

So why is it different than sitting on a quad for 24 hours with nowhere to go?

rjm777ual From UK - England, joined Nov 2011, 246 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (1 year 5 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2084 times:

It used to be on the 744, then the 772, and finally, the 77W.

Greetings from Dulles!

cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7724 posts, RR: 55
Reply 14, posted (1 year 5 months 7 hours ago) and read 1819 times:

Quoting Babybus (Reply 9):
Sitting in a Y seat on a twin jet with nowhere to go for 24hrs is no joke.

Really don't understand this - makes no difference as far as I can tell. I mean there might be a thrill for a spotter / enthusiast to fly the Queen Of The Skies but the passenger experience is no different in any way at all. In fact an A330 is probably better with 2-4-2 seating than any jumbo.

Please explain?

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qf002 From Australia, joined Jul 2011, 2604 posts, RR: 1
Reply 15, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1612 times:

Quoting skipness1E (Reply 4):
Will HKG still be the 77W by then?

I was on this flight last week, and the crew I had a brief chat with in the galley were pretty certain that it will remain as a 77W flight in the long term, until the A380's start arriving and things change... They thought that it was pretty much the perfect aircraft for the route -- the same F/J cabins as low-J 744's but with 50 less Y seats.

Quoting CHRISBA777ER (Reply 6):
Going Y as I'm paying.

The new product is definitely an improvement, but I wasn't all that impressed overall. Biggest gripe -- the headrest was extremely uncomfortable.

Quoting Babybus (Reply 9):
should try and find a A380.

Cue QF128 out of HKG to SYD Thurs-Sun

9V-SVC From Singapore, joined Oct 2001, 1782 posts, RR: 11
Reply 16, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1591 times:

Quoting nu (Reply 1):

I am sorry to inform you that BA doesn't operate the 773. Don't mix this plane up with the 77W.

773= Boeing 777-300 (Non-ER)
77W = Boeing 777-300ER

Hope this clears all the misunderstanding.

Cheers
Charles

Airliners is the wings of my life.

theobcman From UK - England, joined Nov 2010, 122 posts, RR: 0
Reply 17, posted (1 year 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1482 times:

Quoting jetlag73 (Reply 3):

Absolutely correct - CX in Y for 12 hours LHR-HKG was horrendous for me. The seat was the worst I ever had & so will be avoiding them in the future !!

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