A330 – is it impressive?

A330 is IMO (and I’m biased) the most elegant wide-body flying. To look out of the windows at those wings is truly amazing.

I too have flown an Airtours A330, as well as a JMC example both of flights to Cancun. Both had PTV’s but the Airtours example was more comfortable and appeared more spacious thanks to the downstairs loos.

The best aircraft in the sky. 🙂

Re: A330 – is it impressive?

Originally posted by hazwacca
in july im flying Perth, Australia to Melbourne Australia on a a330. i have never been on one so i dont know what to expect.

A report and photos would be nice

I was on an Air Canada 333 from YYZ-LHR with a full load. Let me say, she climed very well. I had never been on a more powerful take-off ever, well at least i had not had the pleasure of being on a quad or a T7. As for comfort, very good. I was in front of a bulkhead so i had nobody behind me and i had plenty of room. Of course it could differ between airlines. And it was relatively quite.

This had downstairs toilets, a unique feature and helped to create a sense of space. Aer Lingus just had standard toilets but had a crew rest area at the back of the plane.

This is one of the Aer Lingus 330’s I’ve been on. EI-DAA, the only one they’ve got with PTV’s.

Like this…

I’ve been on three A330’s and found them to be comfortable, spacious and enjoyable to fly on. It depends on the cabin layout, some have downstairs toilets which help to make the plane feel bigger. Seat wise they generally have a 2-4-2 arrangement in standard class.

Presumably you’re flying Qantas on that trip, dunno what facilities they have on board ? Two of my trips had PTV’s and one trip had external camera feeds to view.