Originally Posted by mtkeller

If going to Rome, there's no need to connect in AMS to get from LHR to FCO. AZ still flies that route three times per day. (Albeit at awkward times to connect from DL flights from the US, but the T4 lounge is brilliant or you could pop into London for a few hours.)

Don't expect more than one A330-300 and one A330-200 to be converted by September 2013, and they won't be dedicated to any routes at that stage, I suspect. If they are, they'll be TPAC routes (to get 100% of TPAC service on flat beds) and not to Europe.