Airbus A330 Production/Delivery Thread 2018

SQ22 · Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:20 pm

With the new year it is time for a new thread. Please continue your discussion and to post your updates here.

Link to previous thread:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=581995&p=8854557#p8854557

KarelXWB · Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:44 am

First A330 activities in 2018:

1) Shenzhen Airlines s/n 1839 runway test.

F-WWYZ by @Eurospot, on Flickr

2) China Eastern MSN 1842 runway test.

F-WWYG by @Eurospot, on Flickr

KarelXWB · Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:42 pm

MSN 1845, Tibet Airlines' 4th A330, made a test flight today.

Airbus A330-243 B- Tibet Airlines (F-WWYC, MSN 1845, Maiden Flight) by Horatiu Goanta, on Flickr

KarelXWB · Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:46 pm

First delivery of the year:

Airbus A330 -343 1839 B-1036 Shenzhen Airlines delivery 22jan18 TLS-TSN ex F-WWYZ

KarelXWB · Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:19 am

The 2nd MRTT for South Korea, MSN 1848, emerged from final assembly. It will be ferried to Spain for tanker modification in the coming months.

Airbus A330 MRTT Republic of Korea by Jujug Spotting, on Flickr

KarelXWB · Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:48 pm

Second Lucky Air (MSN 1843) coming back from a test flight.

AIRBUS A330-343 (MSN 1843) by Eric GUTIERREZ, on Flickr

KarelXWB · Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:59 pm

China Eastern Airlines MSN 1833 has been ferried to TSN for cabin fit.

China Eastern A330-343 B-1049 LFBO by Jonathan Winton, on Flickr

KarelXWB · Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:03 pm

Well, there goes another China Eastern A330:

Airbus A330 -343 1842 B-1041 China Eastern delivery 29jan18 TLS-PVG ex F-WWYG

ojjunior · Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:35 pm

Where are the A330 Neo pics, please!

WIederling · Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:42 pm

ojjunior wrote:
Where are the A330 Neo pics, please!

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1382683&hilit=A330neo

KarelXWB · Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:46 pm

The cabin of MSN 1841 has been installed in TSN and the aircraft performed an air test. Will be painted in TSN as well (first A330 to be painted at the new complex).

https://www.weibo.com/6192795874/G1hyjCY0q

KarelXWB · Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:05 pm

MSN 1849 has been ferried to TSN for cabin fit & paint.

F-WWYE Airbus A330 Tianjin Airlines by @Eurospot, on Flickr

ojjunior · Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:30 pm

I hate this RR engine style appearance.

LPSHobby · Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:58 pm

ojjunior wrote:
I hate this RR engine style appearance.

I love it, the A330 with RR engines is one of the most beautifull airliners in my opinion

Greetings from Beagá

ojjunior · Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:31 am

LPSHobby wrote:
ojjunior wrote:
I hate this RR engine style appearance.

I love it, the A330 with RR engines is one of the most beautifull airliners in my opinion

Greetings from Beagá

Well, as an A330 lover I thing the RR engines style kills the design and makes the A330 looks "weaker", see the difference:

Anyway, it's just our enthusiasts opinion...

Lilienthal · Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:52 am

ojjunior wrote:

Well, as an A330 lover I thing the RR engines style kills the design and makes the A330 looks "weaker"

Sure abou that? The Trent700 certainly looks beefier on the aircraft, even though the diameter is slightly smaller than the GE CF6. In my opinion, the Trend700 is the only engine that doesn't make the 330 look underpowered.

GE90man · Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:18 pm

ojjunior wrote:
LPSHobby wrote:
ojjunior wrote:
I hate this RR engine style appearance.

I love it, the A330 with RR engines is one of the most beautifull airliners in my opinion

Greetings from Beagá

Well, as an A330 lover I thing the RR engines style kills the design and makes the A330 looks "weaker", see the difference:

Anyway, it's just our enthusiasts opinion...

I'm sure it has something to do with just looking like a larger version of the A340-300's hairdryers, since it retains that shape

KarelXWB · Thu Mar 08, 2018 6:12 pm

Due to HNA's financial woes, Airbus has ferried 2 undelivered A330s to LDE for (short term?) storage.

These are MSN 1840 (Tianjin Airlines), and MSN 1847 (Capital Airlines).

More aircraft may follow.

audidudi · Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:19 pm

The next A332 for IB was delivered two days ago:

Airbus A330-202 1854 EC-MUD Iberia delivery 16 March 2018 TLS-MAD ex F-WWCQ

audidudi · Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:11 pm

The next delivery to China Southern today:

Airbus A330-343 1846 B-1062 China Southern Delivery 27 March 2018 TLS-TSN ex F-WWKA

audidudi · Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:47 pm

Followed by another delivery to China Southern today:

Airbus A330-343 1852 B-1063 China Southern Delivery 28 March 2018 TLS-CAN ex F-WWCD

audidudi · Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:54 pm

The next delivery to Hainan yesterday:

Airbus A330-343 1860 B-1097 Hainan Airlines Delivery 09 April 2018 TLS-TSN, F-reg for cabin config & paint ex F-WWYH

audidudi · Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:56 pm

The next delivery to China Southern today:

Airbus A330-343 1858 B-1065 China Southern Delivery 10 April 2018 TLS-CAN ex F-WWCL

mjoelnir · Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:33 am

audidudi wrote:
The next delivery to Hainan yesterday:

Airbus A330-343 1860 B-1097 Hainan Airlines Delivery 09 April 2018 TLS-TSN, F-reg for cabin config & paint ex F-WWYH

That bird goes for outfitting in TSN, still a while before it will be delivered.

audidudi · Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:26 am

Correct! I should have written "The next delivery from TLS>TSN for Hainan". The thread says that it's going for cabin outfitting and paint of course!

LAX772LR · Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:05 am

Lilienthal wrote:
ojjunior wrote:

Well, as an A330 lover I thing the RR engines style kills the design and makes the A330 looks "weaker"

Sure abou that? The Trent700 certainly looks beefier on the aircraft, even though the diameter is slightly smaller than the GE CF6. In my opinion, the Trend700 is the only engine that doesn't make the 330 look underpowered.

Agree completely.

While fully aware that the engine appearances mean nothing: the Trents definitely "look more powerful" (whatever that's supposed to mean) on the A330 IMO.

audidudi · Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:32 pm

The next A333 for China Eastern was delivered yesterday:

Airbus A330-343 1868 B- China Eastern Delivery 17 April 2018 TLS-TSN (F-WWYQ for delivery)

audidudi · Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:56 am

The next A333 for Sichuan Airlines was delivered yesterday:

Airbus A330-343 1856 B-8589 Sichuan Airlines Delivery 23 April 2018 TLS-TSN ex F-WWCM

audidudi · Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:09 am

The next A332 for Tibet Airlines was delivered this week:

Airbus A330-243 1859 B-1046 Tibet Airlines delivery 25 April 2018 TLS-LXA ex F‑WWCC

JerseyFlyer · Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:07 am

Deliveries in 2019 reduced to 50

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... at-448102/

251T versions will be available form some time in 2020,

audidudi · Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:19 pm

An updated delivery for this one:

Airbus A330-343 1841 B-1066 China Eastern onward delivery 25 April 2018 TSN-PVG after cabin config ex B-005D

audidudi · Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:51 am

The next A333 for Lucky Air was ferried to LDE yesterday:

Airbus A333-343 1851 B-1014 Lucky Air ferried 27 April 2018 TLS-LDE, F-reg for interim storage prior delivery ex F-WWYY

CFRPwingALbody · Sat Apr 28, 2018 1:20 pm

Is it true there are nine A332 in the MRTT conversion pipeline; MSN: 1667, 1735, 1762, 1787, 1799, 1808, 1822, 1830 and 1848?
There are 28 A330MRTT left to be delivered. In the Airbus O&D file of march there were 17 A330-200 orders left for Government, Executive and Private jet conversion.
I've counted five MSNs for MRTTs in the 1850-1900 range. And AFAIK there are still 15 MRTTs without production serial number.

keesje · Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:40 am

After scanning this thread I don't need a deliveries overview to see where most CEO's are going.

flee · Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:53 am

ojjunior wrote:
Where are the A330 Neo pics, please!

You will find them on the A330 Neo thread.

lightsaber · Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:05 pm

keesje wrote:
After scanning this thread I don't need a deliveries overview to see where most CEO's are going.

LoL. Yea, the Chinese government order for the A330CEO is really all that is keeping the A330 line going with NEO delays. But even that order cannot sustain the line at full rate.

Lightsaber

CFRPwingALbody · Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:10 pm

flee wrote:
ojjunior wrote:
Where are the A330 Neo pics, please!

You will find them on the A330 Neo thread.

Link to A330NEO 2018

For the CEO's left to deliver: (from Airbus O&D March 2018 file)
28x A330MRTT to various countries in Asia and Europe, 17x left to assemble in the FAL.
14x CASC + 9x Hong Kong Airlines + 4x Hong Kong Leasing (China+) A330-300s
8x A330-200, Iran Air
5x A330-200 JET Airways (India)
2x Hifly X Ierland & 3x IAG A330-200 (UK / Ierland)
3x A330F MNG Airlines (Turkey)
1x A330F Synergy Aerospace Corporation (South America)
1x A330-300 EgyptAir
20x A330-300 and 2x A330-200 undisclosed customers.
And lets not forget the two A330-700 BelugaXL that still have to be assembled

SQ22 · Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:01 pm

CFRPwingALbody wrote:
For the CEO's left to deliver: (from Airbus O&D March 2018 file)
28x A330MRTT to various countries in Asia and Europe, 17x left to assemble in the FAL.
14x CASC + 9x Hong Kong Airlines + 4x Hong Kong Leasing (China+) A330-300s
8x A330-200, Iran Air
5x A330-200 JET Airways (India)
2x Hifly X Ierland & 3x IAG A330-200 (UK / Ierland)
3x A330F MNG Airlines (Turkey)
1x A330F Synergy Aerospace Corporation (South America)
1x A330-300 EgyptAir
20x A330-300 and 2x A330-200 undisclosed customers.
And lets not forget the two A330-700 BelugaXL that still have to be assembled

On top there was the SAS order for 1x A330-300 in April.

http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-re ... haul-.html

Jayafe · Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:05 pm

CFRPwingALbody wrote:
2x Hifly X Ierland & 3x IAG A330-200 (UK / Ierland)

2x Hifly X (Ireland)
3x IAG A330-200 (Spain)

CFRPwingALbody · Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:42 pm

Jayafe wrote:
CFRPwingALbody wrote:
2x Hifly X Ierland & 3x IAG A330-200 (UK / Ierland)

2x Hifly X (Ireland)
3x IAG A330-200 (Spain)

Thanks for correcting me.
So including SAS there are only six A330CEOs orders left for European airlines.
Let's do a update after the April Airbus O&D file has been released.

NeBaNi · Tue May 01, 2018 2:11 am

Jayafe wrote:
CFRPwingALbody wrote:
2x Hifly X Ierland & 3x IAG A330-200 (UK / Ierland)

2x Hifly X (Ireland)
3x IAG A330-200 (Spain)

The two HiFly X A330-200s are actually scheduled to be delivered to Nepal Airlines.

audidudi · Fri May 25, 2018 5:04 pm

The next A332 for Level (France) was delivered today:

Airbus A330-202 1864 F-HLVL Level (France) delivery 25 May 2018 TLS-ORY ex F-WWKH

777Mech · Fri May 25, 2018 6:14 pm

The first 33N for DL has been tentatively identified as MSN 1915. For that MSN, how far until parts start arriving for final assembly?

It'll be registered as N401DX.

mjoelnir · Fri May 25, 2018 9:32 pm

777Mech wrote:
The first 33N for DL has been tentatively identified as MSN 1915. For that MSN, how far until parts start arriving for final assembly?

It'll be registered as N401DX.

MSN1864 delivered, perhaps 30 frames in assembly, outfitting, working up. The current youngest frame in the FAL should be around MSN1900. I would assume MSN1915 to enter the FAL very likely in 3 month and not later than 4 month.

audidudi · Mon May 28, 2018 2:47 pm

The next A333 for China Eastern was delivered today from TLS>TSN for cabin outfitting:

Airbus A330-343 1873 B-**** China Eastern delivery 28 May 2018 TLS-TSN, F-reg, for cabin config ex F-WWKF

juliuswong · Mon May 28, 2018 3:02 pm

CFRPwingALbody wrote:
flee wrote:
ojjunior wrote:
Where are the A330 Neo pics, please!

You will find them on the A330 Neo thread.

Link to A330NEO 2018

For the CEO's left to deliver: (from Airbus O&D March 2018 file)
28x A330MRTT to various countries in Asia and Europe, 17x left to assemble in the FAL.
14x CASC + 9x Hong Kong Airlines + 4x Hong Kong Leasing (China+) A330-300s
8x A330-200, Iran Air
5x A330-200 JET Airways (India)
2x Hifly X Ireland & 3x IAG A330-200 (UK / Ierland)
3x A330F MNG Airlines (Turkey)
1x A330F Synergy Aerospace Corporation (South America)
1x A330-300 EgyptAir
20x A330-300 and 2x A330-200 undisclosed customers.
And lets not forget the two A330-700 BelugaXL that still have to be assembled

Out of these remaining orders, Jet Airways order seems to be weakest. They aren't taking any new delivery for A330 no? They have few A332 flying with some else now, can always recall them back to their fleet. And the eight for Iran Air seems to be a "weak order" too??

NZ321 · Mon May 28, 2018 3:49 pm

Time to rev the NEO up and bring it on

audidudi · Tue May 29, 2018 11:49 pm

The next A333 for Shenzhen Airlines was delivered today:

Airbus A330-343 1867 B-1072 Shenzhen Airlines delivery 29 May 2018 TLS-TSN ex F-WWYU

audidudi · Thu May 31, 2018 6:00 pm

The next A333 for China Eastern was delivered today:

Airbus A330-343 1869 B-1073 China Eastern delivery 31 May 2018 TLS-PVG ex F-WWCS

audidudi · Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:37 pm

The next A333 for Capital Airlines was ferried yesterday from TLS>TSN for cabin installation and paint:

Airbus A330-343 1880 B- Capital Airlines delivery 21 June 2018 TLS-TSN, F-reg for cabin config and paint ex F-WWYJ

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