11 Facts About Airbus A330neo

Airbus A330neo is a wide-body airliner developed by Airbus from the Airbus A330 .

At the Boeing 787 launch in 2004, Airbus A330neo' initial response was an improved A330.

Airbus A330neo considered re-engining the A380 but was wary of having two major modification programs simultaneously.

AirAsia X ended flights to London and Paris from Kuala Lumpur in 2012 because their Airbus A330neo A340s were not fuel-efficient enough and would try again with A330s.

On 14 July 2014 at the Farnborough Airshow, Airbus launched the A330neo programme, to be powered by the new Rolls-Royce Trent 7000.

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On 7 September 2015, Airbus announced that it had begun production of the first A330neo with the construction of its centre wingbox and engine pylon.

Airbus A330neo 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.

Airbus A330neo expects the FAA type certification with 180 min ETOPS by the end of 2018 and 330 min ETOPS in the first half of 2019.

Customers bemoan the loss of competition among engine makers: Steven Udvar-Hazy, CEO of Air Lease Corporation, said that he wants a choice of engines, but Airbus A330neo has pointed out that equipping a commercial aircraft to handle more than one type of engine adds several hundred million dollars to the development cost.

Airbus A330neo believed A330 operators would start fleet renewal beginning in 2020.

The five largest operators of Airbus A330neo are TAP Air Portugal, Delta Air Lines, Lion Air, Azul Brazilian Airlines and Corsair International .