So recently I flew Sydney to Perth on QF565 operated by a A330-200. That was my first flight on a Qantas A330 and just thought I might share some of my thoughts of some of the aspects of my transcontinental flight
Check in: Check in was very good and organised. They have the do it yourself bag drop at T3 in Sydney, so just print your bag tags and put it on the scales and off it goes
Boarding: Boarding was quite slow, the whole process involved awkwardly standing in the aerobridge for nearly 10 minutes just to get on the aircraft
Comfort: The seat was quite comfortable, probably the best I’ve sat in domestically, it was a 5 hour flight so a comfy seat was quite. Legroom was again probably the best I’ve experienced on a domestic flight (quite good considering I’m 6ft 2)
Entertainment: Qantas does it quite nicely, unlike Virgin (or any other Australian domestic carriers in fact) you are given compliantly use of an iPad mini for the flight, this has an average (nothing too special) collection of Music, Movies, TV shows and Audio books. There is an iPad holder on the seat back which is adjustable so you can easily watch movies and TV without needed to physically hold the iPad. Qantas offers complimentry headphones (not the best but they where adequate). There is 1 USB plug to charge your devices or the iPad (which was at 100% at the start of the flight). Qantas also offers a magazine in the seat pocket
Service: Service on this flight was done quite well. Breakfast was served efficiency but nicely. They also gave you a snack at the back end of the flight
Food: Breakfest was not good, not good at all, baked beans with a awful looking hash brown and the Omlete looked horrible, bearly touched it. The snack at the back end of the flight also looked horrible so bearly touched that either
The aircraft and the flight itself: Bearly any bumps, aircraft was reasonably quiet, 5 hours is long but it was no problem in Qantas economy
Overall: Good flight but the food really disappointed me. Service and entertainment where on par with what I expected. Comfort really surprised me in a good way, the flight itself was a good one with bearly any bumps, best flight domestically i have experienced
