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QRC3288
It seems a little vague if this is for ALL A333s or just for the current long-haul J configged A333s. As CX regulars know, there are a ton of A333 configs now including the new 33As with basically three classes of seats (two types of J). The One Mile blog guy on that link is clearly implying Aria Studios are replacing regional J on A333, but I'm not so sure. He randomly mentions the A321s, forgetting about the huge A333 fleet variation, as well as the 773 regionals. The posters above are consistently better informed. Strikes me of racing to post a scoop, maybe well intentioned but not quite right.
Worth pointing out that CX recently refurbed regional J on a lot of planes already, right? Including those 33As, maybe other A333s and some 773s? Strikes me as wishful thinking they're going to scrap that for Aria Studios a year or two later.
Thanks for posting. Hope the event went well! Sorry to miss it.
From my take, it was quite clear that the purpose of these new "Aria Studios" were to resolve a complain regarding the current non-flat regional "Fake-J", so we can expect
almost all the A333s will be refitted.
There are a few very old A333s (like those 33A from KA) that simply won't be in the fleet for so long, so these will not be refitted as it doesn't make sense.
My gut feeling is that for the same reason, the classic 773 will also not be refitted as these shouldn't be in the fleet for THAT long.