Airbus A330 technical information

[777]

Airbus A330 Medium to Long-Range Jetliner



DESCRIPTION:
After several years of design studies focused on high-capacity, long-range aircraft, Airbus launched the A330 and A340 to compete with Boeing's 767, 777, and older models of the 747. In keeping with the many advancements made by earlier Airbus products, these two liners were the first to be designed entirely by computer-aided design (CAD) software, which helped reduce development time and costs. To further reduce costs, the A330 an A340 share the same fuselage, landing gear, tail assembly, flight deck and basic wing. In addition, the fly-by-wire control system developed for the A320 was incorporated into both aircraft as were the digitial cockpit displays used on the earlier A300 and A310. The only significant difference between the A330 and A340 is the propulsion arrangement with the A330 using two engines for better economy on shorter routes. Two major versions of the A330 have been developed to date, the basic A330-300 and the shorter extended-range A330-200. Additional shortened and stretched versions have been under study and may go into production soon. Some 200 examples had been built by 2001.
Data below for A330-200 and A330-300
Last modified 17 June 2003



HISTORY:
First Flight 2 November 1992
Service Entry

January 1994 (with Air Inter)


CREW: 2 flight crew


PASSENGERS: (A330-200) 253 in three classes, 293 in two classes, 380 in one class
(A330-300) 335 in three classes, 440 in one class


ESTIMATED COST:

$113 million


AIRFOIL SECTIONS:
Wing Root unknown
Wing Tip

unknown


DIMENSIONS:
Length (A330-200) 193.58 ft (59.06 m)
(A330-300) 208.83 ft (63.65 m)
Wingspan (A330-200) 197.83 ft (59.06 m)
(A330-300) 148.42 ft (45.23 m)
Height (A330-200) 58.67 ft (17.90 m)
(A330-300) 42.42 ft (12.92 m)
Wing Area (A340-200) 3,892 ft2 (361.6 m2)
Canard Area

not applicable


WEIGHTS:
Empty (A330-200) 265,700 lb (120,520 kg)
(A330-300) 265,185 lb (120,285 kg)
Typical Load unknown
Max Takeoff (A330-200) 507,000 lb (229,970 kg)
(A330-300) 467,380 lb (212,000 kg)
Fuel Capacity internal: 36,750 gal (139,090 L) [A330-200]
external: not applicable
Max Payload

(A330-300) 102,960 lb (46,715 kg)


PROPULSION:
Powerplant two General Electric CF6-80E1 turbofans or
two Pratt & Whitney PW4000 turbofans or
two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 turbofans
Thrust (GE) 135,000 lb (600.6 kN)


PERFORMANCE:
Max Level Speed at altitude: unknown
at sea level: unknown
cruise speed: 530 mph (850 km/h)
Initial Climb Rate unknown
Service Ceiling unknown
Range (A330-200) 6,400 nm (11,850 km)
(A330-300) 4,500 nm (8,335 km)
g-Limits unknown


KNOWN VARIANTS:
A300B9 Airbus design study based on A300 that led to the A330 concept
A330-100 Proposed shortened model to replace A300-600 and A310, combines A300-600 fuselage with A330-derived wing, digital cockpit displays, and fly-by-wire control system
A330-200 Long-range model with shorter fuselage and larger wing derived from that of the A340-300; 79 built by 2001
A330-300 First production model; 97 built by 2001
A330-400X Proposed stretched model for larger passenger load to operate over shorter ranges


KNOWN OPERATORS: Aer Lingus
Air Afrique
Air Canada
Air France
Air Inter
Air Luxor
Airtours International
Air Transat
Asiana
Austrian Airlines
British Midland International
Canada 3000
Cathay Pacific
Corsair
Dragonair
Edelweiss
Emirates
Garuda Indonesia
Gulf Air
JMC Airlines
Korean Air Lines
LTU
Malaysia Airlines
Monarch Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Novair
Philippine Air Lines
Premiair
Sabena
Skyservice
Srilankan Airlines
Swissair
TAM Brasil
Thai Airways International
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
Transasia
TUI
US Airways

Andre

[Sabena_690]

I just picked this topic out of the long list to ask a question...

Is it really necessary to post dozens of topics with technical details when all this can easily be found on airliners.net in this technical data section?

Got several complaints already...

Regards
Frederic

[777]

I just gave several people the chance to give reactions on all sorts of civil airliners, and not only on two.

The list is ended anyway.

Greetings

Andre

[liebensd]

HISTORY:
First Flight 2 November 1992
Service Entry

January 1994 (with Air Inter)


CREW: 2 flight crew


PASSENGERS: (A330-200) 253 in three classes, 293 in two classes, 380 in one class
(A330-300) 335 in three classes, 440 in one class

Is'nt that first A330 with Air Inter OO-SFM? s/n30 and Build in 1994


Greetz,

Dave

[777]

Yes Indeed it was F-GMDA with Air Inter.


Andre