PE seating on 343 to Bombay

Please, has anyone travelled PE on an A343?

Best seats please, legroom, recline etc.. must be window though!

Any help appreciated.

Thanks


Ian

Not much in it between them. Recline identical. leg room limited on bulkhead seats but nobody reclines into 'your' space. Rear row is my fav because you don't have to worry about those behind you, and they are not right next to the loos (unlike the 346).

Originally posted by goanmad
Please, has anyone travelled PE on an A343?

Best seats please, legroom, recline etc.. must be window though!

Any help appreciated.

Thanks


Ian

Yes - flew back from CPT about 18 months ago - but the config is slightly different on the UCS aircraft - there is now an extra row I think. ( check out the non-suite seat ratings to give you a better idea!)

Its a relatively small cabin area and I remember going through to use the UC toilets ( sorry UC peeps). We checked in early and got the front row which is row 18 - the seats were good, leg room is of course excellent here and the service was up to the usual PE standard!!

I don't like the bulkhead seats as you have to use those footstools which I find less preferable to the fold down ones. TBH, there's not a lot of difference; the main decision is whether you'd rather have a pouffe footrest or a fold-down one.

VS.

Thanks very much for the info, its to be a toss up between front or rear?

Ian

[Scrooge]

Originally posted by goanmad
Thanks very much for the info, its to be a toss up between front or rear?

Ian

Counting to ten...you know we really do need to add a devil smiley on here.

Ok back on topic...yes, I prefer the rear seats as well, I always feel like I have to keep my seat semi upright, again though it's down to personal taste.

Glad to see there is someone with a sense of humour as warped as mine?

Originally posted by Scrooge

Originally posted by goanmad
Thanks very much for the info, its to be a toss up between front or rear?

Ian

Counting to ten...you know we really do need to add a devil smiley on here.

Ok back on topic...yes, I prefer the rear seats as well, I always feel like I have to keep my seat semi upright, again though it's down to personal taste.

sorry to change the topic slightly... but what PE seats are on the a343s now? are they the old new PE seat or did they not change at all when the ucs refit happened?

Thanks
Chris

Thats a really good point and I was hoping that some kind person would have confirmed this for us?[?]

Originally posted by Airbus340
sorry to change the topic slightly... but what PE seats are on the a343s now? are they the old new PE seat or did they not change at all when the ucs refit happened?

Thanks
Chris

[mitchja]

They are the old type, similar to what's on the MAN/LGW B744's now, although on the A343's there's no leg rests, just one of those silly foot bars on the seat in front.

Regards

So not very PREMIUM at all then?

[:?][:?][V][V]

Originally posted by mitchja
They are the old type, similar to what's on the MAN/LGW B744's now, although on the A343's there's no leg rests, just one of those silly foot bars on the seat in front.

Regards

All the Virgin flights have the new Premium Economy Service and dedicated crew now, awaiting the refit of the new seats.

Bet the Bombay service still has the old PE seats? Can anyone confirm that this is the case and when/if the new seats will be fitted to the ageing A343 aircraft?

Thanks

ian

Originally posted by Juliet
All the Virgin flights have the new Premium Economy Service and dedicated crew now, awaiting the refit of the new seats.

I was pleasantly surprised by the older W seats on the 343s...

http://www.v-flyer.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16935

They have some very nice touches, and I didn't feel sore or stiff after the flight. The only downer was the seat anchors and IFE stuff under the seat in front are a bit messy, and you might kick them from time to time.

They are definitely better than the "plastic terrors" which are on the LHR 744s and originally on the 346s.

I can't compare them to the "superseat", because last chance I had to try one, I got an op-up to J.

Mike

Cheers Mike, at least we know what to expect!

Originally posted by mike-smashing
I was pleasantly surprised by the older W seats on the 343s...

http://www.v-flyer.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16935

They have some very nice touches, and I didn't feel sore or stiff after the flight. The only downer was the seat anchors and IFE stuff under the seat in front are a bit messy, and you might kick them from time to time.

They are definitely better than the "plastic terrors" which are on the LHR 744s and originally on the 346s.

I can't compare them to the "superseat", because last chance I had to try one, I got an op-up to J.

Mike