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Originally Posted by casper
The story I was told is those HD aircraft were being built for another low cost airlines (Virgin xxx of some sort) and the decision was made not to launch the airline. Since they were already into the manufacturing process Air Canada was able to get a real good deal on buying them but could not change the layout as most of the long lead time items were already on order. Those aircraft are a bit of a compromise.
They announced they are going to 3-4-3 when they do the mid-life refurbishment on the existing 777 as well as installing the same business class seats as the 787. I would not be surprised if the density of the HD becomes less especially if they upgrade the business cabin.
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HAECO got the contract to refurbish the Air Canada 777 interiors to 787 spec.