ALL QF's 330's to get lay flat Business seating - Including Domestic

[moa999]

-- Current aircraft in Brisbane maint:
VH-EBA 330-200 Since 1/1
VH-QPC 330-300 Since 17/1
(QPA 330-300 refurb to 2.5mths, the 330-200 refurbs 1-1.5mths

VH-EBG back into service after only a week maintenance, so no new seats their
VH-QPB to Singapore (presumably for painting) suggesting it will be next in for -300 treatment after QPC

 

[amaroo]

Nice surprise to see the new seat map for my QF52 in June ... wonder if it will stick?

 

[Canny man]

Flew the new config today. Regretted not upgrading as the new bus class looked even better in the flesh than in the photographs I've seen. Vaguely disappointed by economy though. Apart from the fact that the seats were dirty (not a config problem of course) I found my seat quite uncomfortable to sit in for a 4 hour flat and had to stand and walk around to relieve the ache. The problems with the toilets continue as well with one of the middle of plane economy toilets out of service.

One design flaw seems to be that the curtains in front of row 23 prevent the opening of one of the large overhead bins and the smaller central one impacting storage space. Something to watch out for if you are flying at the front of economy.

 

[cmon0005]

Flew the new config today. Regretted not upgrading as the new bus class looked even better in the flesh than in the photographs I've seen. Vaguely disappointed by economy though. Apart from the fact that the seats were dirty (not a config problem of course) I found my seat quite uncomfortable to sit in for a 4 hour flat and had to stand and walk around to relieve the ache. The problems with the toilets continue as well with one of the middle of plane economy toilets out of service.

One design flaw seems to be that the curtains in front of row 23 prevent the opening of one of the large overhead bins and the smaller central one impacting storage space. Something to watch out for if you are flying at the front of economy.

Was this a a330-300 or -200?

 

[moa999]

Was this a a330-300 or -200?

4-hr flight so guess a -200 to/from Perth

 

[mannej]

4-hr flight so guess a -200 to/from Perth

Those seats wouldn't be the new seats going into the -300's, but just a re-freshed version of the current seats in those aircraft.

 

[moa999]

Just updating my tracker.
Would expect EBA to be out in the next fortnight.

-- Current aircraft in Brisbane maintenance
VH-EBA 330-200 In 1/1
VH-QPC 330-300 In 17/1

-- Refurbished aircraft in service
VH-EBV 330-200 - 1mth 15days - In 16/11 Out 31/12
VH-QPA 330-300 - 2mth 13days - In 3/11 Out 16/1

-- In Singapore for painting (presumably) -300s only (all the -200s are already New Roo apart from the JQ aircraft)
VH-QPB 330-300 In 31/1

 

[jimmylikesitwet]

-- Current aircraft in Brisbane maintenance
VH-EBA 330-200 In 1/1
VH-QPC 330-300 In 17/1

I would expect EBE or EBF to go in after EBA comes out. Jetstar just received another 787 so one of those two will be returning to QF shortly.

Nick

 

[cmon0005]

-- In Singapore for painting (presumably) -300s only (all the -200s are already New Roo)
VH-QPB 330-300 In 31/1

Just out of curiosity, why is painting done in SIN? are there painting facilities here in Australia?

 

[jimmylikesitwet]

Just out of curiosity, why is painting done in SIN? are there painting facilities here in Australia?

No there aren't.

 

[JessicaTam]

No there aren't.

A friend of mine dated someone who painted aircraft for a living. His work was in BNE. Has a facility there closed, or would he only have been doing smaller aircraft?

 

[jimmylikesitwet]

A friend of mine dated someone who painted aircraft for a living. His work was in BNE. Has a facility there closed, or would he only have been doing smaller aircraft?

Maybe for smaller aircraft but pretty sure there isn't anything that can do a A330.

 

[ajw373]

Maybe for smaller aircraft but pretty sure there isn't anything that can do a A330.

Richmond used to! But really the demand isn't there for massive painting facilities and none of the Aussie airlines have it in-house.

 

[Nizar]

The AusBT article suggests they are aiming to have 6 refurbed birds by the time VA launch their first in March 2015.

The above post was made in October.
Does anybody think that QF will reach the target of 6 by March ?

 

[moa999]

The above post was made in October.
Does anybody think that QF will reach the target of 6 by March ?

I would see 3 200's and 2 300s by end of March unless they drastically hurry up (possible as they should get quicker) or do three planes at once.

 

[JMFK]

Comrades, I currently have a confirmed Business upgrade on Feb 13 on QF475 - I booked it a while ago in the hope of it ending up being operated by one of the new aircraft.

My question is, it looks like QF485 has the new seat map, so do you think it's worth copping the $100 fare difference plus change fee and changing to QF485? Have there been any last minute aircraft swaps lately?

I'd be super disappointed if QF475 was the 'workspace' J class too! I really wanna try these new suites

 

[moa999]

FR24 showing VH-EBA outside the hanger, listed as Test (1 month 7 days since it went in on 1/1)

JMFK with only one aircraft on the domestic runs any minor tech issue will mean things get swapped ( eg. QPAs rotation on QF5/6 and then short trip to MNL)

 

[cmon0005]

My question is, it looks like QF485 has the new seat map, so do you think it's worth copping the $100 fare difference plus change fee and changing to QF485? Have there been any last minute aircraft swaps lately?

Also you would want to hope that your business upgrade came through on the new flight too!

 

[Blaqjaq]

Hi All

about to book an award flight Mel to Per for March 13 in the afternoon, between QF777, QF773 or QF653 which is most likely to have the new J product?

thanks for your advice

 

[Awesom Andy]

Hi All

about to book an award flight Mel to Per for March 13 in the afternoon, between QF777, QF773 or QF653 which is most likely to have the new J product?

thanks for your advice

While all 3 flights have different configs, at the moment, none of them are the new one...