Hmmm, color me surprised, and sort of disappointed.

Delta has been working on reconfiguring their long haul fleet with new interiors, and overall I’ve been impressed. This process started with the Airbus A350-900. Delta took delivery of these planes with new Delta One Suites, as well as with Delta Premium Select, which is the name of their new international premium economy. Delta will also take delivery of A330-900neos later this year with the new seats.


Delta’s A350 business class

The airline has now started the process of reconfiguring their 777-200s, and we know that next up are the 767-400s. Delta uses the 767-400s for many of their transatlantic routes, especially from the East Coast.

So far Delta has been tight-lipped about what exactly the business class product on the 767-400 will be like. Well, sort of. They have said that the will bring it up to their “flagship” experience, and Delta CEO Ed Bastian has even promised that the seats will have doors.

Well, as it turns out, that won’t be the case. Personally I’m not surprised, as I questioned how they could install this product without making the configuration 1-1-1, given how narrow the 767 is.

In a video about their transatlantic expansion that was published today on the Delta News Hub, Delta provides the first glimpse of the new 767-400. Delta’s first reconfigured 767-400 is expected to enter the fleet in November 2019.

The new planes will feature 34 seats rather than the current 40 seats. However, these won’t be Delta One Suites, but rather will be Delta One Seats.

Here are pictures of the new cabins:

I might be missing something, but it sure seems to me like these seats won’t have doors. As a matter of fact, it seems to me like they might just be keeping the same “bones” of the current seats, and will make them more private.

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Personally I’m not too surprised by this, given how narrow the 767 is. However, this product doesn’t seem like it will be competitive with the product on the A350 and 777.

I’ve long said how I find a staggered configuration on a 767 to be tight, and that’s something that isn’t changing here.

Delta’s current 767 business class


Delta’s current 767 business class

Is this new seat what you were expecting from Delta, or no?

(Tip of the hat to Rene’s Points)

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