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Qantas Will Refurbish Its Airbus A330s is an article written by the AFF editorial team:
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There is probably a good chance that they make some adjustments in J. Thinking about the competitors on similar routes JAL, ANA and HA. They are all launching newer products. It really depends on what angle Qantas are taking to remain competitive.At first i thought theh wouldn't refurbish the J seats, but i wonder if they will. While they're quite serviceable as is, if the 330 ends up with the 350 Y and maybe W products but keep the old J, many functionality of the J products might feel dated conpared to the back of the plane.
Maybe a halfway refurbishment in J. Like new IFE with upgraded connectivity and charging?
I was going to say that also but knew it won’t happen…They should put 2 rows (14 seats) of prem econ on them.
And they can make money out of them on short routes (like AU transcon/golden triangle) by selling them with the extra legroom surcharge, as they already do for preselecting exit rows.I was going to say that also but knew it won’t happen…
But would have been good to bring some consistency on routes that have a mix and match of A380/A330/B787 as well as an opportunity to roll out more PE (like a lot of airlines are doing).
I think this exercise is probably only going to happen on the 8 international config A332s, which are quite a bit younger (circa-2009), and will probably involve replacing the Y seats on those, new seatback screens and some sprucing up of the cabin. I don't think they will do anything else with the A333s as they already have new seats and IFE from the 2015 exercise and the youngest of which is pushing 18 years now.Knowing premium economy probably won't happen (sadly), I just hope some 'soft refreshments' happen such as:
- Repadding of the seats
- Hoping the overhead lockers and signs (i.e. the no smoking, seatbelt and toilet signs)
- A refreshing of the entertainment screens so you don't have to touch very hard to get them to work.
- Carpet replacement.
All of these may well happen but I hope they happen so that the aircraft feels new.
I flew on FinnAir's A330 to Singapore just two weeks ago. It is a 15 year old plane, yet given those soft touches, it felt only half the age of VH-EBS which is barely a decade old.
Last post in the previous refurb tracker thread.there a list that someone has compiled of the current A330 fleet and which ones (especially the A333s) have upgraded IFE?
Recently flew Economy Singapore-Melbourne overnight on an A330 and the “entertainment” was a bit of a disaster. At least 10 passengers - including me did not have ipads ( passengers pinch them apparently!). When the safety demonstration was playing the audio from the quirky historic QANTAS film was playing with no vision available!Qantas Will Refurbish Its Airbus A330s is an article written by the AFF editorial team:
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and have the pax board through the cargo door they cut in the side of the plane?How about Qantas put the seats back in the A330's they converted to freighters this year and put them back into passenger service?