[78] [30] The aircraft complete with engines showed at Toulouse in September before its first flight. [108], There were 57 aircraft in service with 14 operators as of December 2020. They have close economics but the A330neo costs up to $30m less, according to another publication. It started the final certification step on 18 June: function and reliability tests or route proving, including ETOPS, diversion airport landing, and testing ground handling over 150 flight test hours, as the flight test programme reached 1,000 hours. The -800 made its first flight on 6 November 2018 and received EASA type certification on 13 February 2020; the first two -800s were delivered to Kuwait Airways on 29 October 2020. [70], The Trent is the exclusive powerplant, as Rolls-Royce offered better terms to obtain exclusivity. TAP Air Portugal is set to receive the first A330neo in mid-2018. Its flight envelope was fully opened including flutter and stall tests to complete powerplant calibration and strake configuration has been frozen. [58] A global team designing, manufacturing and supporting the world's leading aircraft... with passengers at heart and airlines in mind. [19], In 2014, The Airline Monitor's Ed Greenslet stated that the A330neo would have the advantage of not being designed to fly 8,000 nmi, unlike the A350 and Boeing 787 which were thus less economical on shorter routes, although "the vast majority of long-haul markets is 4,000 nmi or less". [62] The newer 242-tonne −300 is already 2% more efficient. At this time, production aircraft progressed through the final assembly line with the first 'Airspace' cabin interior being fitted. [45] ETOPS 180 min was approved on 14 November, restricted to engines with fewer than 500 flight cycles. [18] They will deliver a thrust of 68,000 to 72,000 pounds-force (300 to 320 kN). Facebook. Taking to the skies for the first time this morning from Toulouse, France, was the 251-tonne A330-900 – which provides the perfect fit for longer trans-Pacific or Asia-Europe routes. [33] After negative feedback from airlines and lessors, the A350 XWB became a new design in 2006. [16] The -800 should have a range of 7500 nmi (13,900 km) with 257 passengers (406 max). [16] The -900 should travel 6550 nmi (12,130 km) with 287 passengers (440 max). [34], A330 production was cut to 50 deliveries in 2019, with more than half of them re-engined A330neos. Hawaiian denied that the order for the A330-800 had been cancelled, but did not dismiss a new deal with Boeing. Airbus (@Airbus). The Boeing 767-300/400s that the -800 might replace are 15 years older, and while Boeing considered relaunching production of the 767-300ER, mainly as an interim for American and United airlines, this was complicated by a 30-year-old design including obsolete cabin amenities. [76], 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. The inaugural flight of the jet is the first of a test stage that should last about 300 hours of flight. Teal Group's Richard Aboulafia believes that the A330neo should dominate the lower range and lower capacity end of the twin aisle market because the 787-8 has the high operating economics and unit price associated with its 8,000-nm range. [71], The A330-900 retains the fuselage length of the A330-300. Structural assembly was completed by February 2018, having its flight-test instruments installed and waiting for its engines before its 300h flight-test programme. [88], Compared to the competing 787-8 with similar engines, the A330-800 has a 1% fuel-per-trip disadvantage (−5% for being heavier but +4% for the longer wingspan) but consumes 4% less fuel per seat with 13 more seats in an eight-abreast configuration, and 8% less with 27 more seats at nine-abreast with 17 in (43 cm) wide seats and aisles: the -800 is longer by 4 rows or 2.5 m (130 in). [98] [46][47] As the variants share 99% commonality, developing the smaller -800 has a negligible extra cost. Taken together, these contribute to an improved fuel burn and increased range of 400 nm compared to the A330ceo. As the Boeing 747 chapter ends in the United States, Airbus have a successful first flight of their new long haul airliner, the A330neo (new engine option), in Toulouse, France. The maiden flight opened up the A330neo Family flight-test program. [1] The 4h 15m flight reached 30,125 ft (9,182 m) and 502 kn (930 km/h). Airbus hoped to sell 1,000 A330neo aircraft. [48] Airbus commenced autopilot, autoland and high-speed performance testing, and was to move on to hot- and cold-weather tests, as well as noise and icing tests, over the following three months. The Airbus A330neo took to the skies for the first time today, completing a 4 hour 15 minute maiden flight from Toulouse, France. Furthermore, fuel consumption per seat is improved by 2% due to the rearranged cabin (Space-Flex and Smart-Lav) with increased seating, offering a 14% fuel burn reduction per seat for the new −900neo compared to the previous 235-tonne −300 version. October 21, 2017 Share on Facebook. Both engine makers were reportedly interested in winning an exclusive deal should a re-engined A330 be offered. [36], The A330-900 first flight on 19 October 2017 was a debut of the 1,400 hours flight test campaign involving three prototypes plus the first production aircraft: 1,100 flight hours for the A330-900 and 300 flight hours for the A330-800, targeting mid-2018 EASA and FAA Type Certification. [27] Its first flight was delayed until September 2017 after the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000s were installed during the summer. After this delay, TAP Air Portugal was expected to receive the first A330neo at the end of the first half of 2018, or even in the third quarter. Join more than 500,000 others who receive weekly aviation industry and flight tracking news from Flightradar24 direct to their inbox. [33] The aircraft, an Airbus A330-900neo wearing test registration F-WTTN, taxied out from the Airbus facilities at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport around 09:45 LT and took off from RWY 32L some ten minutes later as flight AIB01TN. [102], Flightglobal Ascend Consultancy forecasts 600 deliveries including 10% of -800 variants, less optimistic than Airbus' 1,000. Before the introduction of the Boeing NMA, expected no earlier than 2027, the 95 A330 operators offer opportunities, and long-haul low-cost carriers could be interested in high density nine-abreast layouts for 386 seats over 6,000–6,500 nmi (11,100–12,000 km) at the 251 t (553,000 lb) MTOW, 500 nmi (930 km) more than a similarly loaded 787-8 and with up to 30 more seats. [90], The A330-800 received EASA type certification on 13 February 2020. [95] On 8 October 2020, the 251 t A330-900 was EASA-certified, before introduction by Corsair International, then 251 t certification of the smaller A330-800 in 2021. [59], Airbus was expecting a short 30-40h test campaign, as multiple tests were conducted with the previous variant adapted to higher weight, including flight performance and noise assessment. While we were at the event, another A330neo got towed by, in TAP colors. New engines like the GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 developed for the 787 could offer a 12%–15% fuel burn improvement, and sharklets at least 2%. [7] New engines like the GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 developed for the 787 could offer a 12%–15% fuel burn improvement, and sharklets at least 2%. [61], The larger 112-inch Trent 7000 is 11% more efficient than the 97.5-inch Trent 700 engine, a 2% loss is due to increased weight and 1% due to additional drag from the larger engine, but the sharklets and aero optimization regains 4% for a 12% fuel advantage per trip. App integration [77], After the first flight of the -900 on 19 October 2017, Hawaiian Airlines (then the only customer for the -800) considered changing its order for six -800s, [31], Major structures of the first A330-800 were entering production in October 2017: high-lift devices are installed on the wing in Bremen, fuselage sections are built in Hamburg, the centre wing-box in Nantes, titanium engine pylons in Toulouse and sharklet wingtips in Korea. [80] [49], The maiden flight of the -800 took place on 6 November 2018; the 4h 4min flight inaugurated a 350h test program aiming for mid-2019 type certification, for delivery in the first half of 2020 to launch operator Kuwait Airways. [40] [100] It exclusively uses the larger Rolls-Royce Trent 7000. Aviation newsletter, Copyright © 2020 Flightradar24 AB | Privacy | Terms, The six-member crew for the A330neo's maiden flight included (from left to right): Flight Test Pilot Engineer Alain Pourchet; Flight Test Engineer Jean-Philippe Cottet; Flight Test Engineer Gert Wunderlich; Experimental Test Pilot Thomas Wilhelm; Flight Test Engineer Emiliano Requena Esteban; and Experimental Test Pilot Thierry Bourges Press enquiries, Data services [8], Airbus sales chief John Leahy's argument was that the lower purchase price of an A330 even without new engines make the economics of buying an A330 competitive at midrange routes with that of the Boeing 787. Departing from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in southwestern France, the no. In November 2019, maximum accommodation increased to 460 seats, through the installation of new 'Type-A+' exits, with a dual-lane evacuation slide. [67], On the -800 at FL400, cruise fuel flow at Mach 0.82 and low weight is 4.7 to 5.2 t (10,000 to 11,000 lb) per hour at a higher weight and Mach 0.83. On 29 October 2020, the first two A330-800s were delivered to Kuwait Airways; the airline has six more -800s on order. MSN1819 was to validate the Airspace cabin interior fitting with artificial passengers for ventilation analysis and cabin environment measurements. On October 30th, Corsair’s A330neo took its maiden flight out of Airbus’ facilities in Toulouse, France. [91] On Thursday 19 October 2017, the Airbus A330neo took off for the very first time. Leeham News, on the one hand considered the A330-800 does not really cover the upper end of New Midsize Airplane studied by Boeing for some years, on the other hand stated that the A330-800 provides Airbus a cost-effective entry to the upper end of the middle of the market. 7338. SHARE. Contacts Us [56], On the occasion of the 19 October 2017 first flight, an increase to 251 t (553,000 lb) MTOW by mid-2020 was announced, with a few changes to the landing gear and brakes, increasing its range by 700 or 1,000 nmi (1,300 or 1,900 km) compared to the current A330neo or A330ceo. After the A320neo launch in December 2010 and its commercial success, Air Asia's boss Tony Fernandes said he would like Airbus to re-engine the A330. Between 2014 and the neo first flight in October 2017, the A330/A330neo had 440 orders (excluding freighters) compared to 272 for the 787-8/9 (excluding the -10), or since the 787 launch, 1211 A330ceo/neos compared to 1106 787-8/9s. [98] While Airbus expected a market for over 1,000 A330neos, one pessimistic forecast reported in 2018 came in as low as 400 sales, in that the A330neo was late to the market and fuel prices had declined markedly over the years, reducing demand. This will comprise 1,100 flight hours for the A330-900 campaign – to achieve its EASA and FAA Type Certification around the middle of 2018. [24] Final assembly of the first aircraft, an A330-900, started in September 2016 at the Toulouse Line with the station 40 centre fuselage and wings join. The first aircraft will be delivered to TAP Portugal, with other commitments from Delta Airlines, AirAsia X, Hawaiian Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Arkia Israel, Iran Air, Aircalin and various aircraft lessors. JetPhotos myFlightradar24 On its first flight, the A330neo (reg F-WTTN) spent 4 hours 15 minutes in skies above France, spending about 90 minutes at 10,000 feet, before climbing to 20,000 feet, and finally 30,000 feet. [9] An A330neo would accelerate the demise of the similarly-sized A350-800. Fabrice Brégier, Airbus COO and President of Airbus Commercial Aircraft said: “Today’s first flight of the A330neo marks yet another milestone along the Airbus journey of continuous innovation.” He added: … [21] Both A330neo variants were expected to have a maximum take-off weight of 242 t. The type design was frozen in late 2015. Save the date! [41], The first TAP Air Portugal aircraft made its first flight on 15 May 2018; it joined the two previous test aircraft to check the cabin systems: air conditioning, crew rest, etc. The A330-900 is the longer-fuselage A330neo version, seating 260-300 passengers in a typical three-class cabin configuration. This gave the -900 a range of 7,200 nmi (13,300 km) and 8,150 nmi (15,090 km) for the -800. Beyond-180min ETOPS was approved by the EASA by 24 January 2019. On 8 April 2019, Uganda National Airlines Company firmed up its order for two -800s. [10] Airbus also considered re-engining the A380 but was wary of having two major modification programs simultaneously. [96], Third party analysis for a 3,350 nmi transatlantic flight show the 787-9 has a slight advantage over the A330-900neo in cash cost per available seat miles, while the Airbus outperforms the Boeing once capital costs are included, based on the A330-900neo cost an estimated $10.6m less. The aircraft is the smallest version of the new A330neo series, which is expected to debut in the next few days with the recently certified A330-900. The A330neo takes flight for the first time in Toulouse (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Fabian Behr) Although the aircraft has a 95 percent airframe commonality with the A330ceo, the most noticeable difference from its predecessor will be a new wing, including the addition of A350 styled winglets contributing to the reduction in fuel burn. MSN1813 was to test natural icing conditions, assess hot and high conditions in the United Arab Emirates and La Paz, and fly 150h of route-proving; it has rakes and pressure sensors in the engine flows to compare actual thrust with ground bench measurements. EASA.A.004 for Airbus A330, revision 47", "A330-900 secures ETOPS with engine-life restrictions", "Type certificate data sheet No. The aircraft is scheduled to enter service in the second half of 2018 with launch customer TAP Air Portugal. [60] Airbus hopes to wrap up flight testing of the -900 by the middle of 2018. The aircraft, MSN1795, is a A330-900 and the first of three certification flight-test aircraft to fly. AIRLINE SAFETY RATINGS Special Access! Facebook. Deliveries in 2019, with the first flight in mid-2018 go to.! Building its International long-haul flight network which is due to commence next year they will deliver a thrust 68,000! 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