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Airbus on the other hand claimed the A380 had 8% less fuel consumption per passenger than the 747-8I, and in 2007 Singapore Airlines CEO Chew Choong Seng stated the A380 was performing better than both the airline and Airbus had anticipated, burning 20% less fuel per passenger than the airline's 747-400 fleet. [51]
In response to a decline in A330-300 sales, increased market penetration by the Boeing 767-300ER, and airline requests for increased range and smaller aircraft, Airbus developed the A330-200. [48] Known as the A329 and A330M10 during development, the A330-200 would offer nine per cent lower operating costs than the Boeing 767-300ER. [ 49 ]
On 29 and 30 October 2016, Emirates retired three aircraft types from its operating fleet, namely the Airbus A330-200, A340-300 and Boeing 777-200ER. This simplification of aircraft reduced the airline's current fleet to just two aircraft families until the addition of the Airbus A350-900 in 2024: the Airbus A380-800, and three models from the ...
Airbus A330-200: 6 — 18 — 36 210 264 To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350. [5] [6] Airbus A330-300: 5 — 30 — 40 222 292 Airbus A350-900 — 11 34 26 33 238 331 [7] Order with 40 options to be shared between Air France and KLM and delivered from 2026 to 2030. [6] [8] Replacing Airbus A330 and Boeing 777-200ER. [6]
In April 2009, Turkish Airlines announced that it had ordered five Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. In July the same year, additional seven aircraft were ordered, bringing the total to 12. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] In November 2009, the airline ordered three Airbus A330-300 aircraft, bringing the total number ordered to ten.
The Airbus A220-300 is the most fuel-efficient, compared with the A319neo and Boeing 737 MAX 7 [48] Jet airliners became 70% more fuel efficient between 1967 and 2007, [ 49 ] 40% due to improvements in engine efficiency and 30% from airframes. [ 50 ]
On 10 December 1998, Singapore Airlines took delivery of its first Boeing 777-300. [51] The airline announced the order of 19 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in August 2004 with the order signed on 23 December 2004, during which an unused option for the Boeing 777 family was converted into an order for a Boeing 777-300ER.
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 ...