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Nov 5, 2008 | 2:26 pm

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El_Duderito

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equipment change on AC857 (LHR-YYZ)?

I'll be on AC857 tomorrow and checking flightstats.com I noticed that there have been quite a few equipment changes during the last week.
aircanada.com lists the route operated on a 77W but flightstats.com shows:

Code:

date           scheduled        actual
2008-11-01     A340-300         A340-300
2008-11-02     A340-300         A340-300
2008-11-03     B777-300ER       A330-300
2008-11-04     B777-300ER       A330-300
2008-11-05     B777-300ER       no info
2008-11-06     B777-300ER       no info
2008-11-07     B777-300ER       B777-300ER

I have yet to check ACARS logs and match registrations but why should flightstats be off ...
Could this be the XM'ed A330 (aircanada.com lists one)?
The flight tomorrow is packed but not full (7 free in Business, 3 in Eco) but the equipment change to an A330 should cause quite a few op-ups ;-)
AC856 does not appear to be the source of the aircraft as it was operated on A330s throughout the last days. The other YYZ-LHR-YYZ flights I checked were on B767s.
Does anybody have information about the situation?
I specifically booked an XM'ed AC flight as I wanted to see what they are like.
Thanks!

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