{"id":7935,"date":"2012-09-03T03:18:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/qantaslink-to-upgrade-b717-aircraft-2\/"},"modified":"2012-09-03T03:18:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T03:18:00","slug":"qantaslink-to-upgrade-b717-aircraft-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2012\/09\/qantaslink-to-upgrade-b717-aircraft-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QantasLink to upgrade B717 aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Inline images 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.qantas.com.au\/img\/page_graphics\/graphics\/flying_with_us\/in_the_air\/our_aircraft\/img_717200.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>Qantas regional offshoot QantasLink is set to announce a major upgrade to the cabins on its 13-strong Boeing 717 jet fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The revamp will see the reconfigured aircraft expand from the current 115-seat capacity to 125, in a single class economy arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>The new seats will offer &#8220;increased levels of comfort&#8221; according to the carrier, including a top-mounted magazine box to maximise legroom, an additional seat pocket ideal for the storage of personal electronic devices, an adjustable headrest and a sliding tray-table.<\/p>\n<p>A QF spokesperson confirmed the move, telling TD the upgrade would also include an interior colour scheme &#8220;consistent with Qantas&#8217; contemporary styling&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The installation of the new seats, combined with a reconfiguration of storage space, has enabled QantasLink to increase capacity on board the B717s and provide, at the same time, an enhanced customer experience,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the reconfigured aircraft is set to enter service from mid-November this year.<\/p>\n<p>More information in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.traveldaily.com.au\/\">Travel Daily<\/a> as it comes to hand.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qantas regional offshoot QantasLink is set to announce a major upgrade to the cabins on its 13-strong Boeing 717 jet fleet. The revamp will see the reconfigured aircraft expand from the current 115-seat capacity to 125, in a single class economy arrangement. The new seats will offer &#8220;increased levels of comfort&#8221; according to the carrier, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-7935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-qantas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}