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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]
On 4 June 2020, China Airlines Flight 202, an Airbus A330-302 registered as B-18302, from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport with 76 passengers and 11 crew, [27] landed on Songshan's wet runway 10, when upon touchdown all three primary flight computers, thrust reversers and autobrake systems failed affecting the stopping distance of the aircraft.
The A330-800neo's launch operator, Kuwait Airways, at Frankfurt Airport An IberoJet A330-900neo taking off from Madrid-Barajas Airport. The Airbus A330-800 is based on the A330-200, with, cabin modifications, larger Trent 7000 engines and aerodynamic improvements. [157] The A330-800s maiden flight took place on 6 November 2018. [158]
Starlux also announced during September 2020 that its Airbus A350s would feature a first class cabin. [81] As part of the plans, Starlux was to become the first Taiwanese airline to fly the Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330-900, and Airbus A350-1000, [12] [82] [74] but the remaining A350-1000 orders were later converted to the -900 variant instead.
In October 2018, Kuwait Airways amended a pre-existing commitment with Airbus for 10 A350-900s by reducing it to five of these aircraft and ordered eight Airbus A330-800s, which were scheduled to be delivered from March 2019. [3] [121] The first two Airbus A330-800s were handed over to the airline by the aircraft manufacturer in October 2020. [122]
An Air Malta crewman performing a pre-flight inspection of an Airbus A320.. Aviation safety is the study and practice of managing risks in aviation.This includes preventing aviation accidents and incidents through research, educating air travel personnel, passengers and the general public, as well as the design of aircraft and aviation infrastructure.
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A330" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It flew its maiden flight on 30 January of that year with a flight from Denpasar to Taipei with an Airbus A330-300. [ 14 ] On 28 June 2016, Indonesia AirAsia launched the Auto Bag Drop facility at Ngurah Rai International Airport . [ 15 ]