Airbus A330-300

Type (Muster)
Widebody twin for medium and long-range routes (Breitrumpf-Verkehrsflugzeug für mittlere und lange Strecken)

Country (Land)
France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Airbus Industrie
1, Rond Point Maurice Bellonte
F-31707 Blagnac
France
Phone: 0033-5/6193-3387
Fax: 0033-5/6193-4955

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2 plus about 9 cabin attendants
Passengers (Passagiere): 295 in three-class layout (12+42+241), 335 in two-class layout (30 + 305) or 440 maximum. LTU is flying a one-class 395 seat-layout (seat-pitch 76-79 cm)
Freight (Fracht): 32 - 33 x LD3 containers

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x turbofans under wings, at thrust levels of 285 - 316 kN. Options include:
   - General Electric CF6-80E1 (70000 to 72000 lbs)
   - Pratt & Whitney PW4000 (68000 lbs)
   - Rolls Royce Trent 700 (71100 lbs)
Clearance obtained for up to 180 Minutes ETOPS.

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 63,60 m
Height (Höhe): 16,74 m
Fuselage diameter (Rumpfdurchmesser): 5,64 m
Span (Spannweite): 60,3 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 362 sq m
Wing sweep (Flügelpfeilung): 30 degrees

Weights (Massen)
Operating weight empty (Einsatz-Leermasse): 122,1 or 124,1 tonnes
Max. payload (Max. Nutzlast): 43,5 tonnes
Fuel (Kraftstoff): 97170 or 97530 litres
Max. take-off weight (Max. Startmasse): 217 or 230 tonnes
Max. landing weight (Max. Landemasse): 179 or 185 tonnes

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Optimum cruise speed (optimale Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.82 / 870 km/h
Max. operating speed (max. Geschwindigkeit): Mach 0.86
Ceiling (max. Flughöhe): 12520 m
Range (Reichweite): 8900 or 10200 km
Take-off distance, sea level,ISA +15C (Startstrecke): 2560m (217 tons)
Landing distance (Landestrecke): 1750m (187 tons)

Customers (Kunden)
By the end of May 2000, Airbus had received orders for 307 A330s of all types and delivered 156.

Costs (Kosten)
List price for the A330-300 was quoted as 124 to 131 million US-Dollars in mid-1998.

Competition (Konkurrenz)
Boeing 767-300

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
With the A330, Airbus intends to offer the airlines an alternative to older tri-jets like the DC-10 or Lockheed L-1011. The aircraft should also replace older 767 and A300 fleets. In contrast to the A340, which was designed to fly on extreme long-distance routes, the A330 serves regional and medium distance routes. Both planes use a lot of common structures and system parts to reduce the costs of development, production and maintenance. According to Airbus, especially the improved use of fly-by-wire-systems, composite materials and a new designed wing increases the aircrafts efficiency.

History (Geschichte)
The 330-300 is the basic model of the A330 family. The programme started in June 87 and the first aircraft (F-WWKA) took off on 2 November 1992. Certification by the FAA and the JAA was achieved simultaneous on 23 October 1993 (with GE engines). Airline deliveries started in December 1993 (Air Inter). During the test flight program in June 1994, an A330-300 crashed close to the Toulouse-Blangnac airport, when the pilots simulated an engine failure. Three crewmembers and four observators died.
The first A 330-300 ETOPS-service across the North Atlantic was established by Aer Lingus in May 1994 (with GE CF6-90E1 engines). Further extensions of ETOPS up to 180 Minutes have been granted in February 1995 (GE engines), August 1995 (P&W engines) and June 1996 (R&R engines).
To stop the decreasing rate of A330-300 sales in the mid-nineties, Airbus launched the A330-200 programme in 1995.

Last updated 18 July 2000

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