Airbus A330 orders top 1,500

 

Toulouse, France – Airbus’ widebody A330 family has passed the major milestone of winning more than 1,500 firm orders from more than 100 customers. Total sales to date – 1,501 – include a recent order for four A330-200 Freighters from Turkish Airlines and 25 A330-900neo from Air Lease Corp.

 

“It’s great to see the strong and growing endorsement for the versatile A330 family,” said John Leahy, Airbus’ Chief Operating Officer – Customers. “We are continuously improving the A330 through incremental innovations, such as adopting some of the latest technologies developed for the A380 and A350 XWB.”

 

The top ten A330 customers have placed repeat orders for the type more than eight times on average. More than 1,100 A330 family aircraft are flying with airlines serving more than 400 airports worldwide.

 

As a result of this success the family has been extended to include Freighter, VIP, and Military Transport/Tanker variants. Development continues on the A330 with numerous on-going product enhancements entering service in the coming years. These enhancements include the 242 tonne take-off-weight variant (available for both the A330-200 and the A330-300), the A330 optimized for regional and domestic routes and the A330neo. In the future the A330 will be operating in combination with the A350 XWB as 85% of A350 XWB customers are also A330 customers or operators.

 

The A330-800neo and A330-900neo launched in July 2014 promise to reduce fuel consumption by a further 14% per seat compared with today’s A330. To date, Airbus has won 145 orders from seven customers for A330-800neo and A330-900neo.

 

Source: Airbus