Qantas Project Sunrise & A350-1000ULR Discussion

[elanshin]

Seems good to me. I hope to get to experience this.

Once I’m asleep I have no idea about the bed size.

There'll be opportunities to fly it to NZ i believe. That'll probably be the best time to try

 

[SYD]

There'll be opportunities to fly it to NZ i believe. That'll probably be the best time to try

No doubt will be highly sort after.

 

[DC3]

There'll be opportunities to fly it to NZ i believe. That'll probably be the best time to try

With F sold as a J fare?

 

[SYD]

With F sold as a J fare?

and possibly blocked unless P1/WP etc.

Although these sort of familiarisation flights come with the risk of last minute substitutions. Securing a PS F seat, only to get a B737 recliner could be a bummer…

 

[fletty]

and possibly blocked unless P1/WP etc.

Although these sort of familiarisation flights come with the risk of last minute substitutions. Securing a PS F seat, only to get a B737 recliner could be a bummer…

It's a risk I'm willing to take!

 

[SYD]

It's a risk I'm willing to take!

Yep. If they sell an A350 qty of seats (across all classes), it would be a major PITA for QF also to try and do a last minute sub.

 

[Cycha]

Not sure if I’d have it in my budget for PS J (and certainly not F…!!) but I wouldn’t mind trying out the 20 hours in economy once or twice. I was raised on 40 hour economy transits MEL-KUL-LHR, so it shouldn’t be a problem, right? ()

 

[Aussie_flyer]

I think announce it once tickets go on sale, or Airbus has at least delivered one of the planes. Although I mainly blame the media, they’re the ones who keep publishing these regurgitated media releases as free QF commercials.

Disagree, it's a big project and they've had to change dates, announcing the new plan when known is essential.

 

[RooFlyer]

Well, I'm comfortable that when they do a PS A350-1000ULR trial flight HBA-AKL that there will be plenty of availability.

 

[Quickstatus]

Can somebody point to Qantas marketing blurb that mentions the word "sleep" in the Project sunrise flights?

 

[RooFlyer]

Can somebody point to Qantas marketing blurb that mentions the word "sleep" in the Project sunrise flights?

Ah! Well spotted! They anticipate the bed will be used for other things.

 

[Quickstatus]

They anticipate the bed will be used for other things

Counting sheep.

 

[dairyfloss]

Ah! Well spotted! They anticipate the bed will be used for other things.

I’m planning to ask for all the spare bedding and then make a little fort. All are welcome

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Looking at aerolopa for JAL’s a350 the F class seats (1-1-1 config) are 48 inches wide. So assuming WF has a relatively similar footprint, and if the chair is 22 inches wide (plus armrests? Hard to say how they measure it), that should leave around 24 inches for the bed.

Which matches dairyflosses’ estimations.

I find the current QF J beds plenty wide enough.

 

[JessicaTam]

Looking at aerolopa for JAL’s a350 the F class seats (1-1-1 config) are 48 inches wide. So assuming WF has a relatively similar footprint, and if the chair is 22 inches wide (plus armrests? Hard to say how they measure it), that should leave around 24 inches for the bed.

Which matches dairyflosses’ estimations.

I find the current QF J beds plenty wide enough.

So based on that about the same or slightly narrower than the J bed.

 

[DC3]

Would someone who has actually seen the mock-up, please post, rather than us all guessing?