MEL_Traveller
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For those of you looking for advice on seat selection... here's my take:
avoid row 11 EF and J. They suffer from significant light impact from the galley (and no doubt galley noise). There is a curtain, but it's often not fully closed during meal service, and at other times it is opened on the 11F side, allowing light through.
Rows 11, 12 and 14 had much better airflow. When they turned down the temperature the difference was noticeable between those rows and rows farther behind. The aircraft uses a flow-through air conditioning system, and the box design of the rest of the cabin means little airflow in the window seats.
There is significant noise from the galley at the back of the business cabin. Unlike the 77W, economy class begins from door two, and the galley at that location is used for economy meal preparation. This started about three hours prior to arrival with banging, clattering and all sorts of noise as they loaded ovens and emptied carts. The oven racks are metal, and the trays are metal... the noise was loud enough to wake me in row 17 (and I'm a heavy sleeper). Apparently part of the pre-flight briefing given by the purser is to make cabin crew aware of the noise issue, but it looks like a design issue.
Pick of the bunch then would be row 15AK for solo-window seat, followed closely by row 12A and then 12K (row 12 has better airflow but 12K is close to the galley). If travelling together or those solo-seats are taken, I be heading for rows 14 and 15 or at a stretch, row 16.
To put the seats in context, here's the map from seatguru: SeatGuru Seat Map THAI Airbus A350-900 (359)
A350 v 787? I find the cabin air better on the 787. I don't wake up with a dry mouth and throat on the 787, but did on the A350 (but not as bad as the 777 or 747). But the A350 is quieter than the 787.
avoid row 11 EF and J. They suffer from significant light impact from the galley (and no doubt galley noise). There is a curtain, but it's often not fully closed during meal service, and at other times it is opened on the 11F side, allowing light through.
Rows 11, 12 and 14 had much better airflow. When they turned down the temperature the difference was noticeable between those rows and rows farther behind. The aircraft uses a flow-through air conditioning system, and the box design of the rest of the cabin means little airflow in the window seats.
There is significant noise from the galley at the back of the business cabin. Unlike the 77W, economy class begins from door two, and the galley at that location is used for economy meal preparation. This started about three hours prior to arrival with banging, clattering and all sorts of noise as they loaded ovens and emptied carts. The oven racks are metal, and the trays are metal... the noise was loud enough to wake me in row 17 (and I'm a heavy sleeper). Apparently part of the pre-flight briefing given by the purser is to make cabin crew aware of the noise issue, but it looks like a design issue.
Pick of the bunch then would be row 15AK for solo-window seat, followed closely by row 12A and then 12K (row 12 has better airflow but 12K is close to the galley). If travelling together or those solo-seats are taken, I be heading for rows 14 and 15 or at a stretch, row 16.
To put the seats in context, here's the map from seatguru: SeatGuru Seat Map THAI Airbus A350-900 (359)
A350 v 787? I find the cabin air better on the 787. I don't wake up with a dry mouth and throat on the 787, but did on the A350 (but not as bad as the 777 or 747). But the A350 is quieter than the 787.
