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    Quote Originally Posted by Roy S View Post
    Tui’s 787s do it in around 8.5 hours. I booked extra legroom seats (by the escape doors) and found the flight quite comfortable. The 787 has bigger windows the ceiling of the cabin is higher making it more light and airy. Think I read they put more oxygen in the cabin mix to?

    https://www.tui.co.uk/destinations/info/dreamliner
    Roy, did you have to wear a mask for the duration of the flight?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roy S View Post
    Tui’s 787s do it in around 8.5 hours. I booked extra legroom seats (by the escape doors) and found the flight quite comfortable. The 787 has bigger windows the ceiling of the cabin is higher making it more light and airy. Think I read they put more oxygen in the cabin mix to?

    https://www.tui.co.uk/destinations/info/dreamliner
    https://thetravelogist.com/planes-and-your-health/

    I suppose the 787 is an ok choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    I went on 777 first time and an A330 second time. Not really a problem with legroom or comfort it's just the being trapped for so long in metal tube at 30,000 feet thing that I struggle with. Last time went on plane was to Rome, only four hour flight and I was climbing the walls.

    Worth it when you get there of course. Loads better than Spain or the Canaries.
    Shanghai to LHR - around 14 hours - that's long. Not even sure what the route is now - thanks to a certain person. LHR to Bangkok was great in an Airbus 380 - best plane ever - but the 777 we came back in was dire. If it wasn't the noisiest plane inside that I've ever been in, it sure felt like it was. Appalling - even with ear plugs.

    It's taken me years to accept the statistics - that it is safer than driving - and some flights still do have what to me feel like dodgy moments. I really don't like turbulence, though I've now given up counting the number of flights I've been on.

    If I remember I try to take photos - though it's a bit hit and miss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    https://thetravelogist.com/planes-and-your-health/

    I suppose the 787 is an ok choice.
    Yes - but I'd probably still rather have an Airbus 380. Four engines vs two for very long flights.
    I'm not sure about the 350 - I'll have to check that out. It only has two engines - whereas the earlier 340 had four - but is now I think out of production.
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    As you know, it is all about maintenance costs.

    The A380 is a great aircraft, but I am a little biased in my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    As you know, it is all about maintenance costs.

    The A380 is a great aircraft, but I am a little biased in my opinion.
    We were planning to go to Brazil, but that's been shelved for the moment. That's a heck of a long way over water, and I think perhaps the best option now is the Dreamliner - but it is a long way - and only two engines .....

    I doubt that the 380s will go on that route - would be great if they did. I wasn't too biased before I went on one - incredible planes - and perhaps I'll never go on such a comfortable or relatively quiet flight again. Maybe the 350s are similar, but like the Dreamliner, only two engines.
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    They will fly the ETOPS routes, so theoretically, will be fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    They will fly the ETOPS routes, so theoretically, will be fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    also known as Engines Turn or Passengers Swim.
    I hope you can swim a long way!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Roy, did you have to wear a mask for the duration of the flight?
    No Barry but they had to go on as soon as we got off the plane in St Lucia

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