Bushpilot From South Africa, joined Jul 2007, 0 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 6546 times:
I flew Air Pacific on 744 and the entire upper deck was economy. I have flown 744 on UL 2x trans-pac and it was first or business. I guess the question is what other carries have the upper deck with coach seats.
CX777FAN From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 289 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 6528 times:
I've flown economy on the upper deck of JAL 744s both internationally and on Japanese domestic flights. I'm a big fan of upper deck economy, It somehow feels much more roomy, plus there's luggage storage space along the windows. The smaller cabin often means better inflight service too. (then good service is typical of JAL...)
NZ107 From New Zealand, joined Jul 2005, 5672 posts, RR: 40 Reply 6, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 6378 times:
The new configuration of Air NZ will give room for some Premium Economy seats but having a partition between the Business and the Premium Economy will make it look extremely small.
Co7772wuh From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (7 years 10 months 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 6231 times:
Quoting CX777FAN (Reply 1): I've flown economy on the upper deck of JAL 744s both internationally and on Japanese domestic flights. I'm a big fan of upper deck economy, It somehow feels much more roomy, plus there's luggage storage space along the windows. The smaller cabin often means better inflight service too. (then good service is typical of JAL...)
Quoting Justplanecrazy (Reply 2): exactly the same impression i got flying cattle class on JAL upper deck.very comfy
Agreed .
I was fortunate enough to fly JAL to asia from JFK on the upper deck on miles from AA . Let me tell you it was a blast . The service , seats/pitch , FA's , food and entertainment were suburb for economy.
Very cozy up there , quiet too ! Best international flight I have ever been on !
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 5828 times:
BA used to have World Traveller upstairs on an assorted lot of 747's back in late 80's, early 90's.
Mymiles2go From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 207 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 5575 times:
Quoting Jetjack74 (Reply 11): BA used to have World Traveller upstairs on an assorted lot of 747's back in late 80's, early 90's.
Even up until the summer of 2001...don't remember how much further than that.
HighFlyer9790 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 1236 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 5569 times:
Quoting Mymiles2go (Reply 12): BA used to have World Traveller upstairs on an assorted lot of 747's back in late 80's, early 90's.
We were supposed to fly BA economy upper deck in 1999 from BOS to LHR on a 742 classic but at the last minute the switched to a 744. I think most airlines only had it on their classics, not 744s...but i don't know.
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FoxBravo From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 2803 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 5448 times:
Swissair had it on their 743s for a while but later reconfigured. I remember sitting in economy on the upper deck on JFK-ZRH in 1988, then in 1995 I sat on the upper deck again on ZRH-JFK but that time it was business class. The only other time I've sat up there in Y class was on JAL, though I know SAA has it as well, as others have mentioned.
RG828 From Brazil, joined Jan 2004, 582 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 5421 times:
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I remember BA and AF 742s having them, though in the early 90s I flew a BA 744 (G-BNLN) that had Y-class on top. It was crowded and messy, people on the emergency rows sitting on the floor playing cards, etc.
Varig had them only on their 747-300 Combis, IIRC.
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TymnBalewne From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 912 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 5380 times:
Quoting Jetjack74 (Reply 11): BA used to have World Traveller upstairs on an assorted lot of 747's back in late 80's, early 90's
Pre-cradle seat (the seat that came before the flat-bed) I think most of the BA 747's had convertible seats upstairs. They could be 3 x 3 economy seats or 2 x 2 Club (super Club/Elizabethan?) seats depending on the need of a particular flight segment.
PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 17, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 5301 times:
Quoting QFA380 (Reply 10): Ansett's 744's used to have Y-class seats on their upper deck.
9V-SVC From Singapore, joined Oct 2001, 1780 posts, RR: 11 Reply 19, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 4693 times:
I flew on JAL's 744 JA8901 and JA8902. JA8901 has economy seats on the upper deck but JA8902 doesn't . Probably the aircraft is due for a C or D-check soon.
FlyingDove From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 85 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 4216 times:
Two summers ago, LY converted two of their 744s to all-economy configuration. They therefore had economy class upstairs. Kinda cool to visit this usually off-limits zone!
NorthstarBoy From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1713 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4035 times:
some of JALs 743s had coach upstairs, i know one of the ones i flew on did, because i sat up there, ship 8177, absolutely heavenly. the small cabin made you feel like you were on your own private airliner, great views and very little noise, i know RAM's 744 also has coach seats upstairs, again because i flew up there. it made a huge difference as the ride from JFK to Morocco was the bumpiest ride i've ever taken in my life, i can't imagine what the ride was like downstairs, but we definitely felt it upstairs, and i don't think you usually feel turbulence up there the same way you do downstairs. funny, though, my mom didn't like it! she thought the cabin was too cramped and she didn't like the side bins. personally, i liked them, because they seem bigger and its alot more convenient, especially if you're in a window seat.
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IrishMD11 From Switzerland, joined Jan 2004, 88 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (7 years 10 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 3707 times:
Quoting Jetjack74 (Reply 11): BA used to have World Traveller upstairs on an assorted lot of 747's back in late 80's, early 90's
I flew G-AWNA summer 1995, SEA to LHR, seated top deck. First time up there during flight, and must say that the takeoff roll was very gentle, none of that usual "rattle" that you feel and hear when downstairs and near main gear...
Same bird had brought me back from MIA to LHR in 1986, didn't know that top deck can be so comfy...
25 9V-SPJ: I remember flying on Swissair SR170 from BOM-HKG back in 1994. It was near the new year and there were these shiny stars on the ceiling which really g
26 IrishMD11: I forgot Swissair, their N221GF should be counted too... Gerry
27 CV580Freak: I flew SAA PER/JNB in upper deck economy - Superb flight, bags of room and great service, shame I can't say that about the dreadful SA immigration sha
28 Ktachiya: I can't tell you for all airlines but for JAL, the high densite configuration always have economy on the 2nd floor. Ones that I have taken are JA8088
29 PIA747: PIA carries economy seats in the upper deck on all its 747 varients.
30 NZ1: They exchanged the 743's for 2 ex SQ 744's. NZ1
31 Trex8: when NW first got their 744s I flew one MSP to DTW upstairs, its been over 15 years now but I could have sworn it was Y up there and not biz.
32 HKGKaiTak: Their 743s did too. A lot of people enjoyed going upstairs in Y and was much talked about.
33 ZK-NBT: QF in the latter days anyway had Y upstairs on the 74L and 742.
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