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The first flight crew. The A330-900 first flight on 19 October 2017 was a debut of the 1,400 hours flight test campaign involving three prototypes plus the first production aircraft: 1,100 flight hours for the A330-900 and 300 flight hours for the A330-800, targeting mid-2018 EASA and FAA Type Certification. [3]
First flight of A330-900 on 19 October 2017. The A330neo ("neo" for "New Engine Option") is a development from the initial A330 (now A330ceo — "Current Engine Option"). A new version with modern engines developed for the Boeing 787 was called for by owners of the current A330.
March 15, 2020 (): During the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented transit in the US through Los Angeles International Airport, Air Tahiti Nui scheduled and operated, in March and April 2020, Flight TN64 as a non-stop flight between Papeete and Paris–CDG, using a Boeing 787-9 and covering 15,715 km (9,765 mi; 8,485 nmi) in a scheduled time of ...
Line drawings of the A330-200 and A330-300, the two most common types in service of Airbus A330 range. The Airbus A330 is a wide-body , dual-isle, twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus . Versions of the A330 have a range of 7,400 to 13,430 kilometres (4,000 to 7,250 nautical miles ), and can accommodate up to 335 passengers in a two-class ...
The A330-900 was initially cleared for 180 min ETOPS with a limitation of 500 engine cycles for the first delivery to TAP Portugal on 26 November. Full ETOPS required an EASA approval plan with a 3,000 cycles validation test plus three simulated diversions followed by disassembly and examination before the end of December. [ 14 ]
The airline believed that using narrow-body aircraft on shorter routes, with a maximum flight time of 7.9 hours, could result in cost savings of up to 16% on variable costs and 5% on fixed costs. [48] In March 2020, AirAsia X announced that the delivery of its Airbus A330-900 aircraft would be delayed indefinitely
There are 1,798 firm orders for all versions of the Airbus A330; 1,479 for the A330ceo (current engine option) and a further 319 for the A330neo (new engine option), of which a total of 1,470 A330ceo and 141 A330neos have been delivered as of end of September 2024.
The memorandum of understanding was for 40 A330-900 aircraft and 30 A350-900s, worth US$21.4 billion at list prices. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] [ 65 ] The order for 40 Boeing 787s announced in 2017 had not been formalised by the time of the order for the A330neos and A350s, [ 66 ] and although Emirates' 2018-2019 results dropped all mention of the 787, the ...