PIA to Acquire up to Three Wide-body Aircraft on Dry Lease

[CoyBoy]

It was discussed in another thread with designs on A310 template.

Do you have the link of the thread?

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21978&p=161961#p161961

[dabi]

I hope PIA will change and introduce new business class atleast on the two Vietnam Airline's planes. The business class shown in the photos is quite outdated. And hopefully Amsterdam will be resumed soon as well!

[dreamliner99]

To be honest Vietnams business and economy class doesn't look much better than PIA's. I'll be very surprised if PIA keep the same business seats.

[Sherry3002]

I refuse to sit in recliners for 8 hours!! Come on guys, whatever PK's Club is like, at least they aren't 1990 recliners. And economy also looks very outdated on these planes. If they don't unveil new club seats, at least install the old ones on the Vietnamese aircraft. What Is the point of leasing new planes and boasting about them when they are terrible in passenger comfort? We won't have a chance with these 772's if the normal seating is retained.

[Sherry3002]

Researched a bit and found these photos of VN's 'New' J class:

[Pakistan-1]

It will be nice to see one of the new 777s painted in the Accurate 1960s Livery

[dreamliner99]

Researched a bit and found these photos of VN's 'New' J class:

I'm guessing they aren't fully flat?

[Sherry3002]

Researched a bit and found these photos of VN's 'New' J class:

I'm guessing they aren't fully flat?

Angled Lie-flat, in fact probably worse than PIA's current beds. Similar (if not a ditto copy) to TG'S A330's J class.

It would be nice to see the 777's in a retro livery

I think we are wasting too much money and material on retro liveries, don't you agree?

[dreamliner99]

Researched a bit and found these photos of VN's 'New' J class:

I'm guessing they aren't fully flat?

Angled Lie-flat, in fact probably worse than PIA's current beds. Similar (if not a ditto copy) to TG'S A330's J class.

They do look horrible.

[Pakistan-1]

It would be nice to see the 777's in a retro livery

I think we are wasting too much money and material on retro liveries, don't you agree?

Actually the Retro Livery Requiers less paint to be painted than the Current Livery
Less Paint = Lower Cost

[Sherry3002]

It would be nice to see the 777's in a retro livery

I think we are wasting too much money and material on retro liveries, don't you agree?

Actually the Retro Livery Requiers less paint to be painted than the Current Livery
Less Paint = Lower Cost

Ah. What I meant is that once an aircraft is painted in PIA standard livery and then the standard livery is taken off and the retro livery is applied, and after a while that will have to be taken off just wastes precious time and money, and for an airline that is in debt, every penny counts.

[Abbas Ali]

Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777-2Q8ER registration VN-A149 Economy Class photographed in June 2012. This Boeing 777 is expected to join PIA fleet in the coming week.


Vietnam Airlines Flight VN 120 Frankfurt (FRA) - Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) (Boeing 777-200 - VN-A149) - on board (Economy Class) by Loeffle, on Flickr

Flight deck of her sister ship VN-A150 photographed in June 2010. She's also expected to join PIA fleet in coming weeks.


Vietnam Airlines | Boeing 777-200ER by Khoa Vu, on Flickr

Abbas

[Pakistan-1]

It would be nice to see the 777's in a retro livery

I think we are wasting too much money and material on retro liveries, don't you agree?

Actually the Retro Livery Requiers less paint to be painted than the Current Livery
Less Paint = Lower Cost

Ah. What I meant is that once an aircraft is painted in PIA standard livery and then the standard livery is taken off and the retro livery is applied, and after a while that will have to be taken off just wastes precious time and money, and for an airline that is in debt, every penny counts.

The new 777s will be in an all white livery when they are delivered

[CoyBoy]

Now imagine time and money and materials being wasted in repainting them in the elaborate current scheme, when all they had to do was apply tail design and title in a eurowhite livery.

[Abbas Ali]

Probably new PIA corporate identity, livery and cabin crew uniform to be introduced at same time? Maybe with the start of year 2016.

Abbas