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
Aug 25, 2019, 12:09 pm
#451
Join Date: May 2014
Location: YYJ/YYT
Programs: AC 75K (*G), NEXUS
Posts: 652
Lots of love for the 330s:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...upport-460442/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...upport-460442/
Aug 27, 2019, 3:43 pm
#452
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MCO
Posts: 3,030
Sep 15, 2019, 3:08 am
#453
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: Bottom feeder Star Gold
Posts: 2,652
The third of the four TAP aircraft has arrived in Canada. Formerly CS-TOW, MSN 1012 was imported on paper as C-GEGI (AC Fin 941?) this past Wednesday 11th, and landed in YVR directly from LIS operating as AC 2317 on Saturday evening.
It’s currently sporting the bland Star Alliance livery (sadly not its previous colourful Portugal Stopover scheme) and has a pair of Air Canada decals slapped on the forward fuselage, but my understanding is that it will ferry out to HND for paint (and interior refurb?) on Sunday or Monday.
It’s currently sporting the bland Star Alliance livery (sadly not its previous colourful Portugal Stopover scheme) and has a pair of Air Canada decals slapped on the forward fuselage, but my understanding is that it will ferry out to HND for paint (and interior refurb?) on Sunday or Monday.
Last edited by CZAMFlyer; Sep 15, 2019 at 6:07 am
Sep 15, 2019, 2:22 pm
#456
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,009
Of it goes to HND.
Not sure why they didn't go LIS-HND.
Not sure why they didn't go LIS-HND.
Sep 15, 2019, 3:17 pm
#457
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: Bottom feeder Star Gold
Posts: 2,652
I’m guessing here, but maybe the vagaries of importation obligation and/or taxes? Kinda like back in the day when Qantas used to accept their brand new B744s in YXX, which excited a lot of local berry farmers dreaming of nonstop Australia service. It was swarmed by AC maintenance vehicles overnight, so perhaps it made sense for a tech pitstop prior to delivery to the paint shop.
To add a visual representation to tracon’s Info above:
To add a visual representation to tracon’s Info above:
Sep 16, 2019, 4:22 am
#459
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2019
Programs: UA 1k AC 50k BA gold
Posts: 121
also I think it takes a month to do the MODs, this would be better staying here to cover off for the 737Max shortage.
Sep 16, 2019, 4:52 am
#460
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Vancouver
Programs: Aeroplan, Mileage Plus, WestJet Gold, AMEX Plat
Posts: 2,026
I’m guessing here, but maybe the vagaries of importation obligation and/or taxes? Kinda like back in the day when Qantas used to accept their brand new B744s in YXX, which excited a lot of local berry farmers dreaming of nonstop Australia service. It was swarmed by AC maintenance vehicles overnight, so perhaps it made sense for a tech pitstop prior to delivery to the paint shop.
To add a visual representation to tracon’s Info above:
To add a visual representation to tracon’s Info above:
Sep 16, 2019, 11:02 am
#461
Join Date: Jun 2016
Programs: air miles
Posts: 283
I would imagine you are correct. At minimum it gives a chain of control should a defect be found after purchase.
Sep 16, 2019, 12:31 pm
#462
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: Bottom feeder Star Gold
Posts: 2,652
As for third-party modification in Japan, I'm not sure if the interior is being configured, or it's simply being painted, or both.
Sep 17, 2019, 9:35 am
#463
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London, Babylon-on-Thames
Programs: BAEC Blue (back to Earth)
Posts: 1,510
It's already had the new paint job, it was carrying the special Portugal stopover livery and was repainted for Air Canada in the STAR ALLIANCE colours with black engines. It's not going to be repainted again so far as I know, it's likely still got wet paint in some place (joke - back off pedants ! )
Sep 24, 2019, 7:44 am
#464
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: YYC, Canada
Programs: AC 35k
Posts: 1,898
333 Woes
I have an upcoming trip with a domestic trans-con leg on a 333. AC seatmap gives me one of the Lions, but Plusgrade and the AC booking engine thinks it's a regular 333 with 3 cabins. The pessimistic part of me says this is an IT fail and it is indeed a Lion without signature service. Any way to tell for sure, or is the seat map always right?
Sep 24, 2019, 4:25 pm
#465
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: AC*E50K, OZ*S, KL
Posts: 40
I don't think there is a way to tell. The set of flights I booked last month started out with a YYZ-YVR transcon on a 77W (in PE) and a YYC-YYZ transcon on one of the Lions (in J). But on the mobile app the YYZ-YVR leg showed up as 333 with only J and Y. The website continued to show the 77W until I received a sched change by e-mail a week later.
Last week I got another sched change with the 333 on the YYC-YYZ leg changed to a 77L. Website did indeed show 77L at that point, but in the mobile app it kept showing up as a 333 until a couple of days ago.
Last week I got another sched change with the 333 on the YYC-YYZ leg changed to a 77L. Website did indeed show 77L at that point, but in the mobile app it kept showing up as a 333 until a couple of days ago.