LiveTV on the Remaining NGs

Frequent Flier_10 · Post by **Frequent Flier_10** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:22 pm

I have a question regarding the LiveTV's still to be installed;

I talked to the folks at JetBlue and they are putting in some upgrades to their LiveTV's (replacing with screens that are two inches larger), and they are adding satellite radio (needs some small adjustments and an extra remote on the arm rest).

So is WestJet looking to put these upgrades into the 800s and 600?

It would seem to make sense to go with the best available at the time.

NovaBoy · Post by **NovaBoy** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:25 pm

we have already done upgrades to the dish itself for better reliability, and reception. We have also loaded pay per vue movies in some of our 700's on a trial basis. They will not require sat reception to work.

Sat radio and wireless internet are also being looked at for the future.

Surfing porn at FL380

metal overcast · Post by **metal overcast** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:32 pm

Surfing porn at FL380

I doesn't get any better then that!
Flying and porn!
OH YA!

WJflyer · Post by **WJflyer** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:08 pm

How about installing AC outlets in the planes for us notebook users? Or do I have to switch to Air Canada on their A321's to get a remote chance of a AC outlet?

yxu737 · Post by **yxu737** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:46 pm

is there a specific time when the 800s are getting tvs?

Wind Ryder · Post by **Wind Ryder** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:21 pm

Testing and certification has yet to be done. Last RUMOUR was September they will start the procedings.

WJflyer · Post by **WJflyer** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:23 pm

From what I am hearing from my sources, Westjet is unable to fit PTV's to the 800's due to the fact that they are heavily utilizing them and squeezing every seat out of them. Once the busy summer season is over, then they will take them out of commission to install the PTV's. The issue is with the 600's, as Westjet is the first airline in Canada to operate the type and they need to get the 600's PTV certified by the FAA and Transport Canada, which is the issue. My source states that it won't be until sometime in 2006 will we see PTV's on the 600's, not counting each new aircraft they get every month from Boeing. The same story is for the winglets on the 600's, as they are also not certified yet. Westjet just got Tail 235 (a 600) a couple of days ago from Boeing.

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:15 am

WJflyer wrote:From what I am hearing from my sources, Westjet is unable to fit PTV's to the 800's due to the fact that they are heavily utilizing them and squeezing every seat out of them. Once the busy summer season is over, then they will take them out of commission to install the PTV's. The issue is with the 600's, as Westjet is the first airline in Canada to operate the type and they need to get the 600's PTV certified by the FAA and Transport Canada, which is the issue. My source states that it won't be until sometime in 2006 will we see PTV's on the 600's, not counting each new aircraft they get every month from Boeing. The same story is for the winglets on the 600's, as they are also not certified yet. Westjet just got Tail 235 (a 600) a couple of days ago from Boeing.

The -800s will be certified with TVs come the end of the summer sched. There's no secret there. It was a case of doing a partial certification in the spring and having a grounded -800 all summer or holding off until the flights slacked off.

The -600s should follow afterwards, but as its been mentioned, Boeing and APB are going to use one of our machines to certify the winglets in 2006. Southwest has commented that they're saving about 4% in fuel with the winglets, so pretty much everybody is installing them now.

Finally, 235 was the last aircraft we took, but its a -700. The fleet numbers work as follows:

0XX - 700s built to GECAS' spec.
2XX - 700s built to WestJet's spec.
6XX - 600s built to WestJet's spec.
8XX - 800s built to WestJet's spec.

If we buy 737-900s, they'll have the tail numbers 9XX.

grammar boy · Post by **grammar boy** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:55 am

Finally, 235 was the last aircraft we took, but its a -700. The fleet numbers work as follows:

0XX - 700s built to GECAS' spec.
6XX - 600s built to WestJet's spec.
7XX - 700s built to WestJet's spec.
8XX - 800s built to WestJet's spec.

2XX are 700s, 7XXs are the remaining 200s... Don't ask why. Maybe back in the day it was because the 200s were 737s.

yxu737 · Post by **yxu737** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:15 am

whe does the summer sked actually end for wetjet?

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:02 am

grammar boy wrote:
Finally, 235 was the last aircraft we took, but its a -700. The fleet numbers work as follows:

0XX - 700s built to GECAS' spec.
6XX - 600s built to WestJet's spec.
7XX - 700s built to WestJet's spec.
8XX - 800s built to WestJet's spec.
2XX are 700s, 7XXs are the remaining 200s... Don't ask why. Maybe back in the day it was because the 200s were 737s.

Whoops gramarboy. You caught my fast fingers there. I'll correct my original post.

W5 · Post by W5 » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:39 pm

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2XX are 700s, 7XXs are the remaining 200s... Don't ask why. Maybe back in the day it was because the 200s were 737s.[/quote]

WestJet's first three A/C all had a Canadian history (735,736 and 732), and the vast majority of maintenance people (at that time) had worked on these machines previously. The other a/c were just numbered for consistancy (and skipping numbers ending in a -4, for PW reasons....)

WS739 · Post by **WS739** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:47 pm

For those who thought we werent going to get tv's for the -600's, they went for their smoke tests last night in yyz!

801 goes tonight for its test!

Canus Chinookus · Post by **Canus Chinookus** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:57 pm

Finally!

grammar boy · Post by **grammar boy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:55 am

W5 wrote: WestJet's first three A/C all had a Canadian history (735,736 and 732), and the vast majority of maintenance people (at that time) had worked on these machines previously. The other a/c were just numbered for consistancy (and skipping numbers ending in a -4, for PW reasons....)

Thanks, I always wondered about that...

yxu737 · Post by **yxu737** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:25 am

Is there any 800's with tv?

Clint23 · Post by **Clint23** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:52 am

801 just finished the trials and paseed with flying colors, and the rest of the 800's are to be finished before the christmas season.

WJflyer · Post by **WJflyer** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:27 am

Clint23 wrote:801 just finished the trials and paseed with flying colors, and the rest of the 800's are to be finished before the christmas season.

Sweet... now I can fly on a -800 and have Live TV...