Virgin Australia E190 Business Class

[GCS]

I discovered the following on Virgin Australia's business class page.

Virgin Australia's Business Class | Virgin Australia

Embraer E190 Business class seat features include:

• Luxury leather
• Generous recline
• 34 inch (85cm) seat pitch

There is also a blurb about entertainment and comfort packs.

Does anyone know if there will be new seats, or are Virgin Australia re-labelling premium economy seats as business?

[Justchecking]

No idea. But that seat pitch doesnt look any different.

[Noob]

No idea. But that seat pitch doesnt look any different.

That's the seat pitch Embraer offers for Business/Premium/First class. Any E-Jet with a premium cabin has a seat pitch of 34''.

[dk4]

Airlines with 1x2 front cabin seating on Embraers typically have 36" pitch (these airlines also have a different over-head bin configuration in the front section, which is skewed to match this seat layout).

e.g. on Delta E175's

image at - http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations/plan_flight/aircraft_types_layout/erj175/index.jsp

e.g. on USAirways

image at - http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/category/us-airways/

Has anyone seen an official announcement from Virgin that it plans a refit to introduce "this version" of business class to its E-Jets?

[brad330]

I have a feeling that due to the different overhead bin configuration that it cant be retrofited. So I think we can expect a 'EuroBusines' or 'BusinessLite' seating similar to QF's 734 A/C with full business service. I would expect a discount on routes operated by E90 A/C where 73H A/C ALSO operate. e.g. CNS-BNE, CNS-SYD, TSV-BNE, MKY-BNE, SYD-OOL, ADL-MEL ...

[LiamR]

Somebody pointed out the blurb on the VA website to me the other day, funny they don't include a seat map unlike other aircraft.

I'd say they are keeping the seating config (1-2 or 2-2) under lock and key until the first aircraft has been refitted. A bit like the A330 2-3-2 vs 2-2-2 configuration earlier this year.

IMO They'd be crazy not to have 1-2 for a proper J cabin.

[serfty]

My Friday evening 737 from SYD has changed to an E90

[Justchecking]

Well whatever they do, it had better be significant. I dont think anyone will be too thrilled about buying a J ticket to find a hot omelette is the point of difference costing $400 odd extra.

If you ask me the US airways pictured above looks a bit crappola for a J cabin. Wow! I get to sit in the same seats this side of a curtain. I feel so special...

[elbarto]

The BA ejets J seating is identical to the Y cabin. Probably because they alter the configuration depending on the route. But the flights are so short you hardly notice it. It's not like you're crammed in to the embraers.


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[serfty]

Flew US air E90 PHL-DFW in October. Didn't have a 1A seat - I was in bulkhead 2A.

SeatGuru Seat Map US Airways Embraer ERJ-190 (E90)