Virgin Australia's two new A330s
Mar 26, 2012, 10:24 pm
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Virgin Australia's two new A330s
Not sure of the degree of FT interest in this, but one of Virgin Australia's two new Airbus A330s (I believe it's the first of the factory-fresh pair which will be used for Melbourne-Perth services) is doing its delivery flight from Toulouse on April 24th. This is the one with new seats & IFE and no middle seat.
Mar 27, 2012, 2:04 am
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http://www.planespotters.net/Product...-Australia.php
Thanks for the heads up.
Looks good, can't wait to see/experience the new J seating, hopefully not at the expense of legroom/recline.
Thanks for the heads up.
Looks good, can't wait to see/experience the new J seating, hopefully not at the expense of legroom/recline.
Mar 29, 2012, 2:14 am
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Looking forward to seeing these in service but apparently they are doing the MEL-PER run only and the ex-Emirates aircraft aren't getting refitted.
Shame as I'm booked on SYD-PER in the back end of this year and was hoping to try out the new J product.
Shame as I'm booked on SYD-PER in the back end of this year and was hoping to try out the new J product.
Apr 14, 2012, 8:34 pm
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Is there anyway of telling if you'll be getting one of the new A330's? I know at the moment when you book you can see whether your flying on a 737-800 or A330.
Apr 15, 2012, 7:24 pm
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May 11, 2012, 3:52 pm
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You never know, and I believe the emirates aircraft will be refitted.
May 19, 2012, 3:21 am
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Totally incorrect!
http://www.ausbt.com.au/virgin-austr...ss-class-seats
While all of Virgin's new A330s will sport the new business class seats, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed to Australian Business Traveller that its first two A330s -- which were bought 'pre-loved' from Emirates and currently fly Sydney-Perth -- would not be upgraded to install the new business class seating or remove the middle seat from that aircraft's 2-3-2 layout.
http://www.ausbt.com.au/virgin-austr...ss-class-seats
While all of Virgin's new A330s will sport the new business class seats, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed to Australian Business Traveller that its first two A330s -- which were bought 'pre-loved' from Emirates and currently fly Sydney-Perth -- would not be upgraded to install the new business class seating or remove the middle seat from that aircraft's 2-3-2 layout.
May 21, 2012, 3:19 pm
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Totally incorrect!
http://www.ausbt.com.au/virgin-austr...ss-class-seats
While all of Virgin's new A330s will sport the new business class seats, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed to Australian Business Traveller that its first two A330s -- which were bought 'pre-loved' from Emirates and currently fly Sydney-Perth -- would not be upgraded to install the new business class seating or remove the middle seat from that aircraft's 2-3-2 layout.
http://www.ausbt.com.au/virgin-austr...ss-class-seats
While all of Virgin's new A330s will sport the new business class seats, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed to Australian Business Traveller that its first two A330s -- which were bought 'pre-loved' from Emirates and currently fly Sydney-Perth -- would not be upgraded to install the new business class seating or remove the middle seat from that aircraft's 2-3-2 layout.
May 22, 2012, 6:33 pm
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Get back to me when it's actually completed/announced.
You have also claimed that A330's will be flying from BNE-PER-BNE
More 777's will be ordered and used to fly to Asia
Amongst other un-true claims
Jul 9, 2012, 2:49 am
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, oh and it's Farnborough this week when new orders get announced......As for my earlier comment about "press", I do include inaccurate blogs in that comment as a sweeping generalisation!
Jul 14, 2012, 8:52 pm
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