LH4116 From Sweden, joined Aug 2007, 944 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 7154 times:
Well there goes another MD-11 pax operator The 77W will sure look good in their livery. What customer code does TAM have? Will the Aircraft be fitted with 9 or 10 abreast Y seating?
OHLHD From Finland, joined Dec 2004, 3865 posts, RR: 26 Reply 9, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 6768 times:
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 3): Finally a fleet of TAM airplanes from Seattle not Europe. Those 777-300ER's will be great flagships for TAM and ambassadors for Brazil.
As if TAM´s fleet consists of European aircrafts only.
Carpethead From Japan, joined Aug 2004, 2301 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4329 times:
Quoting SA006 (Reply 15): 10 a breast isn't all thaaaat bad. Emirates pull it off quite comfortably in their 77W's. Still not ideal though
Being on a ten-abreast 777 many times, I will never fly on such a configuration for more than couple of hours. Regardless of seat pitch, 10-abreast on 777, 9-abreast on Airbus widebodies, and 8-abreast 767 suck period. End of story. Any airline with these config on where I will be going will not be getting any of my business.
AlitaliaMD11 From Spain, joined Dec 2003, 4068 posts, RR: 19 Reply 20, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3941 times:
Quoting C010T3 (Reply 8): No, they're scheduled for conversion.
I believe they were supposed to be going to Aeroflot Cargo, correct?
However with the recent issue concerning the Russian government and the acceptance of the MD-11F fleet I wonder if they will instead end up with Fed Ex or UPS like many of the other ex-Brazilian MD-11's.
Hardiwv From Netherlands, joined Oct 2004, 7469 posts, RR: 58 Reply 25, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago) and read 2273 times:
Quoting C010T3 (Reply 8): he customer code is 2W. It seems it will be 10-abreast. 7F/56C/302Y, apparently
KLM 2 x B77Ws also have 10 abreast. However, in terms of configuration, what a world of difference if compared with KL B77W. I just arrived in GRU with KL B77W and the configuration is the opposite, only 35 C seats the rest Y with more than 400 seats in total...but plane was FULL to the nose. I was on seat 1J and C class had 2 downgrades...
On the other hand, TAM, with more planes, and more passengers, I really dont know how they will handle the sitiuation in terms of ground service. TAM ticket office in GRU is understaffed and the situation is becoming critical, with 1h waiting time becoming normal for a simple service of changing a ticket....
Rgs,
KL791 AMS-GRU
26 Ktachiya: Wait!!! Which airbus widebodies (other than the A380) have that many abreasts? I mean isn't the A330/340 all 8 abreast? And all B767 are 7 abreast? I
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The 77W will sure look good in their livery. What customer code does TAM have? Will the Aircraft be fitted with 9 or 10 abreast Y seating?
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But I can´t wait until it is finally flying. 
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