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]
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 5
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 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 Hong Kong 42 30
42 Cebu Pacific Philippines 8 8 8 Replaced by A330-900 and RP-C3341 is now operated by SmartLynx Malta RP-C3342 and RP C3344 is Operated by US Bangla Airlines RP-C3343 is operated by Air Transat RP-C4435 is operated by Lion Air and RP-C3346 (PK-LEY) on order RP-C3347 and RP-C3348 was sold back to Airbus 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 7 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 2 2 Leased from Oman Air 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
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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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