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The Airbus A330-900 maintains the A330-300's fuselage dimensions with 10 more seats thanks to cabin optimisation. [156] With modern Trent 7000 engines and redesigned winglets , it should burn 14% less fuel per seat than the A330-300 over a distance of 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi). [ 159 ]
Airbus previously considered the A330-300 and A340-500, but each required too much of the limited 1,663 m (5,456 ft) runway at Hawarden Airport near Broughton in Wales. [17] In May 2015, Airbus confirmed that the new aircraft would have a 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wider cross-section than its predecessor and provide a 12% increase in payload.
The -900 retains the A330-300 fuselage. TAP Air Portugal was the launch operator of this variant. The A330-900 retains the fuselage length of the A330-300 and the similarly sized four-engined A340-300. Cabin optimisation allows ten additional seats on the A330-900 (310 passengers) with 18-inch-wide economy seats. [15]
English: Seating capacity versus range of Airbus A330 and A340. The source data is in Flight International, pp. 54-55, (26 October - 1 November 2004) Date:
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 ...
Airbus A300B4-600R: 35 1988 2009 Airbus A330-200 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-300ER: One crashed as Flight 587. [19] Airbus A330-200: 15 2013 2020 Boeing 787-9: Former US Airways fleet. Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [20] Airbus A330-300: 9 [21] [22] BAe 146-100: 1 1987 1988 Unknown Leased from British Aerospace. [citation needed ...
In April 2013, it was announced that SriLankan Airlines had won government approval to acquire four Airbus A350-900 and seven A330-300 aircraft, with deliveries of the A330-300 starting from October 2014. [59] Deliveries for the ordered A350-900s are set to commence in 2019.
US Airways – International First Class consisted of six flatbed suites in the first row on the Airbus A330-300. International First Class was eliminated as a separate class of service in 2002, although the seats remained until the A330-300 fleet was refurbished.