Re: Internal shots of 777 Business/Premium/Economy

[ozjuice]

My advice would be to avoid the front rows in PE if you're wanting to stretch your legs......luckily i had an empty seat beside me to angle my body or else it would have been horrible for 14 hours.

 

[serfty]

My advice would be to avoid the front rows in PE if you're wanting to stretch your legs......luckily i had an empty seat beside me to angle my body or else it would have been horrible for 14 hours.

That is certainly the case with the original configuration.

Not so with the new one.

Taken from Google "Street View":

 

[newmarket]

Just attended the media 'launch' of the refreshed B777s at LAX, managed to grab some pics of premium economy - seriously generous pitch, seems a fine product - will post later this morning when I'm back at the hotel.

Edit - unhappy with VA's customer service today for my wife and kids in LA.

I hope that their problems on VA8 today have nothing to do with the "media launch". If it was a media event, VA could have actually schedule reps when the call centre promised them.

 

[DavidFlynn]

My advice would be to avoid the front rows in PE if you're wanting to stretch your legs....

New premium economy has ample room in the front row.

 

[johnnyfive]

My advice would be to avoid the front rows in PE if you're wanting to stretch your legs......luckily i had an empty seat beside me to angle my body or else it would have been horrible for 14 hours.

Indeed. Seems like the other rows have a retractable foot rest as well!

 

[ozjuice]

New premium economy has ample room in the front row.

Do you know that from experience? although it looks ample, being just a few inches short of full recline is very frustrating. It deceived me until i tried to stretch out.

 

[newmarket]

PE looks the same, just three rows now. Oh and a door on the drink cabinet.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I think I have stumbled across definitive 1st World problem - do we fly QF F LAX-MEL or VA J LAX-BNE-MEL? To many a no brainer - but I seriously want to try new VA J - at least we can sit together and explore and experience the new VA J cabin and product together - flying F on QF provides zero interaction - but YES we do not have that painful transfer BNE int-dom - what to do?

 

[Denali]

Indeed. Seems like the other rows have a retractable foot rest as well!

Didnt they have these before? I sat PE in 2012 and recall having them... but I was on phenergan so might have imagined it.

 

[Denali]

I think I have stumbled across definitive 1st World problem - do we fly QF F LAX-MEL or VA J LAX-BNE-MEL? To many a no brainer - but I seriously want to try new VA J - at least we can sit together and explore and experience the new VA J cabin and product together - flying F on QF provides zero interaction - but YES we do not have that painful transfer BNE int-dom - what to do?

Fly it once just so you will always know that you have tried it... then you go can go back to QF

 

[serfty]

Do you know that from experience? although it looks ample, being just a few inches short of full recline is very frustrating. It deceived me until i tried to stretch out.

Have you travelled Premium on the new configuration?

 

[serfty]

Edit - unhappy with VA's customer service today for my wife and kids in LA.

I hope that their problems on VA8 today have nothing to do with the "media launch". If it was a media event, VA could have actually schedule reps when the call centre promised them.

No - there's an Aircraft over in AKL having some unforseen work done on it.