AP-BAK interior - Photos by SENIOR

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:21 am

Here are PIA Boeing 747-240BM (registration AP-BAK) photos taken by forum member SENIOR at Manchester Airport, UK.

Economy+Plus Class on upper deck.

Business Class on main deck.

Crew rest area.

Economy Class on main deck.

Main deck cargo area. Looks pretty neat & clean!

Clean lavatory with shiny wash basin.

Thank you SENIOR for sharing excellent quality photos.

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:49 am

Amazing!!! It really does not seem that the plane is 27 years old

Excellent refurbishment!

Was the refurbishment made after it got the new tail or earlier when it got the new Flag livery?

bravo45 · Post by **bravo45** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:20 am

This is looking b e a u t i f u l !!!!!!

I bet most passengers wouldn't notice any difference should the combis have the PTVs and a good sound system.

The second picture brought back some good memories, thanks a lot for sharing.

Aftab PK786 · Post by **Aftab PK786** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:56 am

Usalamulkium,

Excellent, wonderful, brilliant pictures!

flyingsystem · Post by **flyingsystem** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:50 pm

Really beautiful interior...looks like a new plane!

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:30 pm

Now that looks neat

sadiqhassan · Post by **sadiqhassan** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:48 pm

Wow! I love it when Y clas is on the upper deck

smarties · Post by **smarties** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:55 pm

sadiqhassan wrote:Wow! I love it when Y clas is on the upper deck

That is "economy plus"!!!

tariq-bhx · Post by **tariq-bhx** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:33 pm

I flew on this aircraft from HKG to ISB via Bangkok last September and it was the pits, they do not clean at HKG so guess the state of it when I joined, it was DISGUSTING and my seat number 1K so God only knows what Y class was like.

My prayers have been answered as these combi's have been pulled from the HKG route !!!!!!!!!!!

I am flying there again in May so will send a report on the A310.

Flying BHX-ISB-HKG !

Falcon598 · Post by **Falcon598** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:06 pm

Great shots again Senior. Refurbishment looks quite nice.

sadiqhassan · Post by **sadiqhassan** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:14 am

smarties wrote:
That is "economy plus"!!!

I see what people mean when they say that the upgrade to Y+ is not worth it... the seats look exactly the same!!

smarties · Post by **smarties** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:39 am

if you notice there is no overhead cabins in the upper deck. There is space where you keep your hand luggage at the side where the window which is not visable in this photo, and it is not a big space and usually you have to keep it under the seat. If you want to look out the window you really have to bend over to have a look becasue of the extra space of the side luggage space which is really annoying. I think it is more comfortable just sitting in economy class on the main deck cuz at least you have enough space for ur luggage and can look straight out of the window!

speedbird london · Post by **speedbird london** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:16 pm

I see in one of the photos, there are no cabin dividers, is all cabin one class or something??? if not, seems very unusual to have no dividers for privacy and seperation of classes.

smarties · Post by **smarties** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:06 pm

speedbird london wrote:I see in one of the photos, there are no cabin dividers, is all cabin one class or something??? if not, seems very unusual to have no dividers for privacy and seperation of classes.

They use curtains as dividers which are only used during flight. All other times the curtains are open, that is the reason why you see no dividers.

SENIOR · Post by **SENIOR** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:11 pm

Abbas, could you please amend the comment on the first pic - thats ey+ upp/deck.

Cabin baggage storage is simply a nightmare on these combi's.
All the overhead storage bins are tiny compared to the B747's and they are also flip sided i.e. you have to lift the weight of your baggage in the bin to close it whereas the bins on the B747's close from the top.

This flight was PK709/710 LHE/MAN/LHE and at the end of boarding we had to off load over a dozen heavy cabin bags and label them up for the hold as there was simply no room in eycl !!
If you think your going to get away with your trolley bag upstairs in ey+....then think again !!
Both compartments in eycl in the first four rows in the middle there are no overhead bins at all !!

There are no cabin dividers simply curtains separating eycl and club class on the main deck.

Since there is an access doorway to the main deck cargo at the rear of the aircraft a separate compartment should be created to adjust oversized baggage at the last minute by the cabin crew to avoid a delay.
Since the bulk hold is usually full by then and it would save alot of time

I'm sure the crew would love that idea

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