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Author: David ZDavid Z Date: Jun 18, 2008 03:49
Qantas now have seats available to book on the A380 and a lot more info.
I'm looking at making a trip soonish so this is of particular interest to
me. The new premium economy seems to be the way to go? The price is about
double that of economy ($4k versus $2k, on average), but offers a 19.5" seat
width - very decent. Apparently economy seats on the Qantas 747s are only
17.25" wide, so these premium seats are actually closer in width to business
class than they are to economy, but with a price tag that's much closer to
economy! Qantas also mention that the seats recline "9 inches" but don't
actually specify the angle, nor the seat pitch. Does anyone know where this
information could be found? The 747s are supposed to have a 6-degree seat
recline and 32" pitch - how would the...
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Date: Jun 18, 2008 04:18
> Qantas now have seats available to book on the A380 and a lot more
> info. I'm looking at making a trip soonish so this is of particular
> interest to me. The new premium economy seems to be the way...
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Author: David ZDavid Z Date: Jun 18, 2008 06:52
Does anyone know why Jetstar, a supposedly low cost airline, has *leather*
seats and 18" seat width, which is superior to Qantas? Makes no sense ...
"Peter Fanelli" wrote in message
news:Xns9AC140938B6C3abc@216.77.188.18...>> Qantas now have...
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Author: JoanneJoanne Date: Jun 18, 2008 20:38
> Qantas now have seats available to book on the A380 and a lot more info.
> I'm looking at making a trip soonish so this is of particular interest to
> me. The new premium economy seems to be the way to go? The price is
> about double that of economy ($4k versus $2k, on average), but offers a
> 19.5" seat width - very decent. Apparently economy seats on the Qantas
> 747s are only 17.25" wide, so these premium seats are actually closer in
> width to business class than they are to economy, but with a price tag
> that's much closer to economy! Qantas also mention that the seats recline
> "9 inches" but don't actually specify the angle, nor the seat pitch. Does
> anyone know where...
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Author: RTRT Date: Jun 18, 2008 23:12
"GB" kickindanuts.threefiddy.com> wrote in message
news:R5mdnXrnmuOYGMTVnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@posted.internode...>> Does anyone know why Jetstar, a supposedly low cost airline, has
>> *leather* seats and 18" seat width, which is superior to Qantas?
>> Makes no sense ...
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> Makes lots of sense. All low cost airlines (except the ones that
> are SO low cost that they don't choose their own cabin furnishings)
> use leather. It's easier to clean spit and vomit off leather. They
> love it when the proletariat misinterpretes the presense of leather
> as being indicative of 'luxury'.
Dunno who was doing all the spitting and spewing on Concorde, then. BA had
all pale blue leather but it sure wasn't low cost.... Still got a leather
compendium (given to every passenger) in its original sealed plastic from
that flight
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Author: QansettQansett Date: Jun 19, 2008 03:59
David Z wrote:
> Does anyone know why Jetstar, a supposedly low cost airline, has
> *leather* seats and 18" seat width, which is superior to Qantas? Makes
> no sense ...
>
> "Peter Fanelli" wrote in message
> news:Xns9AC140938B6C3abc@216.77.188.18...>>> Qantas now have seats available to book on the A380 and a lot more
>>> info. I'm looking at making a trip soonish so this is of particular
>>> interest to me. The new premium economy seems to be the way to go?
>>> The price is about double that of economy ($4k versus $2k, on
>>> average), but offers a 19.5" seat width - very decent. Apparently
>>> economy seats on the Qantas 747s are only 17.25" wide, so these
>>> premium seats are actually closer in width to business class than they
>>> are to economy, but with a price tag that's much closer to economy!
>>> Qantas also mention that the seats recline "9 inches" but don't
>>> actually specify the angle, nor the seat pitch. Does anyone know ...
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Author: David ZDavid Z Date: Jun 19, 2008 08:38
>> Qantas now have seats available to book on the A380 and a lot more info.
>> I'm looking at making a trip soonish so this is of particular interest to
>> me. The new premium economy seems to be the way to go? The price is
>> about double that of economy ($4k versus $2k, on average), but offers a
>> 19.5" seat width - very decent. Apparently economy seats on the Qantas
>> 747s are only 17.25" wide, so these premium seats are actually closer in
>> width to business class than they are to economy, but with a price tag
>> that's much closer to economy! Qantas also mention that the seats
>> recline "9 inches" but don't actually specify the angle, nor the seat
>> pitch. Does anyone know where this information could be found? The 747s
>> are supposed to have a 6-degree seat recline and 32" pitch - how would
>> the new premium compare to this? Also, do the standard economy seats on
>> the A380 retain the 17.25" seat width or are they wider? I'm loving the
>> fact that each seat comes with 110V power and wi-fi internet access -
>> will this be free? =) ...
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Author: RTRT Date: Jun 19, 2008 23:40
>> "David Z" hotmail.com> wrote in message>>> Qantas also mention that the seats recline "9 inches" but don't
>>> actually specify the angle, nor the seat pitch. Does anyone know where
>>> this information could be found? The 747s are supposed to have a
>>> 6-degree seat recline and 32" pitch - how would the new premium compare
>>> to this?
Using the old 1 in 60 (my calculator has died of old age) I reckon it'd be
about 10 degrees.
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Author: JoanneJoanne Date: Jun 22, 2008 16:46
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>>> "David Z" hotmail.com> wrote in message>>>> Qantas also mention that the seats recline "9 inches" but don't
>>>> actually specify the angle, nor the seat pitch. Does anyone know where
>>>> this information could be found? The 747s are supposed to have a
>>>> 6-degree seat recline and 32" pitch - how would the new premium compare
>>>> to this?
>
> Using the old 1 in 60 (my calculator has died of old age) I reckon it'd be
> about 10 degrees.
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