Oct 3, 2016, 9:53 pm
Last edit by: YVR72
Note: please keep this thread to information on the refurbishment program and its progress; for discussion of which seats are best and other details about the interiors, please visit the seating information thread.
A330-300 Fleet Overview
AC currently has two configurations of 333:
A330-300 Fleet Overview
AC currently has two configurations of 333:
- Dream Cabin (16 aircraft): Latest 3-class configuration in line with the 787 and 777 fleets (seat map)
- The "Merlions" (2 aircraft): ex-Singapore Airlines 2-class configuration (seat map), which are expected to be reconfigured to the Dream Cabin.
- Important note: the front cabin on these aircraft is an angle-flat product in a 2-2-2 layout that was SQ's "regional" business class. On flights within North America, AC sells it as J; on international flights, they sell it as PY. These aircraft do not have the standard AC PY cabin
- Since October 2023, these aircraft primarily operate YYZ>BOG>YUL triangle, and YUL<>LAX.
Code:
32J 24O 241Y: 297 pax C-GFAF (931) Completed @HKG, Oct 01/23 - Dec 09/23 [69 days] C-GFAH (932) Completed @QPG, Aug 10/21 - Oct 05/21 [56 days] C-GFAJ (933) Completed @QPG, Nov 24/21 - Jan 12/22 [49 days] C-GFUR (934) Completed @QPG, Oct 08/19 - Feb 28/20 [143 days] C-GHKR (935) Completed @QPG, Oct 04/21 - Nov 25/21 [52 days] C-GHKW (936) Completed @HKG, Nov 27/21 - Feb 21/22 [86 days] C-GHKX (937) Completed @RFD, Sep 02/20 - May 30/21 [271 days] C-GHLM (938) Completed @HKG, Sep 30/22 - Dec 11/22 [72 days] C-GEFA (939) Completed @RFD, Dec 31/20 - Mar 29/21 [89 days] C-GEGC (940) Completed @QPG, May 17/22 - Jul 21/22 [67 days] C-GEGI (941) Completed @QPG, Jan 10/22 - Mar 11/22 [60 days] C-GEGP (942) Completed @QPG, Nov 06/19 - Jul 01/20 [238 days] C-GHKC (943) Completed @HKG, Feb 21/22 - May 05/22 [73 days] C-GKUG (944) Completed @QPG, Mar 02/20 - Feb 10/21 [345 days] C-GKUH (945) Completed @RFD, Oct 08/20 - Jan 12/21 [99 days] C-GOFV (946) SQ configuration C-GOFW (947) Completed @QPG, Feb 03/22 - May 20/22 [107 days] C-GXZD (948) SQ configuration
Air Canada Airbus A330-300 refurbishments
Feb 20, 2019, 2:24 pm
#347
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The manufacturer has developed a solution for the deflation issue that will be rolled out shortly. Highly unlikely the 333 refurbishment will be done with the flawed design.
Feb 20, 2019, 3:36 pm
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Feb 20, 2019, 5:07 pm
#349
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AC is spending $275MM on this refurbishment, and it's not starting until late this year. The fix is already being rolled out in the fleet - see the DeflateGate thread. There's a difference between skepticism and putting on a tin-foil hat.
Feb 21, 2019, 2:21 pm
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Feb 21, 2019, 4:39 pm
#351
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I think it is the case that AC likes aircraft that have lower cost of ownership and are when it comes to wide body aircraft there are a lot of route they operate on where a smaller wide-body makes sense. The 767 and now the 330 are good first for a number of their European routes.
Apr 7, 2019, 3:38 pm
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First of the SIN/TAP A330's:
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9274853
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9274853
Apr 8, 2019, 8:11 am
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The call it the signature seat because you leave the plane carrying a piece of paper with the SD's signature on it, confirming you were relegated to sitting on an empty plastic bag.
Apr 16, 2019, 9:57 pm
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And the operator was shown as NT Air, but maybe that's just an artifact of the C-GEFA registration previously having been a 1990 Beechcraft 1900C .
Quite the upgauge.
Quite the upgauge.
May 19, 2019, 6:28 pm
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Was taxiing out of LIS to YYZ this afternoon (in a glorious ACr 767) when I noticed an A330 sitting out on the tarmac at the corner of the airport, painted in the new AC livery. Was scouring my mind as to why it would be there, I'm assuming they're still in the process of being handed over.