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Old 5th May 2011, 02:58 PM
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Wouldn't a matcher also be a changer, as it would be providing an equal alternative that hasn't been seen for many years?
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Old 5th May 2011, 03:07 PM
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How about a seat pitch bigger than 31" in economy, that'd be a nice change.
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Old 5th May 2011, 04:09 PM
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I've seen many interiors of aircraft - but are they as nice as the new YFC? Qantas just got some new 737-800's (after YFC)... (VZL) so what does VZL's interior look like? Very curious...
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Old 5th May 2011, 04:16 PM
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The difference is its new. That's it. Give it a few years and when tiger revamps it's interior we'll all be wowed like we are now.

Todd.
Tiger won't have seatback IFE...... that's for a start

Heck Tiger is lucky to get you to your destination on the same day
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Old 5th May 2011, 04:33 PM
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While the sky interior Virgin Australia 737's look great, so will the sky interior Qantas 737's once Qantas start to receive these later in the year.

They will also be equipped with seat-back IFE much like the current NZ 737's that are flying

So Qantas will have pretty much the same interior fit-out as Virgin.

Prices will be similar
Service all depends on the crew
Who cares about the paint on the aircraft

I am still waiting to hear how long it's going to take Virgin to rollout this new product to all it's 737 fleet INCLUDING the IFE........ The current sky interior 737 is still a 1/2 finished product!

Having new product is nice, but it needs to be consistent

Virgin have 50 737's on order... which will be delivered from June 2011 through to 2017,

Qantas should receive about 10 737's with Sky Interior later this year I believe, but not sure of orders following that...
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Old 5th May 2011, 05:19 PM
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Is the Sky Interior available as an upgrade by Boeing? In the early 1970s boeing offered a "widebody" upgrade for the cabins of Boeing 707/727s

The reason I ask is there a chance within a few years even the current-interior 737s at DJ and QF will have their cabins converted?
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Old 5th May 2011, 05:31 PM
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Is the Sky Interior available as an upgrade by Boeing?
No, it's only available on new build aircraft.

While the Sky interior is standard to all new 737s and therefore many of those cabin and lighting features will be shared by QF and DJ, Virgin's new seats are fantastic. I spent about 10 minutes sitting in one yesterday and, while the pitch could always be better, the cushion and headrest are very comfortable and pleasing on the eye.

Anyway, cosmetics are just that, cosmetic! Remember folks, in various interviews yesterday JB also said he's going to concentrate on building on the airline's great customer service, offer better lounges, that a new IFE is coming (iPads anyone?), and improving DJ's ontime performance - the latter should be easier without the E170s!

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Old 5th May 2011, 06:14 PM
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Yeah it does really make me wonder. Whilst of course I champion the changes and think an alternative to Qantas is very much needed, I haven't seen anything as yet that I would call a game changer. Yes the cabins look nice and the changes are certainly a positive for the company and passenger, but as you say so they should because they are new, but nothing about it is really revolutionary or what I would call awsome.

No doubt Qantas will loose business as Virgin moves into the full service carrier mold, but don't think they will be quivering in their boots just yet. They will continue to change their product as they constantly do to counter any challenge from Virgin but clearly no need for wholsale changes.
Look what Qantas did with the interiors of their A380's.... They had a big chance to wow everybody there but it turned out pretty bland.
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Old 5th May 2011, 06:27 PM
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IMO the new livery isn't bad my only problem with it is the silver titles. Any further then a few metres away they will become invisible thy should have painted them red or a dark blue/purpleish colour instead.

Does anyone know how long the E170's will be sticking around for or more specifically the routes they fly? I'm booked to fly 23/8 CNS-TSV-ROK-BNE the CNS-TSV-ROK sectors are scheduled as a E70? will they still be around come august or can I expect a call rebooking me nonstop?
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Old 5th May 2011, 06:42 PM
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The last of the E70s will go sometime in 2012.
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