MEL-SYD
Flight: JQ3 Aircraft Type: Airbus A330-200 Rego: VH-EBQ Name: n/a
STD: 1415 Pushback: 1555 Rotate: 1604 Gate: 5
STA: 1540 Touchdown: 1701 At Gate: 1707 Seat: 44A
1st Time on VH-EBQ
1st Time on Airbus A330
60th Flight Overall
Aircraft finally arrived at gate five long behind schedule which wasn't a problem with me. What was a problem was the lack of communication from the Jetstar ground crew about the delay. For this flight we were lucky enough to be assigned over wing exits back in row 44.
My colorful boarding pass.
Hey look it's finally here, and it's Jetstar's newest A330 featuring seat back AVOD
Gate 5 occupied at last.
The aircraft was prepared and finally about 5 minutes before we were due into Sydney boarding commenced. Straight down to row 44 to find a huge amount of leg room. The flight was pretty full in the rear section of economy, not sure about the front though.
Only a small amount of space to stretch out in!
Nice clean wing on this four month old aircraft.
About 20 minutes after boarding the main door was closed and push back commenced, a recorded safety demonstration was shown the crew doing all the usual actions. Not sure if the screens were used in the demo as mine was tucked away in my arm rest. Takeoff was very smooth, the A330 produces plenty of power making for a quick climb up to 39000 feat. After some exploration of the AVOD system I put it on to airshow and tracked our progress until it had to be stowed back in my armrest.
The usual Jetstar BoB menu was offered, I got Cheese and Biscuits and a Lemonade.
My snack
AVOD, Hook, Line and Sinker was one of the shows offered for free.
Cruising over thick cloud.
Decent today was pretty quick and very smooth, making approach for 34L
On decent.
On downwind turning base for YSSY
A little bit of speed brake as we head out over the coast
Turning final
On final approach with sun setting in the background.
Over the runway
Down
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Taxi in
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VH-OJS
Landing was smooth and taxi in was quick, we were able to get through customs, etc relativity quick once again due to the express lane. we then headed into the City for a short time before heading back to the terminal for our flight back to Canberra.