Iberia Is Introducing Premium Economy On Longhaul Flights

All of your captions say "Iberia business class" - two of them should be premium economy, no?

@ Alvin -- Indeed, thank you! Too early. :p

From what I heard the business class cabin will be reduced to make room for premium economy. Not the entire long-haul fleet will be equipped, only 8 A330-300, 13 A340-600 and on all 16 A350 coming up.
It should become 36J, 23W, and 300Y on the A340-600 and 29J, 21W, and 242Y on the A330-300.
First destinations will be Buenos Aires, Chicago, Lima, and Bogota, starting in summer 2017.

They will be removing business class seats, the economy seat count will stay the same

@ Moritz -- Thanks for the info! I updated the post to reflect that.

The question would be. Are Y+ pax business travelers looking to save a little money or economy travelers willing to pay more for some extras?

Either way I think the roll out of economy plus is great. I can't spend $5k to travel in j but don't mind the extra $500 to not be totally smushed in seat 44b

Finnair also has Premium Economy, they have branded it as Economy Comfort.

@ Janika -- Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I believe that's just extra legroom economy, as there's more legroom but not more seat width? It's the same seat, right?

I'd love to see an occasional premium economy trip report for variety!

1. They *just* finished upgrading their business class on their A340s, now they're taking out seats they just paid to install? Who are they, American?

2. They're keeping the 340 around for a while, huh?

Not a trip report (I flew in J), but a brief feedback of my first trip on the refurbished A340-600. Firstly, the coding in GDS: Currently (i.e. during refurbishment), the 3 class (J/W/Y) birds are doneted as 346 and the 2 class (J/Y) are 345 in the GDS system.

So I was on a 3 class version for the first time, myself in J but I had the opportunity to look into W and briefly seat myself on one of the vacant W seats (yes, for a minute or so, I know this doesn't compare to 11hrs).

My feedback:
- J: The J cabin is essentially the same product as before, but the layout has changed. Now, the even rows (2, 4, 6, 8) have two window seats (A, L) and no longer the uneven rows like in the two class version. This brings the 346 in line with the 332, but obviously creates a bit of uncertainty during the conversion phase. Also, while J loses the two lavatories near door 2, they added one near door 1 on the lefthand side. So, there are now 2 lavatories for 36 pax, while there were previously 3 for 46 pax - which is marginally worse, but probably still tolerable.

- W: The seat are wide and comfortable, at least for the short moment I sat in one. I would say in terms of width and legroom they are same or even marginally better than domestic First within the US. The problem, as always, is the footrest, which is way too short for tall people like me. There is 1 lavatory for the exclusive use of the 23 W pax, which is much better than some other airlines (e.g. LH, some BA) where W shares the lavatories with Y.

We have a flight from Miami to Madrid, Premium Economy, on September 16, 2017 supposedly on a 330-300. Can I assume that it will be Premium Economy?