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Good Afternoon,
I am looking at booking some flights to Majorca in August, the option I am looking at is an outbound from Manchester with a return to Birmingham.
When you make a dummy booking and get to the seat plan, the return to Birmingham looks like standard A321 configuration (3 + 3 seats on the majority of the rows, a total of 38 rows) but the plan looks a little odd on the outbound flight from Manchester. The Rows 2 to 7 inclusive are showing 2 + 4 seats, with a further area with only 2 seats in the row (being sold as extra leg room seats) between rows 37 and 43 (2 + 3 in total) showing as 44 rows in total with what looks like over 240 seats if my adding up is correct.
Can anybody give any further indications as to aircraft set up, or is the seat plan playing tricks ?
Many thanks in advance.
I am looking at booking some flights to Majorca in August, the option I am looking at is an outbound from Manchester with a return to Birmingham.
When you make a dummy booking and get to the seat plan, the return to Birmingham looks like standard A321 configuration (3 + 3 seats on the majority of the rows, a total of 38 rows) but the plan looks a little odd on the outbound flight from Manchester. The Rows 2 to 7 inclusive are showing 2 + 4 seats, with a further area with only 2 seats in the row (being sold as extra leg room seats) between rows 37 and 43 (2 + 3 in total) showing as 44 rows in total with what looks like over 240 seats if my adding up is correct.
Can anybody give any further indications as to aircraft set up, or is the seat plan playing tricks ?
Many thanks in advance.
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2+4 Seat Plan
You'll probably find you can scroll across to reveal the other half of what is the A330 seat plan. I guess it just hasn't been updated to reflect that the flight will now be operated on the A320/1. Unless the plans for the A330 have changed?
You'll probably find you can scroll across to reveal the other half of what is the A330 seat plan. I guess it just hasn't been updated to reflect that the flight will now be operated on the A320/1. Unless the plans for the A330 have changed?
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Yes, it is a wide body aircraft seating plan.
Front section 2-4-2 extra legroom seats.
Middle section 3-3-3 standard seats
Rear section 2-3-2 extra legroom on outer seating only.
Whether they will operate this type of aircraft is anyone's guess at the moment. Maybe a sub-lease.
Front section 2-4-2 extra legroom seats.
Middle section 3-3-3 standard seats
Rear section 2-3-2 extra legroom on outer seating only.
Whether they will operate this type of aircraft is anyone's guess at the moment. Maybe a sub-lease.
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G-ZBAA ready for it's new owner at BHX (will be N228FR)
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Many thanks for the replies concerning the seating plan.
The flights were Sunday 2nd August (outbound from Manchester) and Wednesday 12th August (inbound to Birmingham) I have just checked and indeed the outbound flight from Manchester is showing a wide body (A330 ??) seating plan. I never thought of this possibility as I thought that the A330's were leaving the fleet ?
I know that the A330 operated the Sunday flight on this route last year, but it seems a bit of a recipe for chaos if the plan has not been updated and people are being allowed to book onto seats that will not even exist when they turn up at the airport.
Maybe the A330 is being given a stay of execution ?
The flights were Sunday 2nd August (outbound from Manchester) and Wednesday 12th August (inbound to Birmingham) I have just checked and indeed the outbound flight from Manchester is showing a wide body (A330 ??) seating plan. I never thought of this possibility as I thought that the A330's were leaving the fleet ?
I know that the A330 operated the Sunday flight on this route last year, but it seems a bit of a recipe for chaos if the plan has not been updated and people are being allowed to book onto seats that will not even exist when they turn up at the airport.
Maybe the A330 is being given a stay of execution ?
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Presumably because they made more money from LBA than EMA...why else do airlines choose to fly from one place in preference to another. Nice to see that the COO has "forgotten" that they started from LBA flying to Rome so that would make NAP their 2nd Italian destination flown from LBA...
Presumably because they made more money from LBA than EMA...why else do airlines choose to fly from one place in preference to another. Nice to see that the COO has "forgotten" that they started from LBA flying to Rome so that would make NAP their 2nd Italian destination flown from LBA...
Of course the real reason the airline (in fact any airline) operates is because they expect to make money - and generally, smaller regional airports, because of less competition, ought, on paper to provide a better return than fighting for market share at major airports such as LGW / MAN / EMA (for bucket and spade business) and BHX.
Am I a cynic or what?
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Yes indeed it is a A330 which will certainly be history by the end of the season unless the contract with Guggenheim which is meant to run until 2018 is to difficult to change.
The reason Monarch is still in LBA is exactly the same. The terms and conditions are such that it is almost impossible for Monarch to quit.
During the crisis of last summer management was keeping its employees informed and this was one of the most difficult part. All aspects of the business were covered , lease of A/C, fleet size, staff redundancy, pay and work condition.
The LBA contract was one of the most difficult point and obviously Monarch was unable to close the base. The financial penalty would have been impossible to honour. A compromise was found.....
Hence the interview which to me is full of emptiness.....I can't feel any excited commitment to the base.....
The reason Monarch is still in LBA is exactly the same. The terms and conditions are such that it is almost impossible for Monarch to quit.
During the crisis of last summer management was keeping its employees informed and this was one of the most difficult part. All aspects of the business were covered , lease of A/C, fleet size, staff redundancy, pay and work condition.
The LBA contract was one of the most difficult point and obviously Monarch was unable to close the base. The financial penalty would have been impossible to honour. A compromise was found.....
Hence the interview which to me is full of emptiness.....I can't feel any excited commitment to the base.....
The picture is of an A330 ATnotts.
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Understand final winter schedule will be "resolved in next few weeks" however there may be something afoot as this response has all the hallmarks of the changes that occurred to the recent winter programme with the changes bought about by the Greybull takeover.
