Originally Posted by
serfty
When comparing the VH-EBA's of the world (38J265Y) with this new quoted configuration I can understand the J seating being down to 30 from 38 due to SkyBeds being larger, but this does not indicate how the
WHY capacity has been reduced from 265 to 201.
38 millenniums at 7 across takes considerably less floor space than 30 Skybeds at 6 across. They will lose a lot more than just a few rows of Y to fit the Skybeds in.
On the A330-300, 5 rows of Skybeds fills the front section of the aircraft between doors 1 and 2. However, on the A330-200, that section is about 30% shorter, so assume they can only fit 3 rows and perhaps a toilet and galley, thus needing a further two rows of skybeds after door 2. Thus reducing Y to around 200 seats.
See
this image from Airbus, and look at the example 3-class config. if 3 rows of Skybeds fir between doors 1 and 2, and 2 more rows behind door 2, the J will take about the space shown for F and J in the image.