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Old 1st Nov 2012, 14:43
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John21UK
 
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If I'm right the A330's with the old business class are the ones not doing the BKK/LHR runs.

There are 9 A330's in service right now.

A9C-MA/B/C/D. I believe these are the ones now with the new Falcon Gold etc. You'll find them on LHR/BKK and sometimes MNL.
A9C-KE/KF is in a high density layout operating Manila/Lahore/Cairo. (250 seats IIRC)
A9C-G/H/I do mostly Karachi/Cairo/Dubai/Jeddah/Riyadh/Dhaka/Peshawar. So I suspect these are the ones with 274 seats and fewer Falcon Gold seats.
A9C-KJ does mostly Karachi/Islamabad/Jeddah etc in I believe a high density layout. (288 seats?)

The A320ER and A321's are really, really nice. There are 2 A319's seating 124 pax, 12 'normal' config A320's seating 136 pax, 5 A320ER's seating 110 pax and 4 A321's seating 169 pax. I flew on one of our normal config A320's (A9C-AI) the other day to Dubai and was surprised by the amount of legroom and seating comfort it had in economy. It had these new slimline seats installed and I had plenty of space, even with me being 6'03"!

A320ER's (also called A320 Enhanced) A9C-AM/N/O/P/Q mainly serve Frankfurt/Paris/Copenhagen/Rome but also do Nairobi/Beirut/Kuwait/Doha/Larnaca etc.
A321's operate the Indian subcontiment/Amman, Colombo/Kuwait/Dubai/Riyadh/Najaf/Khartoum.

Obviously things change around based on supply/demand and availability of aircraft.

@ 55Jay. If you want to know the reg to expect for your trip to BKK in November let me know and I can have a look in the system.

Last edited by John21UK; 12th Nov 2012 at 04:46. Reason: Typo error fixed
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