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The older Airbus A340-300 aircraft were withdrawn from service in April 2015, as rising costs had made it less economical to run the type. Virgin Atlantic had begun to replace the A340-300 on routes with the two-engine A330-300 and 787-9. The final Virgin Atlantic A340-300 flight was made on 9 April, landing at Heathrow early on 10 April. [29]
Virgin Atlantic's Airbus A330neo debuted with an exclusive "Retreat Suite" business class and ditched bars for a new social space called the "Loft." Virgin is spending $17 billion on new planes ...
The A330-800 was introduced by Kuwait Airways on 20 November 2020. The A330-800 retains the fuselage length of the A330-200, but can seat six more passengers (for a total of 252) with an optimised cabin featuring 18-inch-wide economy seats. [15] The -800 should have a range of 7500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) with 257 passengers (406 max). [76]
Consumer Reports released its new ratings of the best and worst airlines. Virgin America was at the top of the list. Spirit Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE) was at the bottom. Southwest Airlines Co ...
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 ...
Staff members serve dozens of people in business class, while first-class cabins typically seat fewer than 10 passengers, he added. "There's a lot of work that goes into all those meals and drinks ...
The Airbus A330-900 maintains the A330-300's fuselage dimensions with 10 more seats thanks to cabin optimisation. [157] 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). [ 160 ]
On 12 March 1987, Airbus received the first orders for the twinjet. The domestic French airline Air Inter (then Air France Europe) placed five firm orders and 15 options while Thai Airways International requested eight aircraft, split evenly between firm orders and options.