Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Seatmap B772 with new WBC published

KLM has published the seatmap for the refurbished Boeing 777-200ER aircraft which feature the new World Business Class.
Almost the entire interior has been revamped, with new seats in both classes and also changes in galley and toilet locations.
The new configuration features 34 full flat seats in WBC, 40 Economy Comfort seats and 242 seats in regular Economy (vs 35/34/249). Unfortunately, due to the increased space per WBC seat, KLM has decided to make the seatingarrangement in Economy 3-4-3 instead of the old 3-3-3. This certainly will have an impact on your travel comfort.
As you can see, the WBC cabin now extends behind door 2, with a mini cabin of only one row. This might be very private but could also be more hectic due to the close proximity to the Economy cabin (with bulkhead with bassinets behind, separating the cabins), a toilet and the galley.
KLM also removed one toilet in Y and I hope they will keep the one near door 2 exclusively for WBC passengers. Also note there are no pairs of seats anymore in the reconfigured aircraft.
In Economy, there is a new seat, for which KLM is the launch customer. The seat, by Recaro, is a slim-line model and has adapted traytables and seatpockets. The inflight entertainment system is also upgraded, and now features a 9-inch touchscreen in HD.

New seatmap

Old seatmap

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