The A330-200 is loaded with two powerful Rolls Royce Trent 772B engines, a pair of Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, or General Electric CF6-80E engines. The 18” seats offer plenty of personal space and the twin-aisle ensures comfort when navigating the cabin.

The cabin is incredibly quiet and features ambient lighting, which makes the flight much more comfortable and can decrease jetlag. With mobile phones, email connectivity, and video-on-demand, this plane is great for passengers. This design has 12 sets in club class, as well as 320 in economy class.Īdditionally, this airplane features great in-flight entertainment. The redesigned cabin can seat 345 with 12 in the club class and 333 in the economy class, or a total of 332 passengers. The redesigned cabin in the A330-200 is incredibly comfortable, making it a great choice for passengers. With six displays in the cockpit, navigation displays, and a powerful electronic flight instrumentation system, this aircraft is powerful and easy to use. Designed to make it easy for pilots to transfer between planes in the A330 family, there are only a few things that pilots will need training on to be able to fly multiple versions.īoth the pilot and co-pilot have rudder pedals and controllers. This aircraft features a highly advanced flight deck, making it easy for pilots to control the plane. There are also a few military variants, as well as some variants that were designed, but never developed. The A330-200F is an all-cargo option, while the A300P2F was adapted for fast delivery and commerce options.įinally, the A330-800neo has a longer cabin with six more seats, while the A330-900neo has 10 more seats and takes much less fuel during flight. Other versions of this aircraft include the ACJ330, which is a long-range corporate business jet. This increased the maximum gross weight to 240t. This was the A330-200HGW and had an impressive 5t increase in take-off weight.Ģ012 saw another version announced. In 2008, plans were released for a version of the A330-200 that was designed to be more efficient and better able to compete with other similar aircraft. The shorter design of the fin was derived from other Airbus planes. The aircraft had a new vertical stabilizer that was first introduced in 2004. There were a number of design changes made to this aircraft to ensure that it was not only powerful, but also comfortable. Oman ordered seven aircraft, with the first one being delivered in the fall of 2009. Orders and Deliveriesīy October of 2011, there were 568 orders for the A330-200 and 437 of the aircraft had already been delivered.

With 660 of these aircraft ordered and 637 of them already delivered, these planes are in use around the world. By adjusting the fuselage length, the vertical stabilizer, and the wing, Airbus was able to create a larger and more powerful aircraft. Korean Air was the first airliner to use this powerful aircraft. The A330-200 was first introduced into service in 1998. This means that the cabin can easily be set up in a number of different ways, with optional galleys, stowage areas, lavatories, and groupings for airliners to choose from. As part of the A330, the A330-200 is the most spacious of any other similar aircraft in this category. The fuselage frames are much shorter than on the original A330-300, and reach only 58.82 m. It features a classic 3-class configuration and can easily hold up to 253 passengers. This is a powerful variant of the A330, even though it is a little bit shorter.

A330 cockpit photos