Jul 21, 2017, 11:02 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
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]
Aug 4, 2018, 8:09 am
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Aug 5, 2018, 9:31 pm
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Does anyone know what's up with the 332 that's been scheduled on the PHL-SFO-PHL runs? For the past week and into this coming Tuesday, every day has seen an equipment swap to a 763, with two cancellations on 8/2 and 8/4. Has one of the 332s gone tech?
Aug 6, 2018, 12:04 am
#633
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Same with PHL-LAX. Had my PHL-LAX flight cancelled last weekend and return tomorrow swapped with the 763.
Aug 6, 2018, 10:42 am
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Posts about the A330-300 have been moved to the appropriate thread.
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Aug 7, 2018, 7:10 am
#635
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Business Class bed length on the A332... Read on some places it is "between 76-80 inches" Which are the seats that have 80 inches? I found on the B/E and Zodiac Cirrus seats that the window seats typically have the longer footwell. Does this apply to the A332 as well?
Aug 7, 2018, 11:04 am
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I believe seats 1A and 1L are the ones which are a bit longer on the A332. In my experience, this seems to have been the case. The footwell extends a little further into the bulkhead on these seats.
Aug 7, 2018, 11:14 am
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Aug 8, 2018, 5:57 pm
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I think it's relevant to post here; I was booked on this bird yesterday PHL-LAX but we got a B763 instead. It was much worse. I was in J so I still got the seat, but no wifi or IFE. If you were booked in rows 6-8, you'd presumably be moved from a PE seat to a routine MCE seat.
They said it was expected to be for about two weeks, the 332 is in the shop.
They said it was expected to be for about two weeks, the 332 is in the shop.
Aug 8, 2018, 6:47 pm
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I think it's relevant to post here; I was booked on this bird yesterday PHL-LAX but we got a B763 instead. It was much worse. I was in J so I still got the seat, but no wifi or IFE. If you were booked in rows 6-8, you'd presumably be moved from a PE seat to a routine MCE seat.
They said it was expected to be for about two weeks, the 332 is in the shop.
They said it was expected to be for about two weeks, the 332 is in the shop.
Aug 10, 2018, 12:23 am
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I think it's relevant to post here; I was booked on this bird yesterday PHL-LAX but we got a B763 instead. It was much worse. I was in J so I still got the seat, but no wifi or IFE. If you were booked in rows 6-8, you'd presumably be moved from a PE seat to a routine MCE seat.
They said it was expected to be for about two weeks, the 332 is in the shop.
They said it was expected to be for about two weeks, the 332 is in the shop.
Aug 10, 2018, 5:15 am
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Sep 3, 2018, 10:08 pm
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I went to book a flight on this bird. The seat map shows rows 6-8 all "unavailable." The flight is two weeks away, and there were a vast number of seats "unavailable' including all seats in rows 33-36.
It's not possible that these seats are actually taken. I was hoping to book coach and then pay the MCE fee for these seats, which is what I've done on another upcoming flight I have.
Does anyone know what's going on? Why would these show "unavailable?"
It's not possible that these seats are actually taken. I was hoping to book coach and then pay the MCE fee for these seats, which is what I've done on another upcoming flight I have.
Does anyone know what's going on? Why would these show "unavailable?"
Sep 4, 2018, 8:04 am
#644
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Same issue!
I went to book a flight on this bird. The seat map shows rows 6-8 all "unavailable." The flight is two weeks away, and there were a vast number of seats "unavailable' including all seats in rows 33-36.
It's not possible that these seats are actually taken. I was hoping to book coach and then pay the MCE fee for these seats, which is what I've done on another upcoming flight I have.
Does anyone know what's going on? Why would these show "unavailable?"
It's not possible that these seats are actually taken. I was hoping to book coach and then pay the MCE fee for these seats, which is what I've done on another upcoming flight I have.
Does anyone know what's going on? Why would these show "unavailable?"
Sep 4, 2018, 11:05 am
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Center bulkhead vs starboard aisle MCE