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Old Dec 15, 2011, 7:40 pm
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Hey people,

I'm going to be flying from YVR to PVG in March 2012 with China Eastern. It's going to be an A330-200 on the route. Anyone know if there's going to be PTVs onboard?

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Old Dec 15, 2011, 8:31 pm
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Moving this Thread over to the "Other Asian....airlines...
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Old Dec 15, 2011, 9:25 pm
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Yep, and finally 180 degrees lie-flat up front~ They actually just rolled out these new A332s and are serving their most popular SHA-PEK route at the moment. Should be a more joyful ride than usual on a A332~

Originally Posted by flyguy1688
Hey people,

I'm going to be flying from YVR to PVG in March 2012 with China Eastern. It's going to be an A330-200 on the route. Anyone know if there's going to be PTVs onboard?

Cheers,
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Old Dec 15, 2011, 9:36 pm
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Originally Posted by flyguy1688
Hey people,

I'm going to be flying from YVR to PVG in March 2012 with China Eastern. It's going to be an A330-200 on the route. Anyone know if there's going to be PTVs onboard?

Cheers,
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Right now there is only one MU 332 equipped with PTV in Y and it is unlikely to appear on the YVR flight. The first scheduled long haul destination for the new 332s is LHR.
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Old Dec 15, 2011, 10:16 pm
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Originally Posted by m.y
Right now there is only one MU 332 equipped with PTV in Y and it is unlikely to appear on the YVR flight. The first scheduled long haul destination for the new 332s is LHR.
Then which 332s are they gonna use? I thought it's either the 343s or the 332s...
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Old Dec 16, 2011, 3:44 am
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One A332? Anyone know the tail number? Any A333's/A340's?

Last time I checked (admittedly not recently) MU hadn't jumped on the AVOD bandwagon yet.
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Old Dec 16, 2011, 7:02 am
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Originally Posted by Jayz_004
Then which 332s are they gonna use? I thought it's either the 343s or the 332s...

MU is likely to use older 332s with no ptv in Y for YVR right now. The first MU plane with ptv in Y is registered B-6537, it appears another one (B-6538) joined MU this month. Perhaps they are deliveried quickly enough then they could be put on YVR flight in time for the OP. See the link for a trip report in the new plane.

http://pic.feeyo.com/posts/549/5495949.html
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Old Dec 16, 2011, 12:33 pm
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Originally Posted by m.y
MU is likely to use older 332s with no ptv in Y for YVR right now. The first MU plane with ptv in Y is registered B-6537, it appears another one (B-6538) joined MU this month. Perhaps they are deliveried quickly enough then they could be put on YVR flight in time for the OP. See the link for a trip report in the new plane.

http://pic.feeyo.com/posts/549/5495949.html
I don't see why they would do that though... I mean these routes are currently flying with the older 343s, why would they use older 332s instead and then replace again with new 33Es? I don't see the logic... The only reason I can think of is that as MU is selling the 343s, and they won't have the aircraft for YVR-PVG route no more... but how likely is that? I'm just finding it confusing though, that's all...
BTW, the new seats looks quite alright~
http://www.ceair.com/mu/main/gydh/yw...1295315564.jpg
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Old Dec 18, 2011, 1:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Jayz_004
I don't see why they would do that though... I mean these routes are currently flying with the older 343s, why would they use older 332s instead and then replace again with new 33Es? I don't see the logic... The only reason I can think of is that as MU is selling the 343s, and they won't have the aircraft for YVR-PVG route no more... but how likely is that? I'm just finding it confusing though, that's all...
BTW, the new seats looks quite alright~
http://www.ceair.com/mu/main/gydh/yw...1295315564.jpg
With only two aircrafts, the new 332s can only be dedicated to one long haul destination from PVG, and MU feels LHR is a better use of the new planes than YVR. Just because MU retires 343 from YVR doesn't mean it has to use the newest plane to replace it, MU can shuffles the fleet around to maximize profit.
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Old Dec 18, 2011, 4:44 pm
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Originally Posted by m.y
With only two aircrafts, the new 332s can only be dedicated to one long haul destination from PVG, and MU feels LHR is a better use of the new planes than YVR. Just because MU retires 343 from YVR doesn't mean it has to use the newest plane to replace it, MU can shuffles the fleet around to maximize profit.
Point taken. I indeed agree that LHR is a better use of the new planes. We'll see how it all works out... What do you think they'll replace the 346s with, if ever, haha...
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Old Dec 20, 2011, 3:54 am
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apparently 6538 was scheduled into SYD, but it got changed to another 330.
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Old Feb 17, 2012, 10:31 pm
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There are currently three new A330-200, called 33E, in China Eastern Airline fleet. I guess the "E" stands for Entertainment.....hopefully they can send one of them to YVR

Delivery date:

B-6537 (18/11/2011)
B-6538 (06/12/2011)
B-6543 (19/01/2012)
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Old Feb 18, 2012, 1:46 am
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One of the in the awesome Skyteam livery too!
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Old Feb 20, 2012, 3:40 pm
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Great news guys. I think China Eastern Airline has began its new 33E service on PVG-YVR-PVG route.

I saw B-6538 (SkyTeam Livery) takeoff from YVR at 12:30pm today.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CES582
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Old Feb 20, 2012, 3:46 pm
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Welcome to FlyerTalk, Andiiwoo!

Thanks for that - that is indeed good news for some of us.

Because it had a URL / web link in it, your first post was suppressed by the FlyerTalk spam control protocols until it could be looked over and approved by a Moderator. Our apologies for any delay and inconvenience. /JDiver, Senior Moderator
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