First Austrian Airlines 777 with new business class is in service!

Updated: February 27, 2020

Published: January 9, 2013

Woohoo!

Back in October Austrian announced a new business class product which was supposed to be installed on their entire longhaul fleet by April 2013. Unfortunately they’ve had a substantial delay due to the certification process of the new seats, as the first aircraft was supposed to be reconfigured by November of last year.

Well, the great news is that I was just forwarded a press release indicating that the first reconfigured 777 is in service, and is operating as OS45 to the Maldives tonight.

This makes me feel much more at ease about my flight later this month which is scheduled to be operated by one of their reconfigured 777s.

Anyway, just figured I’d post this update that they seem to be making progress. I suspect they’ll still have their entire fleet reconfigured before the summer, which is great since they still have excellent award availability for then.

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adnan Guest

January 23, 2014, 9:30 am

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sdbalsl Guest

August 19, 2013, 12:46 pm

I recall thinking that the footwell was quite narrow. I also recall the footwell getting quite warm during the flight, presumably because of all the motors and electronics in the seat above it.

Andrew Guest

August 19, 2013, 1:17 am

sdbalsl Hopefully you see this, do you by chance remember if 1k had a larger footwell? Trying to figure out what has the greatest foot space as i'm a pretty big dude.

April 28, 2013, 10:53 am

Just flew OS51 and OS52 Vienna-Narita-Vienna in a B777 with renovated seating. In biz class, please note: odd numbered rows have a single seat on the window position- practically a first-class level seat! I sat in 3A and 1K. All other seat positions have two seats in a side-by-side config. My seats were very comfortable for the most part. Lots of room for laying out your stuff. Entertainment screen is touch and very high quality. Programming was average. Minor seat complaints: (1) the touch screen for the seat control is located in a place where my arm naturally rested, therefore I inadvertantly changed my seat setting several times. (2) the seat cushions are air filled- during full recline I felt the air pumps activating every 10 minutes or so. Overall I give it an 8.5/10

Galen Guest

January 26, 2013, 9:52 am

Major delays with the New Business Class. Visit their website to confirm your flight has the new config....there's a calendar you check with....Toronto delayed until September.

First Austrian Airlines 777 with new business class is in service!

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