ClubWorld1986 From United Kingdom, joined May 2009, 69 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 12 months 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 5570 times:
Not too sure if this has been discussed before... (Brand spanking new member here!!)
British Airways A318 cabin product for the LCY-JFK route... I saw a picture from the BA's investor day back a few months ago, and the simulated image shown was not like any BA Premium product I had seen before.
Does anyone know if they are going to keep the continuity and install the NGNCW on board this jet? or have they had to alter the cabin design to work with the constraints of this type of aircraft?
Again, sorry if this has been discussed/answered before. Just would be interested to know as I work in and out of Manhattan 2-3 months of the year if i can expect to see the NGNCW, as the routing out of London City is looking more and more attractive for my requirements.
LondonCity From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2008, 1196 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 12 months 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 5443 times:
It's a difficult question to answer. As far as I know, and correct me if I am wrong, no operator of long-haul A318/319s or B737s has managed to fit a fully flat bed J class product like the Club World seat. I guess it's because of space and weight constraints.
Eos managed it on its B757s which operated STN-JFK but this is a much larger plane.
Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7342 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (3 years 12 months 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 5326 times:
Quoting LondonCity (Reply 1): Eos managed it on its B757s which operated STN-JFK but this is a much larger plane.
All Boeing narrow body planes are 142 inches wide, 707, 727, 737 and 757's were all from teh same fuselage. Airbus did a similar thing the A300, A310 & A330/340 are all the same fuselage too.
Yea, maybe something along those lines... Perhaps that's why they pushing for the communications provider OnAir, to provide in-flight mobile phone services on board, obviously for their core business clientele, but also to try and compensate in some form for the lack of fully flat bed (if it turns out they're slanted/lie flat)
LondonCity From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2008, 1196 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 12 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 5269 times:
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 4): All Boeing narrow body planes are 142 inches wide, 707, 727, 737 and 757's were all from teh same fuselage. Airbus did a similar thing the A300, A310 & A330/340 are all the same fuselage too.
Thanks for pointing this out. I thought that the B757 would have more cabin space for fully flat bed seats than the A318 which BA is using.
BALHRWWCC From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (3 years 12 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 4924 times:
Quoting ClubWorld1986 (Thread starter): Does anyone know if they are going to keep the continuity and install the NGNCW on board this jet? or have they had to alter the cabin design to work with the constraints of this type of aircraft?
The aircraft will be fitted with a newly designed seat/bad. It has been decided the NGNCW seat is to heavy to fit a 2/2 configuration on the A318. Instead a new lie flat seat will be introduced on the A318. It will be wider than the current CW seat. Further details can be found by clicking this link:
There will be 32 seats onboard the A318. The flight will be operated by 1 Purser and 2 Main Crew from BA's LGW base. The service onboard will be an enhanced service to that currently on offer in CW ex LHR and LGW. The popular sleeper service will be available ex JFK and although not yet confirmed it is thought the service may be not that dissimiliar to that offered by Openskies.
Many of BA's biggest customers are based in the city and have shown a huge interest in the route. The minimum 15 minute check in time at LCY and the imigration clearnce at SNN have been all big selling points when the route was first pitched to them over a year ago.
Flights from EDI, GLA, ZRH, FRA and AMS will also offer 30 min connection times at LCY to the JFK route.
Quoting LondonCity (Reply 8): Quoting Vasu (Reply 7):
I'm sure I read somewhere that they'll be like the openskies seats...?
That would make sense. It saves the cost of developing a new seat type.
The EC Biz Seat is the old BA cradle seat with added in seat power.
OyKIE From Norway, joined Jan 2006, 2575 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (3 years 12 months 6 hours ago) and read 2137 times:
Could the flight legally be flown with 2 F/A's since there is less than 100 passengers on-board this A318? This i a bit out of topic, but I do not think it warrant a new thread
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BALHRWWCC From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1664 times:
Quoting OyKIE (Reply 10): Could the flight legally be flown with 2 F/A's since there is less than 100 passengers on-board this A318? This i a bit out of topic, but I do not think it warrant a new thread
No it couldn't as the crew would be required to fit in a break of at least around 45 mins each due to the length of flight. This would then mean the other two would have to be on duty for cabin monitoring. Remember if one F/A has to go into the flight deck another must be on duty in the cabin.
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