Boeing To Announce The 797 At Paris Airshow
Mar 7, 2011, 12:13 pm
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Boeing To Announce The 797 At Paris Airshow
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http://aeroturbopower.blogspot.com/2...successor.html
This is bigs days for Boeing will be official at Paris Air Show on June 20, 2011. This is brand new B797 as 737 replacement.
http://aeroturbopower.blogspot.com/2...successor.html
This is bigs days for Boeing will be official at Paris Air Show on June 20, 2011. This is brand new B797 as 737 replacement.
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Mar 7, 2011, 3:41 pm
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Interesting. Thanks for posting! If WN really wants to start service to Hawaii 
, perhaps they'd purchase a few of these birds.
, perhaps they'd purchase a few of these birds.
Mar 8, 2011, 12:15 am
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Mar 8, 2011, 7:17 pm
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some thoughts
It sounds a bit odd to me... probably because we don't have that today. A twin isle, stubby plane? Hmmm... I can see if it's long enough (a 739 or 757 takes a while to load/unload) but if it's relatively short, it may not save all that much time.
What irks me is that they keep designing seats with [at most] the same width and pitch as 30-40 years ago. People are both taller and fatter today, and of all the new features (the 787 promises bigger windows), how come more pax space is NEVER on the list? And that brings me back to the previous point - if people didn't have such a hard time squeezing in and out of their seats, maybe it wouldn't take so long to turn the plane around.
What irks me is that they keep designing seats with [at most] the same width and pitch as 30-40 years ago. People are both taller and fatter today, and of all the new features (the 787 promises bigger windows), how come more pax space is NEVER on the list? And that brings me back to the previous point - if people didn't have such a hard time squeezing in and out of their seats, maybe it wouldn't take so long to turn the plane around.
Mar 9, 2011, 2:10 am
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/newss...ent-737-a.html
As I said then
A single aisle would mean only 6 seats per row - and two middle seats per row rather than 7 seats and one middle seat per row.
Single aisle planes also have a negative image with many passengers as two aisles look "more grown up". Two aisles give more options for evacuation and getting round the plane.
BUT the killer is that 2 seats by themselves are always popular with passengers,
I wonder though what happens with the overhead lockers as by necessity they would have to be shallower.
Single aisle planes also have a negative image with many passengers as two aisles look "more grown up". Two aisles give more options for evacuation and getting round the plane.
BUT the killer is that 2 seats by themselves are always popular with passengers,
I wonder though what happens with the overhead lockers as by necessity they would have to be shallower.
Mar 9, 2011, 1:18 pm
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2. In today's two-aisle 2-3-2 configurations, the side compartments are shallower than they can be over a three-seat row (though many airlines don't utilize the potential depth!) but there is additional overhead storage over the center section. It balances out. Advantage: neither.
A separate issue is that a storage compartment over a two-seat row, or over half of a 3-seat center section, comes pretty much all the way to the aisle. It cannot be used while standing out of the aisle, as a compartment over a three-seat row can be. (Granted, not everyone steps into the row to stow their stuff.) This means more delays in boarding. I don't know if having two aisles is enough to offset this. If they're both blocked, as they often would be, nobody can move.
Mar 11, 2011, 3:34 pm
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Mar 18, 2011, 7:57 pm
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One selling feature of the twin aisle may be faster boarding and disembarkation => potentially-faster turnaround. Also good for pax: Think about it the next time you're at the back of a 753 or 321 and have a tight connection.
