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 layout , or carry 70 tonnes (150,000 pounds ) of cargo.
The origin of the A330 dates to the 1970s as one of several conceived derivatives of Airbus's first airliner, the A300 . 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 .[1] In June 1987, after receiving orders from various customers, Airbus launched the A330 and A340. The A330 was Airbus's first airliner offered with the choice of three engines: General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce.[2]
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 A330-200F, and a military multi-role aerial refuelling tanker-transport, the A330 MRTT .
Since its launch, the A330 has allowed Airbus to expand market share in wide-body airliners. Airlines have selected the A330 as a replacement for less economical trijets , and versus rival twinjets. Boeing has offered variants of the 767 and 777 as competitors, along with the 787 which entered service in 2011. Airbus's A350 also shares this wide-body airliner market. As of November 2022[update] , the A330's order book contained 1,764 airframes, of which 1,555 had been delivered and 1,462 were in service.[4] The largest operator is Delta Air Lines with 61 aircraft.[4]
Airline operators [ edit ] A list of operators of the Airbus A330 , as of April 2024[update] .[4]
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airline country 200 200F 300 300P2F 800 900 total in service notes undisclosed customers 24 3 22 49 government; executive & private 54 54 Aer Lingus Ireland 3 10 13 Aer Lingus UK United Kingdom 2 2 Aeroflot Russia 5 12 12 No longer supported by Airbus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Aerolíneas Argentinas Argentina 9 9 AeroSur Bolivia 1 — Operated by Air Comet Afriqiyah Airways Libya 2 1 3 Aigle Azur France 2 — Ceased operations in 2019 Air Anka Turkey 1 1 2 Air Algérie Algeria 8 3 8 Air Belgium Belgium 2 3 2 7 1 A330-200F operating for CMA CGM Air Cargo Air Berlin Germany 17 3 — Ceased operations in 2017 Air Canada Canada 18 18 Air Caraïbes Guadeloupe 1 2 3 Air Caraïbes Atlantique France 1 1 1 Air China China 27 28 55 Air Comet Spain 8 — Ceased operations in 2009 Air Europa Spain 12 5 — Air France France 15 15 Air Greenland Greenland 1 1 1 Air Hong Kong China ( Hong Kong ) 2 4 6 Air India India 2 — Air Inter France 4 — Launch customer of A330-300, merged with Air France in 1997 Air Italy Italy 5 — Ceased operations in 2020, transferred to Qatar Airways Air Leisure Egypt 3 — Ceased operations in 2018 Air Madrid Spain 3 2 — Ceased operations in 2006 Air Mauritius Mauritius 1 2 3 Air Namibia Namibia 2 — Ceased operations in 2021 Air Nigeria Nigeria 1 — Ceased operations in 2012, leased from EgyptAir Air One Italy 2 — Ceased operations in 2014 Air Samarkand Uzbekistan 2 2 Air Senegal Senegal 2 2 One operated by Airhub Airlines Air Serbia Serbia 2 2 Air Transat Canada 13 1 14 AirAsia Malaysia 1 1 AirAsia X Malaysia 1 15 15 15 AirCalin New Caledonia 2 2 2 Airhub Airlines Malta 1 2 1 4 A330-900 operating for Air Senegal AirTanker United Kingdom 14 14 Operates the Airbus Voyager for the Royal Air Force, leasing its 'surge' fleet to civilian airlines Ajwaa Airlines Egypt 1 1 Leased from EgyptAir Alitalia Italy 14 — Ceased operations in 2021 AlMasria Universal Airlines Egypt 1 — Amazon Air United States 1 1 Operated by Hawaiian Airlines American Airlines United States 15 9 — Acquired from merger with US Airways Arik Air Nigeria 3 — Asiana Airlines South Korea 15 15 ASL Airlines Ireland Ireland 2 3 3 Operated by DHL Aura Airlines Spain 1 — Ceased operations in 2022 Avianca Colombia 12 2 — Avianca Brasil Brazil 6 1 — Ceased operations in 2019 Avianca Cargo Colombia 6 4 6 Avianca Perú Peru 1 — Ceased operations in 2020, transferred to Avianca Awesome Cargo Mexico 1 1 Azores Airlines Portugal 1 — Azul Brazilian Airlines Brazil 7 5 12 To be added +4 units of the A330-900's to the fleet, and 2 leased aircraft from Avianca Batik Air Indonesia 2 2 Batik Air Malaysia Malaysia 1 1 Beijing Capital Airlines China 7 4 11 BH Air Bulgaria 1 — Blue Panorama Airlines Italy 3 — Ceased operations in 2022, operated under Luke Air name, never entered service Blue Wings Germany 2 — Transferred to TAP Air Portugal Boliviana de Aviación Bolivia 2 2 British Midland International United Kingdom 3 — Merged with British Airways in 2012 Brussels Airlines Belgium 4 9 9 Canada 3000 Canada 4 — Launch customer of A330-200, ceased operations in 2001 Cathay Dragon China ( Hong Kong ) 29 — Ceased operations in 2020 Cathay Pacific China ( Hong Kong ) 42 42 Cebu Pacific Philippines 1 7 8 China Airlines Taiwan 21 21 To be retired by 2026 China Eastern Airlines China 30 25 55 China Southern Airlines China 14 27 41 Citilink Indonesia 2 — Transferred to Garuda Indonesia CMA CGM Air Cargo Belgium 4 4 1 operated by Air Belgium Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Congo 1 1 Condor Germany 2 2 10 12 A330-300 leased from Smartlynx Airlines Malta Conviasa Venezuela 1 1 — A330-200 leased from Hi Fly A330-300 leased from AirAsia X Corendon Airlines Turkey 1 1 Leased from Airhub Airlines Corsair International France 3 4 5 9 Cubana de Aviación Cuba 1 — Leased from Novair Czech Airlines Czech Republic 1 — Leased from Korean Air Delta Air Lines United States 11 31 22 64 Largest A330 operator DHL Air UK United Kingdom 3 3 Dragonair China ( Hong Kong ) 30 — Rebranded to Cathay Dragon in 2016 Edelweiss Air Switzerland 2 2 — A330-300 transferred to Eurowings Discover EgyptAir Egypt 3 4 7 EgyptAir Cargo Egypt 3 3 Emirates United Arab Emirates 29 — Etihad Airways United Arab Emirates 31 5 6 — Eurofly Italy 5 — Merged with Meridiana in 2010 European Air Transport Leipzig Germany 3 2 5 Eurowings Germany 7 5 12 A330-200 operated by SunExpress Deutschland A330-300 operated by Brussels Airlines Eurowings Discover Germany 3 9 12 EVA Air Taiwan 3 9 12 Evelop Airlines Spain 1 4 — Renamed to Iberojet in 2021 Eznis Airways Mongolia 1 1 Fiji Airways Fiji 5 1 6 Finnair Finland 8 8 Flynas Saudi Arabia 2 10 3 13 A330-200 leased from Hi Fly and Eaglexpress Air A330-900 leased from Lion Air Fly Gangwon South Korea 1 1 Fly OYA Libya 1 1 French Bee France 1 — Formerly French Blue , transferred to Air Caraïbes Garuda Indonesia Indonesia 5 20 4 5 30 GetJet Airlines Lithuania 1 1 Gulf Air Bahrain 12 — GullivAir Bulgaria 3 3 Hans Airways United Kingdom 1 1 Hainan Airlines China 9 24 33 Hawaiian Airlines United States 24 1 25 Operating for Amazon Air Heston Airlines Lithuania 3 3 Hi Fly Portugal 2 2 1 — HiSky Europe Romania 1 Hi Fly Malta Malta 3 1 1 4 A330-900 transferred to Airhub Airlines Hong Kong Airlines China ( Hong Kong ) 9 5 7 21 Iberia Spain 18 8 26 Iberojet Spain 2 1 3 Iberworld Airlines Spain 1 4 — A330-200 leased from Orbest , rebranded to Orbest Orizonia Airlines in 2011 I-Fly Russia 3 3 6 No longer supported by Airbus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Indonesia AirAsia X Indonesia 2 — Ceased operations in 2019 Iran Air Iran 2 2 Iraqi Airways Iraq 1 1 ITA Airways Italy 8 3 11 Jet2.com United Kingdom 2 — Leased from AirTanker Services Jet Airways India 12 4 — Jordan Aviation Jordan 2 2 KLM Netherlands 6 5 11 To be retired by 2025 Korean Air South Korea 8 22 30 Kuwait Airways Kuwait 5 4 9 Launch customer of A330-800 LEVEL Spain 5 5 Operated by Iberia Libyan Airlines Libya 3 3 Lion Air Indonesia 5 8 13 LTU International Germany 9 8 — Merged with Air Berlin in 2009 Lucky Air China 5 5 Lufthansa Germany 5 11 11 To be replaced by 787-9. Maldivian Maldives 2 — Malaysia Airlines Malaysia 9 15 20 24 Maleth-Aero Malta 4 4 Mas Air Mexico 2 1 3 MASkargo Malaysia 3 3 Meridiana Italy 1 — Operated for Turkish Airlines Middle East Airlines Lebanon 5 4 5 MNG Airlines Turkey 1 2 3 Monarch Airlines United Kingdom 2 — Ceased operations in 2017 Mongolian Airways Mongolia 1 1 MyTravel Airways United Kingdom 3 1 — Merged with Thomas Cook Airlines in 2008 National Airlines (N8) United States 1 1 Nepal Airlines Nepal 2 2 Nordwind Airlines Russia 2 3 5 No longer supported by Airbus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Northwest Airlines United States 11 21 — Merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010 Novair Sweden 6 — Oman Air Oman 4 6 — Onur Air Turkey 12 5 — Ceased operations in 2022 Orbest Portugal 2 1 1 — A330-900 transferred to Iberojet Orbest Orizonia Airlines Spain 1 2 — Ceased operations in 2013 Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan 1 — Leased from SriLankan Airlines Philippine Airlines Philippines 15 15 PAL Airlines Chile 1 — Leased from Air Europa Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas Spain 5 5 Qanot Sharq Uzbekistan 1 1 Qantas Australia 18 10 28 Qatar Airways Qatar 5 8 7 12 To be retired by 2023 Really Cool Airlines Thailand 3
— RwandAir Rwanda 1 1 2 Sabena Belgium 6 4 — Ceased operations in 2001 SalamAir Oman 3
— Saudia Saudi Arabia 20 33 33 A330-200 leased from various airlines SBA Airlines Venezuela 1 — Leased from Hi Fly Scandinavian Airlines Sweden Norway Denmark 9 9 Sentra Airways United Kingdom 1 1 Serene Air Pakistan 3 3 Shaheen Air Pakistan 4 3 — Shanghai Airlines China 3 1 1 Shenzhen Airlines China 6 6 Sichuan Airlines China 7 3 7 17 Singapore Airlines Singapore 34 — Sky Cana Dominican Republic 1 1 2 A330-200 leased from Heston Airlines A330-300 leased from Smartlynx Airlines Malta Skyservice Airlines Canada 5 — SmartLynx Airlines Malta Malta 7 7 SN Brussels Airlines Belgium 3 — Merged with Virgin Express to form Brussels Airlines in 2006 South African Airways South Africa 11 3 3 Southwind Airlines Turkey 2 2 SriLankan Airlines Sri Lanka 2 7 9 Starlux Airlines Taiwan 4 4 Sunclass Airlines Denmark 1 1 2 4 SunExpress Deutschland Germany 7 — Operated by Eurowings Swissair Switzerland 16 — Merged with Crossair to form Swiss International Air Lines in 2002 Swiss International Air Lines Switzerland 15 14 14 T'way Air South Korea 3 3 TAAG Angola Airlines Angola 1 1 Leased from Hi Fly Malta TACA Perú Peru 1 — Rebranded to Avianca Perú in 2013 Tajik Air Tajikistan 1 — Leased from Southwind Airlines TAM Linhas Aéreas Brazil 22 — TAME Ecuador 1 — Tampa Cargo Colombia 2 — Rebranded to Avianca Cargo in 2013 TAP Air Portugal Portugal 3 4 19 22 Launch customer of A330-900 Tashkent Air Uzbekistan 1 1 Thai AirAsia X Thailand 7 2 9 Thai Airways International Thailand 3 3 Thai Lion Air Thailand 3 7 — Transferred to Lion Air Thomas Cook Airlines United Kingdom 16 — Leased one aircraft from AirTanker Services in 2015 for 3 years and a second added in April 2017, ceased operations in 2019 Tianjin Airlines China 4 2 6 Tibet Airlines China 5 5 TransAsia Airways Taiwan 4 — Ceased operations in 2016 TUI fly Belgium Belgium 1 — Leased from AirTanker Services [citation needed ] Tunisair Tunisia 2 2 Turkish Airlines Turkey 13 10 37 60 Turkmenistan Airlines Turkmenistan 2 2 Uganda Airlines Uganda 2 2 US Airways United States 15 9 — Merged with American Airlines in 2015 US-Bangla Airlines Bangladesh 2 2 Uzbekistan Airways Uzbekistan 2 2 Leased from Heston Airlines VietJet Air Vietnam 7 20
7 Vietnam Airlines Vietnam 12 1 — Virgin Australia Australia 8 — Virgin Atlantic United Kingdom 4 10 4 14 Virgin Blue Australia 2 — Rebranded to Virgin Australia in 2011 Virgin Nigeria Nigeria 1 — Leased from British Midland International VIM Airlines Russia 2 — Ceased operations in 2017 Wamos Air Spain 4 6 10 Wizz Air Hungary 1 1 Aircraft owned by the Hungarian government . World2Fly Portugal Portugal 1 1 Wow Air Iceland 3 — Ceased operations in 2019 XL Airways France France 9 6 — Leased from various airlines, ceased operations in 2019 XL Airways UK United Kingdom 1 — Leased from Orbest , ceased operations in 2008 Yemenia Yemen 1 1 airline country 200 200F 300 300P2F 800 900 total in service notes
Military operators [ edit ] This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2024 )
As of August 2015[update] , seven countries have placed order for a total 41 of Airbus A330 MRTTs , specialised for air-to-air refuelling tanker operations: Australia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, and South Korea.[5]
Government operators [ edit ] Airbus A330-200 of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Following countries operate A330-200 for VIP use.
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