http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-e ... y-pacific/
Airbus delivers its 1,000th A330 to Cathay Pacific
New milestone for best-selling widebody
19 JULY 2013 PRESS RELEASE
Airbus has celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th A330. The aircraft, an A330-300 powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, was handed over to Cathay Pacific Airways at special ceremony in Toulouse today. Cathay Pacific together with its sister airline Dragonair is the world’s largest operator of the A330, with a total of 56 now in service.
The 1,000th delivery comes as the A330 continues to enjoy increasing popularity with airlines across the globe. Continuously enhanced to maintain its economic advantage, the aircraft remains the most cost-efficient twin engine widebody in service today for both regional and long haul routes, with the latest versions capable of flying non-stop on sectors of up to 7,250 nautical miles / 13,420 km. The spacious cabin is a firm favourite with passengers, offering the best comfort in its category and the latest state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment systems and connectivity options.
“The A330 has played an integral part in Cathay Pacific’s growth and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership in the future,” said Ivan Chu, Chief Operating Officer, Cathay Pacific Airways. “The A330 is the backbone of our mid-size fleet and we are delighted with the reliability, flexibility and above all the economics of this great aircraft. We are very proud to be the recipient of the 1,000th A330.”
“It is of particular importance for us to be celebrating this 1000th A330 delivery milestone with our long-standing partner Cathay Pacific Airways,” said John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer, Customers. “The A330 offers the lowest operating costs of any aircraft in its category in service today and is unmatched even by the latest competing aircraft. The fact that a world-leading airline such as Cathay Pacific Airways has placed so many repeat orders says it all.”
Since its first delivery of the A330 in 1995, Cathay Pacific’s Airbus fleet now comprises 38 A330-300s and 11 A340s, while Dragonair flies 21 single aisle A320 Family aircraft and 18 A330-300s. The Cathay Pacific Group has outstanding orders for 10 more A330-300s. The airline will also take delivery of 48 all-new A350 XWBs in the future, including 46 ordered from Airbus and two leased aircraft.
The wide market appeal of the A330 Family is demonstrated daily by over 100 operators, including network carriers, low cost, charter and flag carriers, who fly A330s on all missions from 30 minutes to over 14 hours. About 1.2 billion passengers have enjoyed travelling on board the light, bright and spacious A330 cabin to and from the 300 airports it serves today. More than 1,250 A330s have been ordered to date.
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Su un possibile 330neo, inoltre, ho trovato questo:
http://aeroturbopower.blogspot.it/2013/ ... 30neo.html
3/07/2013
A new chance for the A330neo?
Qatar Airways ever communicating Akbar Al Baker yesterday told the press that Airbus would drop the A350-800. Airbus instantly denied, so nobody can tell for sure what is the fate of the smallest model of the A350 family.
Air Asia’s chief Tony Fernandes is a long time proponent of the so-called A330neo and at the same time dismisses the A350-800. The A330 has a slightly larger capacity, according to Airbus. But this is based on a 9 abreast layout and I would suggest that AirAsiaX will fly their A350-900 with a 10 abreast layout as they are flying the A330-300 today in a 9 abreast layout, squeezing in 377 passengers (12 in C, 365 in Y). So the capacity of the A330-300 and the A350-800 is comparable with the A350-800 having 362 passengers in a theoretical AirAsiaX layout (12 in C, 350 in Y). But the A330-300 is lighter at OEW. The A330neo would feature GEnx or Trent1000 engines from the B787 instead of the more powerful, but also larger and heavier Trent XWB on the A350. The Trent XWB on the other side should be about 2% better in SFC than the Trent1000, although with the introduction of the Trent 1000TEN the difference in SFC should shrink.
The 787-8 and 787-9 would seat 309 resp. 372 seats in a AirAsiaX layout, the A350-900 will have more than 400 seats according to the original press release when AirAsiaX announced to buy 10 A350-900. I calculated 418 seats with still 12 seats in C.
And this is what I got for a 4,000nm mission.
The A350-900 and the B787-9 are, not by any surprise, the most efficient aircraft. Although the B787-9 is smaller in size, it is on par with the A350-900.
What is more important though is that the A330neo would be more economical than the A350-800. It burns more than 5% less per passenger. And even if we correct for size, the A330-300neo burns 3% less than the A350-800. This should Airbus thinking about if Akbar Al Bakers statement should be proven wrong…
Inoltre, anche in questa analisi, che mi pare interessante (chiedo conferma a chi lavora in Airbus), si parla di un 330neo:
http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/a ... tum-111317
In origine, ricordo, il programma A350 avrebbe dovuto essere 'solo' uno sviluppo del 330; quanto di quel progetto potrebbe confluire (sono sempre ipotesi, eh) in un eventuale 330neo?
..volevo dire in questo caso , dato che è stato il 1000° 330
......datemi fuoco 
