After flying Fiji Airways’ A350 business class from Los Angeles to Nadi, and enjoying some great coffee in the Fiji Airways Lounge, it was time to connect on a Fiji Airways A330 from Nadi to Auckland, for a short 2hr50min flight.
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It's certainly a decent product compared to something like CX's recliners on their 773s and select A330s. I'd be happy with this product especially on a 3-4 hour red-eye flight or even just an early morning flight. I've tried this seat on an SQ flight from SIN-HKG and it was adequate.
These planes are in fact the same ones that you have tried. All of Fiji's A330 are ex-SQ, which explains the familiarity.
I was actually on a 772ER, but of course same exact seat (finish and trim aside). Legroom was great. It's much easier to hop over your neighbor even if it's in bed mode.
Agree on the Fijians! Shame you didn’t go explore Fiji itself, have you been already?
In all honesty, I cannot see much value in a flat bed, angled or otherwise, on a three hour flight.
I understand that this flight can serve passengers connecting from longer flights, but still... by the time the seat belt lights are off and meal service is finished, how much sleep will people be getting.
What I really miss on those flights is the old fashioned seat. Think BA cradle seat from the 90s.
They were most definitely much better padded and a lot more comfortable to sit in than any of the mechanical flat bed seats.
Sadly I cannot think of a single business class seat in 2022 that can match the comfort of a reclined cradle seat for a short flight.
Looking at their fleet size, it doesn’t appear they will be receiving anymore A350s. The two they have are used on their higher yield LAX route. It would make sense if they had a few more for their SFO & YVR flights. Their flights to HNL, AKL & Australia are normally flown with 7M8s and obviously AKL has 330 service’as well. It reminds me how people are not thrilled about Emirates or Turkish 77W flights due to having a dated business class.
Air New Zealand puts a widebody on one of their flights to Nadi - currently 789. Pre-Covid it was operated by a 777.
None of the Fiji Airways A330's are ex Singapore Airlines. All were delivered directly from Airbus. (There were two ex Air Seychelles A330s on lease till recently but they have since been returned.)
However Fiji Airways uses the same (old) regional business class seats as Singapore Airlines which explains where the confusion comes from. However none of these are second hand planes from Singapore Airlines
Flight from an to singapore is very expensive please y it's expensive is the company recovering for COVID lockdown.
I flew FJ A330 in 2019 from HKG to NAN. As a 10 hr flight, even FJ provided so many other services and add-ons to improve the soft product, the angled-flat seat was definitely a disadvantage. I could not even have a good sleep when I was tired. I know FJ is for the leisure market and I was quite thrilled to see the ocean and the tropical Sleeping Giant Garden upon arrival, I still wish in the future FJ would change the seat to flat-bed seat for better experiences from start to the end of a Fiji trip.
A few years ago flew the A330 from LAX to NAN then onto SYD and back. The business class staff was friendly and genuine in their care and service. So gracious in fact that any perceived cabin short comings were forgotten about. I felt pampered and spoiled.
We originally booked our trip to Fiji in February, at that time we were scheduled to be in a pod type of seat however over the next several months (our vacay was in sept), The plane got downgraded and we were shifted to the A330. It was a huge disappointment as we were looking forward to the pod. And the 10 hour flight into Nadi from LAX was uncomfortable & not what we expected & paid for!!! Our return flight did in fact provide us with the pod and we were thrilled.
Lucky you. When horrifically jetlagged after a long-haul flight, skipping the meal and catching another 90 minutes sleep is worth it. If you want to sleep, being forced to sit up can be torture.
Fiji airways is changing their LAX-NADI flight back to a A330. I'm flying w/ them next week and noticed the change. I'm a little disappointed cause i was really looking forward to the A350
Just flew Fiji Airways A-330 from NAN to SFO in business class. I am sorry I upgraded to business on this trip, because the extra expense was not worth it. The seats did not go fully flat as I had expected and the leg room was very limited as well. This is an old configuration which is not competitive in this class on a long haul flight. My advice don't waste your money on this product because it is unsatisfactory on a long haul flight.