Airbus A330neo

Airbus A330neo is a wide-body jet aircraft developed by Airbus from Airbus A330 aircraft. In the following article, AloTrip will share with you the most useful information about Airbus A330neo.

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Airbus A330neo is a wide-body jet aircraft of Airbus. It was developed from Airbus A330 aircraft. A new version with modern engines comparable to those developed for the Boeing. It exclusively uses the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000. The Airbus A330neo has two versions based on the A330-200 and -300: the -800 with a range of 15,090 km and a capacity of 257 passengers. The -900 has a range of 13,330 km with a capacity of 287 passengers.

May bay Airbus A330neo

Development

- At the Boeing 787 launch in 2004, the first response of Airbus was an improved A330.

- In December 2010, the owner of AirAsia wanted to restructure the A330.

- On July 14, Airbus launched the A330neo program at Farnborough Airshow.

- On September 7, 2015, Airbus announced its first A330neo aircraft production.

- In September 2016, the first A330-900 aircraft completed the final assembly.

- In December 2016, the first aircraft was painted and waiting for its engine.

- On October 19, 2017, the first flight of the A330-900 aircraft took place.

- In October 2017, the main structures of the first A330-800 were put into production.

- In November 2017, Airbus began the final assembly of the A330-800.

- On September 26, 2018, the Airbus A330neo aircraft received an EASA certificate and was delivered to TAP Air Portugal.

Operational history

- On November 26, 2018, the first A330-900 was delivered to TAP Air Portugal.

- On December 15, TAP Air Portugal operated its first commercial flight from Lisbon to Sao Paulo.

- In 2019, the airline received 15 A330neo aircrafts. It would operate flights from Lisbon to Chicago O'Hare and Washington Dulles from June 2019, two times per week.

Specifications

Airbus A330-800 and-900
Model	A330-800	A330-900
Flight crew	Two
3-class seating	257	287
Maximum seating	406	440 (up to 460)
Seat width	18in (46cm)
Cabin width	5,26m / 17 ft 3in
Hold	136,0 m³ (4,800 cu ft)	162,8 m³ (5.750 cu ft)
Cargo capacity	27 LD3 or 8 pallet + 3 LD3	33 LD3 or 9 pallet + 5 LD3
Length	58.82 m (193.0 ft)	63.66 m (208.9 ft)
Height	17.39 m (57.1 ft)	16.79 m (55.1 ft)