Originally Posted by
Piedmont767
Umm.. that is correct and incorrect at the same time. Everything you said is true but is was 3 years ago that the A330s were refurbished.
Doesn't seem that long ago! Coach on the A333 did have USBs but they were deactivated.
The A330s apparently are:
-Going to have wifi installed
-Have a inflight bar installed, like what is found on LAA's 77Ws, refurbished 772s and 787s
-Have a new inflight entertainment system installed
-Have new seats installed in both cabins
-Have new carpets, bulkheads and lavatories installed
Thanks, I'd forgotten about the USB ports in coach on the -300s getting disabled. I'm extremely fortunate that on all my A330 flights since the -300 refurbs I've sat up front.
Let's hope that the 330 fleet does indeed get all that. The most surprising would be the IFE system, which is quite new, especially on the -200s delivered last year, but I suppose it may be cheaper in the long run to standardize the hardware fleet wide. Of the international fleet, though, the most glaring need for refurb is clearly the LUS 757s.