By when is Regional First finally gone?

[SMK77]

With all the new 333 and the refurbished 772 and 773 - how long will it take that Regional First will finally be discontinued? Before the last 747 leaves the fleet?

[Doraemon]

Assuming SQ is still sticking to its plan to replace the regional F with the 77W F, it depends on when will Koito be granted the approval to produce seats again. Koito has falsified test data and hence was suspended by Japan JCAB and Europe's EASA.

[sqdazz]

Assuming SQ is still sticking to its plan to replace the regional F with the 77W F, it depends on when will Koito be granted the approval to produce seats again. Koito has falsified test data and hence was suspended by Japan JCAB and Europe's EASA.

Ah, so that's why Thai couldn't get the A330 seats. Thanks for the info

[Doraemon]

It is the same reason why ANA could not introduce new Y+ on their 77W and EVA could not get their 77W. At least for ANA, they took delivery of the aircraft by installing more Y seats (and putting off the launch of new Y+ for a while).

Here is the latest news on Koito:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aM_A0uTEMhRg