QANTAS last week began flying the first of its new General Electric CF6 powered Airbus A330-300 aircraft on international routes. The aircraft will initially operate from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to Hong Kong. Executive general manager John Borghetti said this marked an important step in a fleet strategy which will see A330-300s replacing Boeing 767 aircraft on international routes. The two-class A330-300s features 30 Skybeds in business class and offers 267 seats in economy. The Airbus A330-300s will fly on other medium haul routes in the coming months, including Tokyo Narita, Singapore and from Sydney to Shanghai when Qantas resumes services to China on 2 December later this year. A further three A330-300s will be delivered for international flying from November 2004, bringing the total A330-300 fleet to nine.
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