The Boeing 767-300 is one of the most popular and safe Boeing wide-body aircraft, which is readily operated by most air carriers in the world, including in Russia.
The Boeing 767-300, designed as an extended version of the 767-200 model, made its first flight in 1982. Since then, more than a thousand airliners of this modification have been produced. Due to the technical characteristics, impressive flight range, reliability of the Boeing (B) 767-300 (the cabin diagram also indicates the convenient location of the seats), this aircraft continues to be successfully manufactured now, despite the appearance of new families of these airliners.
Company "Azur"
Azur Air is a reputable representative of domestic air carriers. The company has been known under this name since 2015. Until the end of 2014, it was called Kateavia and specialized in flights to the Volga Region and Siberia. Together with rebranding, the scale and direction of the company's flights changed.
Today, the main activity of Azur air is flights to the resorts of Spain, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, India. At the same time, the company's planes make many domestic flights. Azur Air is constantly developing and improving the quality of service. In 2016, she was recognized as the best among charter carriers.
Boeing 767-300: interior diagram
Azur air by 2017 has an air fleet of 20 aircraft. Due to this, in the first half of 2017, she took the fourth place in Russia in the number of passengers carried.
Among these aircraft, eight are Boeing 763-300s, the cabin layout of which with seat selection tips, we suggest that you consider further.
On the plane, depending on the layout, up to 336 economy class seats are installed. In other trim levels, the business class has been removed, therefore, under equal conditions, the seats differ only in nuances. But the company introduced a special concept - Azur Space - for places with increased comfort, which have increased legroom. These places are more expensive, in addition, they can not fly to the disabled, children and pregnant women.
What places are preferable to choose in the Boeing 767-300? The layout of the cabin clearly shows that all the seats are divided into three rows: two side by two seats and a central one, in which there are four chairs at once. For the convenience of a large number of passengers, there are seven toilets in the cabin:
- four in the tail;
- two in the center of the plane;
- one in the bow.
It is the location of the chairs and toilets that determines the convenience of the place.
The most convenient places are Azur Space. On them, passengers can more conveniently arrange their legs in an enlarged space in front of the seat, which is especially important for tall people and during long flights:
- row number 1 - in its entirety;
- row number 14 - places in the middle (C, D, E);
- rows 16 and 33 - places on the sides (A, B, G, H);
- row number 32 - places in the middle (C, D, E, F).
All paired seats on the sides of the cabin are convenient for traveling together. It is pleasant and easy to fly with a loved one: there will not be a dispute with him over the porthole, it is easier to disturb him, you can talk with him or comfortably be silent, he will not bother with idle questions, you can put your head on his shoulder.
But there are obviously bad spots in the Boeing 767-300. The layout of the Azur air cabin must be considered, as this will help to avoid them in advance. The worst row is rightfully considered the last row in the tail. He is near the toilet, his backrest is limited, people constantly walk here, talking, slamming the toilet door and turning the flight into an exhausting test.
A little more comfortable, but still uncomfortable, are two middle places (D, E) in the center row. The passenger is sitting on both sides of the passenger, they have to be disturbed when leaving the toilet, in addition there is nothing to lean on.
Company "Pegasus Fly"
The small domestic airline Pegasus Fly is based in Krasnoyarsk, with branches in Khabarovsk and Moscow. She has been engaged in domestic transportation for a long time, but since 2013 she began to organize charters to popular resorts in Thailand, the Dominican Republic, the Maldives, Vietnam, and Seychelles. The fleet has 8 airliners, 5 of which are Boeing 767-300.
The scheme of the salon "Pegasus Fly"
Unlike Azur air planes, Pegasus airliners have a business class. The prices in it, of course, are higher, but the level of service and comfort far exceeds the capabilities of the economy class in the Boeing 767-300. The scheme of the Pegasus Fly cabin is presented below.
The first two rows of the business class stand apart, they contain 12 armchairs, which, when laid out, turn into beds. In addition, the passenger has a lot of legroom, a varied menu, quick service, sleep masks, pillows, rugs.
The main question: what places are better to take in the economy class "Boeing 767-300"? The layout of the cabin indicates the special convenience of rows No. 3 and No. 19, where there is more legroom than the rest. For those who fly together, especially with a child, it is better to choose paired places on the sides of the plane. Firstly, strangers will not disturb, and secondly, you can entertain yourself with landscapes floating behind the windows of the Boeing 767-300 porthole.
Interior layout is a good tool when choosing a place. For example, it’s enough to study it for a couple of minutes to understand that it is better to avoid buying tickets for rows in the middle of the cabin or next to the toilets where it is crowded and noisy with Pegasus Fly airliners.