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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.
The A330-300, the first variant, took its maiden flight in November 1992, and entered passenger service with Air Inter in January 1994. [3] Responding to dwindling sales, Airbus followed up with the slightly shorter A330-200 variant in 1998, which has proved more popular. Subsequently, developed A330 variants include a dedicated freighter, the ...
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]
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 ]
A Royal Australian Air Force aircraftswoman demonstrating the use of an oxygen mask during a pre-flight safety demonstration on board an Australian Airbus A330 MRTT. A pre-flight safety briefing (also known as a pre-flight demonstration, in-flight safety briefing, in-flight safety demonstration, safety instructions, or simply the safety video) is a detailed explanation given before take-off to ...