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The Dutch flag carrier airline KLM operates a fleet of 116 aircraft. The narrow-body fleet is composed of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft which will be replaced by Airbus A320neo family aircraft in 2024. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft are used on medium
The A330 was developed in parallel with the A340, which shared many common airframe components, but differed in number of engines. Both airliners incorporated fly-by-wire flight control technology, first introduced on an Airbus aircraft with the A320, as well as the A320's six-display glass cockpit. [2]
Flight tracking enables travellers as well as those picking up travellers after a flight to know whether a flight has landed or is on schedule, for example to determine whether it is time to go to the airport. Aircraft carry ADS-B transponders, which transmit information such as the aircraft ID, GPS position, and altitude as radio signals.
All Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, and some Airbus A330-200 aircraft are fitted with the Panasonic eX2 in-flight entertainment system. [ 182 ] KLM provides a selection of international newspapers to its passengers on long-haul flights; on short-haul flights, they are offered only to Europe Business Class passengers.
An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase. Included in this list are ships which meet the above definition and had an official name ( italicized ) or designation (non-italicized), regardless of whether they were or ...
A total of 1,863 orders have been placed for the A330 family, of which 1,623 have been delivered and 1,461 are in service with 149 operators. The global A330 fleet had accumulated more than 65 million flight hours since its entry into service. The A330 is the second most delivered wide-body airliner after the Boeing 777.
At entry into service in 2018, sales were disappointing and A330 production was to be cut to 50 in 2019 down from 67 in 2017: while it was the widebody with the largest operator base with 1,390 deliveries since 1993, the fleet was still very young with only 46 aircraft retired. Airbus believed A330 operators would start fleet renewal beginning ...
The following is a list of orders, deliveries and backlog for the Airbus A330 by model as of 31 December 2024: Ord — number of aircraft ordered from Airbus by the specified customer; Del — number of aircraft delivered by Airbus to the specified customer; Bl — number of aircraft still to be delivered to the specified customer