Time for some good news from BA, and that it’s had the first of it’s 777-300ER series aircraft delivered from Boeing.
Now whilst we could go on about the green credentials, lets get down to the messy parts – on board product.
The BA 777-300ER’s will be in Four Class configuration (14 First Class 56 Club World, 44 World Traveller Plus and 183 Economy seats – a total of 297), with the “new” World Traveller/World Traveller Plus IFE systems Thales product – and seats to go with it.
Airline routes have an indication of what routes the 777-300ER, and it’s going to have a fairly busy life to start with until the other 777-300ER’s are joining it – a total of 5 in total.
Now there is a video of it arriving at Cardiff (BA’s Maintenance Base), but it’s exceedingly geeky – and there’s a lawnmower in the backgroup – see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-1awUoYmjM and of course, BA have loaded a video too.
Although some may lament the beginning of the passing of the 747-400’s (and their upper decks that make them so popular), its a sad fact that these new aircraft are a lot more economic to run. So expect to see more of them.
But still – it’s good news for the airline.
