Article: Qantas Will Refurbish Its Airbus A330s

[jase05]

W now revealed as the most profitable cabin

Not really surprised. You get charged an exorbitant amount for something that looks not much different to Economy. Each to their own but never flown PE and don’t see the sense in it for the cost when often there are airlines selling J for roughly the same price or even cheaper

 

[justinbrett]

Each to their own but never flown PE and don’t see the sense in it for the cost when often there are airlines selling J for roughly the same price or even cheaper

And in the case of VA to HND, a very similar seat too!

 

[jase05]

And in the case of VA to HND, a very similar seat too!

Yeah, no way am I sitting in a recliner for that length

 

[serfty]

Yeah, no way am I sitting in a recliner for that length

Return, I agree somewhat, although its basically a 6 hour flight.

But, to HND, I'd be fine with the seat with the current timings.

 

[justinbrett]

Return, I agree somewhat, although its basically a 6 hour flight.

But, to HND, I'd be fine with the seat with the current timings.

If you live or stop overnight in Cairns.

Otherwise it’s closer to 10 including your domestic connection.

 

[RichardMEL]

With the weight restrictions on that flight it won't be full. I saw a vlogger review on YT where most seemed to have UlY rows to themselves. J would possibly be full I assume

 

[RSVKanga]

It’s now FY25, so this A330 refurbishment program should be starting anytime now….hopefully

 

[TheInsider]

It’s now FY25, so this A330 refurbishment program should be starting anytime now….hopefully

And still no word about this internally. Not even if the seats will finally get IFE put in. The best time to start this was years ago. And knowing QF it will take 6 months per aircraft.
(where as EK are doing their 777s in two weeks).

 

[Saab34]

And still no word about this internally. Not even if the seats will finally get IFE put in. The best time to start this was years ago. And knowing QF it will take 6 months per aircraft.
(where as EK are doing their 777s in two weeks).

I was reading on another site that’s it’s currently a 3-5 years wait for any multi year long engineering programs that a customer would be wanting to book in, ie D checks, seat replacements.

The likes of Emirates, Etihad, Lufthansa Technic seem to be booked out for the medium term.

At least Virgin still had the capability to redo its cabins with its local team.

 

[wenglock.mok]

And still no word about this internally. Not even if the seats will finally get IFE put in. The best time to start this was years ago. And knowing QF it will take 6 months per aircraft.
(where as EK are doing their 777s in two weeks).

Weren't they only refurbishing the A330-200s that already had in-seat IFE (i.e. the international ones)?

I believe the domestic ones (with the wireless streaming IFE) will be left as-is.

 

[elanshin]

Weren't they only refurbishing the A330-200s that already had in-seat IFE (i.e. the international ones)?

I believe the domestic ones (with the wireless streaming IFE) will be left as-is.

The initial announcement was that they were refurbishing their "newer" a330s as they realised it would be needed in the fleet longer than expected. They didn't really say which ones specifically.

 

[RSVKanga]

The best time to start this was years ago.

Or, they could have ordered those 12 A350s and 12 787s years ago in 2018, removing the need for these A330 refurbishments in the first place.

Weren't they only refurbishing the A330-200s that already had in-seat IFE (i.e. the international ones)?

I believe the domestic ones (with the wireless streaming IFE) will be left as-is.

I think that’s right. Their oldest A330s (EBA-EBL) are the mainly domestic ones without the IFE and presumably will be retired first, so will be left as is.

Their newest A330s (EBM-EBV) happen to be the ones with IFE screens and are presumably the ones that will be refurbished.

 

[moa999]

EBA-EBD are considerably older as 2002/2003 deliveries
Then the 333s QPA to QPJ arrived 2003-05
And then the younger 332s EBG-EBV from 2007-12

EBE and EBF which were converted to Qantas Freighters were 2007 deliveries.

Appears that they've begun adding WiFi jumps to some of the later aircrafts - eg. VH-EBN which now sports oneworld livery stickers.