Qantas 737 Refurbishment tracker

[Tom/PER]

Believe -VXR is currently conducting a test flight currently off BNE as QF6111.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

I wonder how the loss of the two storage areas for food carts will impact on the service offering.
There will be significant less storage capacity in the galley.

 

[serfty]

Though of course pitch is the distance between identical points on seats in two different rows. It isn't a true measure of how much knee/leg room one has. Same is true for business class seats where people, for example carry on about BA being 2x4x2 on a 777, compared to SQ being 1x2x1. Different seats, different layout, not comparable in that simplistic manner.

This!

Seat pitch is indeed the distance between two identical points and so what between 31" and 30" one may say, so a negligible 4% difference one might think.
Yes, it's not just that that requires consideration, knee space or usable space is important - assume each economy seat has a base of 16", that leaves 15" or 14" of space. Now, since pitch included the space under the seat in front - allow another 6" for that leaving a difference usable (knee) space of 9" or 8" - that's an 11% difference.

Anyway, with QF you have 27 rows at 30" + 3 rows at 37" and with VA 28 rows at 31" and 2 rows at 38"

 

[serfty]

I cant see how that is possible in the same space

VA 4 Business class seats Vs QF 6 Business class seats is how

That's part of it.

I also seem to recall that VA had less galley space.

 

[moa999]

Never found Seatguru that accurate. But to make up for the different Business configs its about .17" per row.

So could be 30.4" on QF and 30.6" on VA

 

[michaele]

Believe -VXR is currently conducting a test flight currently off BNE as QF6111.

This.

I sat next to a nice guy on my BNE-SYD leg last night and turns out he was coming up here to sign off on the certification for the first completed refurb. Once that is done, the rest can begin to move ahead quite quickly. That flight was the testing flight.

 

[Tom/PER]

Believe -VXB might be the second one to be reconfigured, it's been in the BNE hangars since 25/8.

Looking forward to seeing some shots of the first one completed.

 

[moa999]

VH-VXR still in hiding. Maybe the test flight didn't go so well.

 

[milehighclub]

I wonder how the loss of the two storage areas for food carts will impact on the service offering.
There will be significant less storage capacity in the galley.

The stowage areas that were removed never had food. Given that most domestic services are single catered anyway there is no change to the current offering as there is still ample space available.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

The stowage areas that were removed never had food. Given that most domestic services are single catered anyway there is no change to the current offering as there is still ample space available.

What was stowed in them then?
I'm just mindful of the impact the small galley has on the J product on the 737s.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

With dinner boxes they wouldn't need much y storage... nobtrays anymore other than trans con

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Yes I live in Perth therefore trans con is precisely what I am concerned about.
Not those pathetic dinner boxes.

 

[milehighclub]

Was mostly drinks, which are loaded in larger carts now instead of half carts which has been done for sometime now (again due to single catered flights which has always been the case for sometime now)

Perth goes to lunch and dinner boxes, ice cream and cheese and crackers from tomorrow.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Was mostly drinks, which are loaded in larger carts now instead of half carts which has been done for sometime now (again due to single catered flights which has always been the case for sometime now)

Perth goes to lunch and dinner boxes, ice cream and cheese and crackers from tomorrow.

Ugh. One more reason for choosing QF over VA removed.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Ugh. One more reason for choosing QF over VA removed.

whats the difference btwn being served in a cardboard box compared to a foil box sitting on a plastic tray?

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Why not just give us a bottle of soylent?

 

[ozbeachbabe]

whats the difference btwn being served in a cardboard box compared to a foil box sitting on a plastic tray?

You get twice as much food in a dinner box. It's what's inside that counts.

 

[mannej]

Perception is a strange thing isn't it!

 

[esseeeayeenn]

I have never once thought "I wish that meal was bigger" on a flight.
I have often wished a meal had been better presented.

 

[moa999]

VH-VXR in the skies as QF631 BNE-MEL

Summary of refurb
1 of 67 -- Seatcount increased - VXR
30 of 67 -- With SIFE/ Q-Streaming
29 - Seatback IFE - VZL-VZS,VZT-VZZ,XZA-XZP
1 - Q-Streaming - VXR

Log of Refurbs
VH-VXR BNE 28 days - In 7/8/15 Out 3/9/15

Under refurb BNE
VH-VXB BNE In 25/8/15 Expected ??

Under refurb SYD
None