Seating configuration on Avro's and BAe 's

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 06 Dec 2003, 16:01

As you probably remember, there was some interest about the seating configuration of Avro's in this topic a few days ago.

As promised I've done some research and tried to find the information for most airlines operating the BAe 146's and RJ's.

Airlines having a 3-3 seating configuration:

Turkish Airlines:.......RJ-70 and RJ-100
Azzura Air:..............RJ-70 and RJ-85
Lufthansa Cityline:..RJ-85 (changing the config on all RJ's from 2-3 to 3-3)
Malmö Aviation:.......BAe 146-200 and RJ-100
British European:.....BAe 146-200
CityJet:....................BAe 146-200
KLM UK:...................BAe 146-300
Ryanair:...................BAe 146-300
Air Berlin:.................BAe 146-200 and BAe 146-300
Axis Airways:...........BAe 146-200
Albanian AIrlines:.....BAe 146-200
Flightline:.................BAe 146-200 (depends on the plane)

Airlines having a 2-3 seating configuration:

United Express:.......BAe 146-200 and BAe 146-300
Mesaba Airlines:......RJ-85 (2-2 configuration in First class and only 69 seats)
SN BA:.....................BAe 146-200, RJ-85 and RJ-100
SWISS:....................RJ-85 and RJ-100
Aegean Cronus:......RJ-100 (changing from a 3-3 configuration)
Air Botnia/Blue1:.....RJ-85 and RJ-100
Air Baltic:.................RJ-70
Meridiana:...............BAe 146-200
QANTAS:..................BAe 146-100, BAe 146-200 and BAe 146-300 (2-2 in C class)
JAZZ:.......................BAe 146-200
Atlantic Airways:.....BAe 146-200
Titan:......................BAe 146-200
Flightline:................BAe 146-200 (depends on the plane)

Unfortunately I wasn't able to find information on following airlines:

CityFlyer Express:.......BAe 146-300 and RJ-100
British Airways:...........BAe 146-200
Aer Lingus:.................BAe 146-300
Eurowings:.................BAe 146-200 and BAe 146-300
Uzbekistan Airways:...RJ-85
National Jet:...............BAe 146-100, RJ-70 and RJ-100
China Northwest:.......BAe 146-300
Botswana Airlines:......BAe 146-100
Pelita Air:....................RJ-100
Royal Butan Airlines:...BAe 146-100

I'll try to find the answers for the remaining airlines. If you still find some Airlines that I have forgotten to mention or if you find any mistake, please feel free to post a reply.
All comments are welcome.

Kind Regards
Chris
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Post by **sn26567** » 07 Dec 2003, 09:50

Chris,

Thanks for extensive research. Now I know which airlines to void when they schedule a BAe146/Avro.

About British Airways/Cityflyer, they have both 3-3 and 3-2 seating: you never know beforehand

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 07 Dec 2003, 11:38

You're welcome André

I'm happy to see that SNBA made the right choice

Ciao
Chris
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Comet · Post by **Comet** » 07 Dec 2003, 11:44

Aer Lingus have 3-3 seating. trust me on that, I have been on them recently!!!!!

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 07 Dec 2003, 11:53

Thank you for your reply Louise

BTW it doesn't surprise me that Aer Lingus has a 3-3 config. Now that they pretend to be a Low cost carrier.

Ciao
Chris
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Comet · Post by **Comet** » 07 Dec 2003, 12:02

Chris - the seats themselves were very nice and comfortable - being the leather ones like you find on SN, but I don't think 3-3 is good in a smaller aircraft. The Fokker 50 is just right for the smaller type - that is 2-2, on all airlines where I've flown in the type.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 07 Dec 2003, 12:08

You're right about that. That's also the reason why the standard configuration on all BAe 146's and RJ's is 2-3.

I wouldn't like to sit in an Avro that has a 3-3 configuration either.

Ciao
Chris
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Birdy · Post by **Birdy** » 07 Dec 2003, 17:19

And what about ZE-700 and ZE-701??

(BAe 146 C1 Royal Air Force)

Thibault.

Post by **sn26567** » 08 Dec 2003, 09:56

Birdy wrote:And what about ZE-700 and ZE-701? (BAe 146 C1 Royal Air Force)

Do they have seats at all ???

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 08 Dec 2003, 10:01

Andre - of course they have seats!!! Probably super luxurious as well, seeing as they are used for transporting the British royal family.

Post by **sn26567** » 08 Dec 2003, 10:24

Then the seating is certainly not 3-2, let alone 3-3. Maybe 1-1 ?

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 08 Dec 2003, 11:26

sn26567 wrote:Then the seating is certainly not 3-2, let alone 3-3. Maybe 1-1 ?

They have to have room for the sofas (no ordinary seats for the British royal family!) When the Queen made her first flight on a scheduled ANZ flight, the ordinary first class seats were taken out and replaced by sofas and other luxurious furniture. I'm glad I wasn't on that flight.

Personally I think the 146 is unsuitable for such a task, before they had used VC10s, which obviously have more range, as the VIP transports.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 08 Dec 2003, 12:02

sn26567 wrote:Maybe 1-1 ?

Or 0-1