Qantas new A330-200 with AVOD in domestic economy

Qantas has launched its second new A330-200 on domestic routes, providing new seating and inflight entertainment options for passengers

Qantas has launched its second new A330-200 on domestic routes, providing new seating and inflight entertainment options for passengers. It featuring state-of-the-art in-seat entertainment for all customers. Even economy seats have a seatback TV on the new Qantas A330-200.

The Qantas A330-200 aircraft is configured with 36 business and 265 economy seats.

Qantas A330 Business Class is in a 2-2-2 layout, with 6 rows, unlike the 2-3-2 layout of previous planes, giving a larger wider seat. The wide seatback design gives a seat pitch of 38 inches, and a width of 22 inches. Business passengers also gain a cocktail table, ergonomic cushions and extendable leg rest with fold-out footrest.

The Qantas A330 seating plan for Economy Class in the Qantas A330-200 in domestic have a seat pitch of 31" and a width of 18.1". Seats are in a 2-4-2 layout, ensuring that every passenger is only one seat away from the isle. There is an ergonomic seat cushioning, a seat base that moves in conjunction with the seat recline, and adjustable headrests, that slide up, with adjustable wings. All Qantas A330 economy seats feature AVOD (Audio Video on Demand) and a TV screen.

Each seat offers a USB port for passenger to charge their electrical devices, however this may be an issue for some people. The socket is just a USB socket: great for charging iPhones, but some computers will not take power through the USB socket.

The new Qantas A330-200 aircraft has touch screen functionality for its entertainment system, and on demand inflight entertainment options using the new Panasonic eX2 system which until now for Qantas was only found on Qantas A380 aircraft. The plane's on-demand Panasonic eX2 system has over five hundred entertainment options including movies, television programs, a CD library, games, a dedicated children's section, plus Qantas Lonely Planet Guides as seen on the A380. However there are only 10 films per flight, and these films change on the outward and return journeys.

There are currently two Qantas A330-200 with the new seating layout, and inflight entertainment system. The first was called 'Tamar Valley' after the renowned Tasmanian wine region. The second A330-200, is named 'Clare Valley' after the South Australia Valley.

The aircraft are mainly used between Sydney and Perth on trans-continental flights, but occasionally pop up on the Melbourne to Perth run.

You can tell if it is one of the new aircraft on a particular flight by making a dummy Business Class booking, and

seeing if the seat layout on the Qantas A330 has only 2 seats across in the middle. If it does, it is the new aircraft.