Qantas' deployment of AY metal

[piperlance]

Just checked in for SYD-MNL Nov 11, and have seat 3L. Does this mean it's an AY A330? Or does QF have some aircraft with this configuration?

 

[RB001]

There are reports of the rebadged AY birds spreading their wings further already.

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Post in thread 'Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft'

Yesterday at 5:25 PM

QPL off to Manila today operating QF19.
Wonder if Qantas are just going to send QPK and QPL wherever suits best operationally rather than just to Singapore and Honolulu.

• vhojm

 

[DC3]

Or does QF have some aircraft with this configuration?

Probably not QF metal.

May be better to ask on the existing thread:

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Thread 'Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft'

May 19, 2023

Qantas will return to pre-Covid international capacity by early 2024 with the help of wet leasing two Finnair A330 aircraft, which will operate selected Qantas flights between Sydney and Singapore from late October and all flights between Sydney and Bangkok from late March 2024. For the first two-and-a-half years of this agreement, flights will be operated by Finnair pilots and cabin crew.

• More flights to key destinations including Tokyo, Los Angeles and New York
• Frequency between Australia and Japan to double with four daily flights to Tokyo (Melbourne and Brisbane...

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[elanshin]

Just checked in for SYD-MNL Nov 11, and have seat 3L. Does this mean it's an AY A330? Or does QF have some aircraft with this configuration?

That would indeed be the Finnair plane, however right now I suspect these are just being used as part of the QF a330 fleet rotation so it could always be subjected to last minute change especially if another route with PE goes down.

But at this stage VH-QPL (Finnair plane) is enroute to MNL and did the same journey yesterday

 

[SYD]

That would indeed be the Finnair plane, however right now I suspect these are just being used as part of the QF a330 fleet rotation so it could always be subjected to last minute change especially if another route with PE goes down.

But at this stage VH-QPL (Finnair plane) is enroute to MNL and did the same journey yesterday

Presumably some whY PAX got a pleasant surprise.