Qantas Airbus A380 reconfig will put the first class suites upstairs
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DeepAvThroat
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is back with another solid scoop from behind the lines.
freshthoughts
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very interesting, i wonder if we will see a net increase in the number of business seats... and PE seats for that matter...
moa999
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Slightly different spin was published on Whirlpool a week ago on Apr-27 by Grover51
Still has First moving up, but also has PE upstairs.
Also has the staircase going (Airbus has recently showed a revised staircase at Door 2 that fits above the down stairs to the crew rest)
First is moving upstairs. The front stairs are going.
First, business and PE will be upstairs.
Downstairs will be economy only.
Mjudd
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Unlikely to see more business class seats, as the current configuration is 2 - 2 - 2, and is changing to 1 - 2 - 1. Also the upper deck is currently basically all business class, with a few rows of PE at the back. However, first class will take a chunk more room is suspect.
freshthoughts
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John Phelan
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also economy after PE and the new J seats are pretty space efficient compared the current ones i don't think they take up too much more room
Well, on the A330s, there are now 28 J suites where there used to be 36 Skybeds.....
GregXL
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John, yes 8 fewer J seats but 44 additional Y seats
ThePerthTrav
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I think putting Premium Economy where First Class used to be is a great idea
Livewireshock
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I will believe the 'specifics' when they are officially released by QANTAS, not by 'someone' on the internet. Until then, it is still all speculation/gossip. Just my humble opinion :)
moa999
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I think the Suite is much more space efficient than the SkyBedII (the A330 comparison above was to the SkyBedI which had a much lower pitch)
David Robertson
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I don't think the staircase is 'going', doesn't the A380 have to have front and rear staircases for safety reasons? But it would probably be replaced by a version which takes up less space.
David Robertson
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Also while I think these changes make sense I am not, with respect, going to take them as anything more that rumour until I read about them on AusBT or see a press release from Qantas.
undertheradar Banned
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+1 to 'David Robertson'
David
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undertheradar Banned
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But sadly some people believe EVERYTHING they read on 'social media', 'Scoops'/rumours create expectations(for some people).and then those people will direct their 'displeasure' directly to the company/business, in this case, QANTAS, when the 'scoop'/rumour isn't ENTIRELY true, while the 'perpetrator' of such scoops/rumours is NOT held to account...welcome to the internet!! Hence why I will only believe when it comes straight from QANTAS media.