Airbus A330

The global cargo market will see a new entrant, as CMA CGM, France's largest shipping company, will acquire four Airbus A330F aircraft....

With several operators announcing deals for second-hand wide-body aircraft, will we see more deals for them in 2021?...

Despite best intentions, increased automation might not lead to safer skies as Qantas flight 72 demonstrated on this day in 2008. Looking back at the incident that occurred off the Northwest coast of Australia....

A Shenzhen A330 lost cabin pressure mid-flight and had to drop over 5,000 meters (18,000 feet) in mere minutes before landing back at its place of departure....

A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330 became stuck in the mud after the aircraft landed in Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (UPG) in Makassar, Indonesia....

American Airlines indicated that it is set to put its 15-strong Airbus A330-200 fleet into long-term storage at least until 2022. The aircraft type temporarily joins a group of five cockpit types that were retired in April 2020....

On April 11, 2020, Air France Airbus A330 was shot at and left with bullet holes in Pointe Noire Airport (PNR) in Congo. Following the incident, an outbound flight AF4145 ‒ a repatriation flight organized amid the COVID-19 outbreak ‒ was postponed for 24 hours, until a replacement aircraft arrives....

While the European planemaker managed to net 21 orders for commercial aircraft during March 2020, deliveries have slowed: Airbus handed off 55 aircraft to customers in February, while in March 2020, the company delivered 36 jets....

The smaller version of the A330neo, the -800 received its joint type certificate from both the EASA and FAA. Airbus plans to deliver the aircraft to customers in mid-2020....

On this exact day, 26 years ago, the first-ever commercial Airbus A330 flight departed from Paris to Marseille. We look back at the moments and snippets of the history of the A330....