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Thomsonfly increases legroom for summer 2007
Thomsonfly is taking 32 seats out from each of its Boeing 767 aircraft to create 33 inches of legroom in its long-haul standard class.
The standard class service has been renamed Thomson Plus, while passengers can pay from £129 return to upgrade to a premium class with a 37-inch legroom
The new cabin layout will be available on all flights for the summer 2007 season, which goes on sale on Thursday.
Thomson said despite the removal of seats, prices will not increase.
The airline believes the move will make it a serious competitor to scheduled airlines on many long-haul routes to destinations.
Its 33-inch standard class legroom is two inches more than British Airways and Virgin.
It will also have seat back, touch screen seven-inch Panasonic televisions and a choice of eight pre-bookable meal choices.
Thomsonfly Premium will offer nine-inch seatback televisions, armchair-style leather seats, CD collections, free wine and newspapers and priority check-in and boarding.
Colin Mitchell, managing director Thomsonfly, said: “Travellers no longer want or expect to be crammed into plane for an eight hour flight at the beginning of their holiday. Expectations have been raised, and we’re investing in making sure our customers get the same -if not better- service that they’ve come to expect from the scheduled airlines on worldwide routes.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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