Qantas Economy Plus Discussion

[MEL_Traveller]

Saw on another travel page - QF is introducing the economy plus to the A330 fleet - hope not QPA-QPD because these aircraft do not have wifi - why should we have to pay more for a product other QF A330 has, and these 4 aircraft don't have?

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-a330-economy-plus

The extra room - if that’s important - far outweighs any wifi!

As mentioned upthread I flew a domestic sector sitting in what’s normally the crew rest seat… it was amazingly comfortable with the extra 3 inches. Much better than the 737 seats which are still quite narrow.

 

[tomlee1986]

Given the cabin crew have told me those 4 are never getting wifi because they're being retired first and guesstimating by timing of required maintenance, I cant see them being reconfigured. They're probably getting retired within the next 18months.

I wonder when will they approximately retire

 

[moa999]

I wonder when will they approximately retire

Age wise QPA is approx 12 months older than EBA/ EBB which have just undergone 7-8wk (so likely C8/D checks) at Paya Lebar (QPG), but who knows how the Covid shutdowns have impacted maintenance timings.

I suspect we might get more info at the FY26 results presentation in mid-Aug (and my prediction would be 4 333s retired and 4 789s delivered in FY28 (so July 2027- June 2028)