QantasLink upgrade: Boeing 717s get new seats, but more of them - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller
717 refurb - goodbye to Row 1 being one of the best Y seats in QF
QantasLink will upgrade and reconfigure the interiors of its B717 fleet and build additional capacity to provide an enhanced customer experience.
New ergonomically-designed seats will provide customers with increased levels of comfort featuring:
•A top-mounted magazine box to maximise legroom;
•An additional seat pocket ideal for the storage of personal electronic devices;
•An adjustable headrest; and
•A sliding tray table.
The installation of the new seats, combined with a reconfiguration of storage space, has enabled QantasLink to increase capacity on board the B717s and provide at the same time, an enhanced customer experience. The refresh will also see the cabin furnishings replaced with an interior colour scheme consistent with Qantas’ contemporary styling onboard Qantas mainline B738 aircraft.
The first refurbished B717 is expected to enter service in late November 2012.QantasLink looks forward to sharing further details on the route allocation of the B717 in the near future.
Does anyone here know what a misdirection is? It is what a magician uses to distract the viewer so that his "trick" is not visible. He or she draws your attention to their left hand so that you will not notice what their right hand is doing.
Qantaslink is spruiking the new more comfortable seats on the 717 to ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. However they did not mention that they will shoehorn TEN more seats on the aircraft giving a total of 125 pax.
As an added ENHANCEMENT there will only be TWO toilets available.
The previous ENHANCEMENT was to drop cabin crew numbers from four down to three last year. This was to ENHANCE safety as well. Safety is first priority for them, second is obviously the customer experience.
To further ENHANCE the CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE they have decided not to distract the passengers with trivial things like IFE, audio or iPad or personal video players. Not to worry, with the line for the toilet you will not get any time to watch a movie anyway.