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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Airbus A330-200 / 332 [master thread]
Jun 2, 2017, 5:50 am
#421
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Just from my own experience, I've never seen these seats available or occupied by passengers in maybe 5 TA flights over the years. The official line is always that they are used for crew rest, and I've seen a sort of curtain around them in flight a number of times.
Jun 6, 2017, 2:38 pm
#422
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21 A,B or 22 G,H
I apologize if this has been asked but I have done an extensive search here and elsewhere online trying to find an answer, with no success.
We are flying PHL to BCN on the A330-200 and at the moment the only free seats on the sides are row 21 A,B and row 22 G,H. I know noise is always an issue with seats in front of the lavatory and I can deal with that with headphones but do these seats recline and which set would be best? I am thinking 21 because there is more space between that row and the middle set of lavatories.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Wendy
We are flying PHL to BCN on the A330-200 and at the moment the only free seats on the sides are row 21 A,B and row 22 G,H. I know noise is always an issue with seats in front of the lavatory and I can deal with that with headphones but do these seats recline and which set would be best? I am thinking 21 because there is more space between that row and the middle set of lavatories.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Wendy
Jul 20, 2017, 3:36 pm
#423
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New A330-200 configuration on aa.com is whack.
Has anyone seen this?
https://www.aa.com/seats/view?flight...N&aircraft=332
MCE on only the right side in the front cabin, and a few rows of MCE in the rear cabin. Even weirder than the 777 PEY configuration. I understand that the people who did this probably thought it through, but at least make it symmetrical for heaven's sake! And also, what makes them think that row 28, being the 8 rows from the last row in the plane, qualifies as a preferred seat!
https://www.aa.com/seats/view?flight...N&aircraft=332
MCE on only the right side in the front cabin, and a few rows of MCE in the rear cabin. Even weirder than the 777 PEY configuration. I understand that the people who did this probably thought it through, but at least make it symmetrical for heaven's sake! And also, what makes them think that row 28, being the 8 rows from the last row in the plane, qualifies as a preferred seat!
Jul 20, 2017, 4:26 pm
#424
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Jul 21, 2017, 8:05 am
#429
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On a separate note, AA's decision to not install a true MCE section as part of the retrofit is very frustrating--so much for fleet consistency and elite perks, particularly on the TATLs that these planes will be flying.
Jul 21, 2017, 8:08 am
#430
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I'd argue that the 789 (and the 788 when it gets a W cabin) is the most comfortable--same 2-3-2 configuration but in a wider fuselage than the 332.
On a separate note, AA's decision to not install a true MCE section as part of the retrofit is very frustrating--so much for fleet consistency and elite perks, particularly on the TATLs that these planes will be flying.
On a separate note, AA's decision to not install a true MCE section as part of the retrofit is very frustrating--so much for fleet consistency and elite perks, particularly on the TATLs that these planes will be flying.
Jul 21, 2017, 11:02 am
#431
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eta Source: https://thepointsguy.com/2017/07/aa-...rofit-details/
Last edited by alien; Jul 21, 2017 at 11:13 am
Jul 21, 2017, 3:36 pm
#432
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Is it a coding error though? After all, wasn't there a row of seats behind Row 21 on that side before? If so, maybe that was removed to create an MCE section?
Jul 21, 2017, 3:56 pm
#433
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I read somewhere, I think TPG, that actual sales of PE are in effect for 1/15/18 flights. If available before then, they will be assigned as the 789 were. I have one mid Feb where I had an EF notification yesterday and noted that the computer had correctly reassigned us from 7G&H to the new bulkhead 9G&H.
eta Source: https://thepointsguy.com/2017/07/aa-...rofit-details/
eta Source: https://thepointsguy.com/2017/07/aa-...rofit-details/
Jul 21, 2017, 4:23 pm
#434
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Jul 21, 2017, 4:24 pm
#435
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