Hawaiian Airlines’ first Airbus A330-200 is seen at Toulouse today
Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-243 F-WWYX (N380HA) (msn 1104) TLS (first A330 for Hawaiian), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu) will take delivery next month of its...
View ArticleAirbus is awarded an European Type Certificate for the new A330-200F freighter
Copyright Photos: Airbus A330-223F F-WWYE (msn 1004) is one of the two test aircraft. Airbus (Toulouse and Hamburg) has received its Type Certification for the A330-200F from the European Aviation...
View ArticleHawaiian’s first Airbus A330 arrives in Hawaii, will enter service on June 4
Copyright Photo: Ivan K. Nishimura. This interesting wide-angle view documents N380HA's arrival at HNL. The new airliner is named "Makalii". Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu yesterday (May 3) welcomed its...
View ArticleCorsairfly to add Miami on June 11
Corsair (Corsairfly.com) Airbus A330-243 F-HBIL (msn 320) YUL (Gilbert Hechema), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Corsairfly (Corsairfly.com) (Paris-Orly) will begin scheduled passenger and...
View ArticleInvestigators are looking at navaids and the rising sun for the Afriqiyah...
Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-202 F-WWYS (5A-ONG) (msn 1024) TLS (investigation continues), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. According to ATW, “Investigators examining the Afriqiyah Airways...
View ArticleATW raises a question: Did Afriqiyah mistake the road for the runway?
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. The doomed Airbus A330-202 5A-ONG (msn 1024) is seen at Dubai before the crash in similar desert conditions it would have encountered at Tripoli. ATW has raised this...
View ArticleInvestigators call off search for missing Air France Flight Data Recorders
Air France Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP (msn 660) DXB (tragically crashed June 1, 2009), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Air France’s Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP (msn 660), which crashed tragically on...
View ArticleAir Algerie introduces its “Viva L’Algerie” logojet for the World Cup
Copyright Photo: Pepscl. Airbus A330-202 7T-VJW (msn 647) came to Paris (Orly) today (May 31) in this new special color scheme. Air Algerie (Algiers) has introduced this new “Viva L’Algerie” logojet in...
View ArticleAfriqiyah Airways crash was not caused by a technical problem
Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-202 5A-ONG (msn 1024) CDG (Christian Volpati) (crashed May 12, 2010), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Afriqiyah Airways’ (Tripoli) May 12 crash was not caused...
View ArticleHawaiian dedicates its new Airbus A330, to enter service on Friday, June 4
Copyright Photo: Hawaiian Airlines. Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu) yesterday (June 1) introduced its fleet of the future by welcoming the first of up to 27 new long-range Airbus A330 and A350 aircraft...
View ArticleHawaiian inaugurates Airbus A330-200 service to Los Angeles
Copyright Photo: Ivan K. Nishimura/Blue Wave Group. A push back shot of HA's inaugural A330 flight, HA 2 to LAX. HA assigned Airbus A330-243 N381HA (msn 1114) named "Hōkūle‘a" for the inaugural flight....
View ArticleHong Kong Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A330-200
Copyright Photo: Pepscl. Sister-ship A330-223 F-WJKJ (msn 1031) was rolled out on June 10 at Paris (Orly). Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong) on June 4 took delivery of Airbus A330-223 B-LND (msn 1042),...
View ArticleArik Air takes delivery of its first Airbus A330-200
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Airbus A330-223 5N-EIA (msn 1002) makes its first visit to London (Heathrow). Arik Air (Arik Wings of Nigeria) (Lago) on June 10 took delivery of its first Airbus...
View ArticleTurkish Airlines orders an additional Airbus A330-200
Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-203 TC-JND (msn 754) NUE (Gunter Mayer), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) has placed a firm order for an additional A330-200 aircraft....
View ArticleHawaiian Airlines to fly to Seoul (Incheon)
Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu) announced that it will introduce new nonstop flights between Honolulu and Seoul-Incheon International Airport starting in January 2011, pending approval from South Korea’s...
View ArticleUS Airways to distribute $5.1 million to its 31,000 employees ($150 each...
US Airways Airbus A330-243 N281AY (msn 1041) CLT (Jay Selman), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. US Airways (Phoenix) for the first time since its 2005 merger with America West Airlines,...
View ArticleEtihad Airways takes delivery of its first Airbus A330-200F freighter at...
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi) as the launch customer for the new A330-200F freighter, took ceremonial delivery of Airbus A330-243F A6-DCA (msn 1032) at the Farnborough International Air Show. The new...
View ArticleHong Kong Airlines signs MOU for 15 A350s and 10 A330-200s
Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330-223 F-WJKJ (msn 1031) ORY (Pepscl) (new type), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
View ArticleIs Mexicana headed towards a bankruptcy filing?
Mexicana (Compania Mexicana de Aviacion) Airbus A330-243 XA-MXP (msn 966) CUN (Rurik Enriquez), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Mexicana (Mexico City) according to this Reuters report could...
View ArticleGaruda Indonesia orders six more Airbus A330-200s
Garuda Indonesia Airways (Jakarta) has placed a firm order with Airbus for six long range A330-200 aircraft. Scheduled for delivery from the fourth quarter of 2012, the newly ordered aircraft will...
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