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.
Line drawings of the A330-200 and A330-300, the two most common types in service of Airbus A330 range.
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 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
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
1
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
4
Shenzhen Airlines
China
6
6
Sichuan Airlines
China
7
3
7
17
Singapore Airlines
Singapore
34
—
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
5
3
8
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
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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]