Jul 21, 2017, 11:02 pm
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The AA (Legacy US Airways) Airbus Industrie A330-200
AA announced retirement of the A330-200 in the Oct 2020 earnings report.
AA announced retirement of the A330-200 in the Oct 2020 earnings report.
Status of reconfiguration
N279AY - NEW
N280AY - NEW
N281AY - NEW
N282AY - NEW
N283AY - NEW
N284AY - NEW
N285AY - NEW
N286AY - NEW
N287AY - NEW
N288AY - NEW
N289AY - NEW
N290AY - NEW
N291AY - NEW
N292AY - NEW
N293AY - NEW
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
NOTE: The 15 A330-200 (with Rolls Royce Trent 700 engines) are being retained and updated. (The nine Pratt & Whitney equipped A330-300s have been scheduled for retirement (return to lessor at lease end) by late 2018 due to poor "fit" in the AA fleet (link).) The A330-200s will continue, however, and the launch of the retrofitted A330-200 will see
- 20 Zodiac "Envoy" type Business seats in a 1-2-1 layout (1 blocked for pilot rest)
- 21 Premium Economy (B/E Aerospace) seats in a 2-3-2 layout
- 50 Main Cabin Extra seats (same seats as Y, just greater seat pitch) 2-4-2 (2 blocked for customers requiring customer assistance)
- Main Cabin / Economy seats also 2-4-2
- Ku band satellite based Panasonic WiFi
- Individual personal entertainment screens for every seat
- Seat power
- Noise reduction headsets - Bose in Business, others for Premium Economy
Premium Economy and extended Main Cabin Extra has been installed on the A330-200 fleet. Until 15 Jan 2018, PE seats were available to Elites as MCE on those aircraft with PE; PE are available for sale on that date.
Link to A330-200 PE and MCE additions article on The Points Guy
Link to Combined AA Fleet page
Link to (non-AA) American Fleet Site, A330-200 page.
For the specific thread about the Zodiac "Envoy" Business seat, please see AA A330 "Envoy" Lie Flat All Aisle Access Business Seats (master thread)
Also see the older, archived thread on Envoy seating on the A330: A330-200 Envoy Suites
Link to Seatguru for AA A330-200
Envoy / Business (20):
* Rows 1 to 7, 4 across, private "suites", all aisle access
* Seats A and H have windows and angle out toward windows
* Seats C and F are both in the middle, angle in toward center (no windows)
* In seat entertainment with personally selectable programming
* Bose noise reduction headsets on long-haul International flights
* Empower 110 VAC / 150 VA and USB power
Premium Economy (21):
* Rows 6, 7 and 8 in 2-3-2 layout
* Seat pitch 38"
* Seat width 18.5"
* In seat entertainment with personally selectable programming
* Non-Bose noise reduction headsets on longhaul
* Empower 110 VAC / 150 VA and USB power
Main Cabin Extra (54):
* Bulkhead and Exit seats
* Others seem to be in non-standard layout
* Seat width 16.3-17.8"
* In seat entertainment with personally selectable programming
* Empower 110 VAC / 150 VA
Economy (152):
* Seat pitch 31-32"
* Seat width 16.3-17.8"
* Exits at row 23
* In seat entertainment with personally selectable programming
* Empower 110 VAC / 150 VA
New Livery (AA-style) of the A330-300: A333 in New Livery
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Dec 17, 2016, 11:38 am
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Currently sitting in F (J) on N289AY CLT-PHX- plane just got out of the hangar this morning and the entire cabin is refreshed...new seat covers, carpets and that nasty faux-wood bulkhead in J is now standard AA gray. A nice change, and it smells like a new plane.
I took some pics at boarding and will post later.
I took some pics at boarding and will post later.
Dec 17, 2016, 2:58 pm
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Yeah I can handle the bit of faux wood on the table/counter tops but those old bulkhead walls were atrocious. It certainly looks, feels and smells much more up to date. The old cabins were getting pretty grimy- it was nice not finding any crumbs, stains or wrappers all over the place for once too.
Dec 17, 2016, 3:26 pm
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N284AY has been in San Salvador for maintenance- WiFi installation I think- and N285AY is currently there undergoing the same. Not sure if the cabins are being refreshed at the same time though.
Dec 17, 2016, 4:28 pm
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Dec 17, 2016, 5:50 pm
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Glad to see at least some modicum of standardization happening ^
I noticed no headrests in Y and I presume no MCE? Would be nice to get those two key product items standardized too especially on a long haul bird. Maybe they'd rather wait and do it all when PE is installed, but that is quite some time down the road.
I noticed no headrests in Y and I presume no MCE? Would be nice to get those two key product items standardized too especially on a long haul bird. Maybe they'd rather wait and do it all when PE is installed, but that is quite some time down the road.
Dec 17, 2016, 6:50 pm
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Jan 1, 2017, 9:45 pm
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Flew an A332 on CLT-BOS last Tuesday. Didn't get the N-number. AA.com said the aircraft featured Wi-Fi, but I couldn't find a signal once I was onboard.
The aircraft had the new AA bulkheads, carpets, and seat covers in Y with the red strip at the top of the seat. I will say that the leg-room on these birds is decent, and I wouldn't mind spending a little longer on them. I found the old US leather covers to be much more plush, however. The new AA covers seem to be much more firm…perhaps because they aren't broken in yet.
One thing that was odd was that the IFE was still very much from US. There were no AA video PA announcements (boarding, exit row, level off, etc…) and the FA's on the welcome screen were wearing the US uniform. Likewise, in the GPS, flight was identified as a US Airways flight AA1906
Another thing that I found odd was that I was under the impression that AA offered gate to gate IFE. The IFE system only turned on once the aircraft's landing gear were up, and the FAs turned off the system prior to arrival.
The crew seemed to be overwhelmed during the flight-like they were used to operating on the A330. Also, it is kind of sad to see the crew to be in good spirits in the gate area before boarding, only for them to be sour during the flight. For example, in Y, the controls for the FA call button are on the same switch as the light button, and the FAs were yelling at pax to stop hitting the button. One FA even threatened to deactivate a pax's IFE screen completely.
Also, the AVOD screens are VERY hard to use in Y. There is no remote, it is simply a touch screen that you literally have to tap with all your might just to get it to function.
The aircraft had the new AA bulkheads, carpets, and seat covers in Y with the red strip at the top of the seat. I will say that the leg-room on these birds is decent, and I wouldn't mind spending a little longer on them. I found the old US leather covers to be much more plush, however. The new AA covers seem to be much more firm…perhaps because they aren't broken in yet.
One thing that was odd was that the IFE was still very much from US. There were no AA video PA announcements (boarding, exit row, level off, etc…) and the FA's on the welcome screen were wearing the US uniform. Likewise, in the GPS, flight was identified as a US Airways flight AA1906
Another thing that I found odd was that I was under the impression that AA offered gate to gate IFE. The IFE system only turned on once the aircraft's landing gear were up, and the FAs turned off the system prior to arrival.
The crew seemed to be overwhelmed during the flight-like they were used to operating on the A330. Also, it is kind of sad to see the crew to be in good spirits in the gate area before boarding, only for them to be sour during the flight. For example, in Y, the controls for the FA call button are on the same switch as the light button, and the FAs were yelling at pax to stop hitting the button. One FA even threatened to deactivate a pax's IFE screen completely.
Also, the AVOD screens are VERY hard to use in Y. There is no remote, it is simply a touch screen that you literally have to tap with all your might just to get it to function.
Jan 2, 2017, 8:23 am
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That looks like the same AA IFE get on AA planes. Just flew a brand new 787-8 and 787-9, and A321T. All have the same welcome screens.
