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Originally posted by flyguy View Postthese SQ planes are averaging 15 years old and wonder how long will LOT be using them for.
They will be taking three of these: SVB, SVC, SVE or SVM. All these eventually will be owned by BCC upon return. I think they are part of the trade in package when SQ bought their B787.
LOT has called for their crews to be trained for 777 certification, guess they may keep it for longer period.
One thing unconfirmed for now is whether they will keep SQ interior or will they get total refurbishment to match its cabin with their 787. A lot of those 777 which left SQ fleet eventually ended up with new operators, the IFE is no longer working well or inoperable at all. Not that it is SQ problem tbh.
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I was in Economy last week on 9V-SRM, which I believe was one of the first 777-200s to get the hand-me-down seats, and I was surprised at how good the condition of the seats were! With the 2013 fabric, the cabin looked modern and not at all out-dated. The IFE was the same as the A330/A380 systems and had the much wider range of content. Since SVB/C/E have these seats as well as IFE, I'm sure that should they be passed on to new owners, the owners would be very happy with the lie-flats in J, refreshed and modern Y, and a totally decent IFE system.
Here's a pic I took of the Y seats:
I'd say this Y cabin looked even better than those you'd find on the A330s and original A380s with the original 2006 fabric.
SVM on the other hand.......... should be canned.
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Originally posted by pokfur View PostI was in Economy last week on 9V-SRM, which I believe was one of the first 777-200s to get the hand-me-down seats, and I was surprised at how good the condition of the seats were! ... SVM on the other hand.......... should be canned.
Meanwhile, SVM has stopped flying since Jan 5. One can always hope!
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Originally posted by ell3 View PostThe 772s existence are coming to an end.
Although the SVx ones are still running short daily flights, the regional SRM, SQM & SQN don’t appear to have any flight assignments on the horizon.
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Originally posted by ell3 View PostNoticed that too. But...hmm...they’re gonna park the aircraft aside for 3 weeks idle, then fly them again? Sounds like the assignments for SQ448/449 992/993 May change.
In the meantime they have been subbing for other aircraft occasionally, like how SQN did a couple of DPS flights last week.
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