The Airbus A330 is a wide-body airliner developed and produced by Airbus. Airbus began developing larger A300 derivatives in the mid–1970s, giving rise to the A330 twinjet as well as the Airbus A340 q
An Airbus A330-300 operated by Delta Air Lines, the largest operator of the family
Compared to the A330 twinjet (on ground), the heavier A340 (in flight) has four engines and a centre-line wheel bogie.
Rolls-Royce's Trent 700 features a mixed exhaust.
Pratt & Whitney's PW4000 has a more conventional unmixed exhaust.
The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, wide-body airliner. It was developed by Airbus Industrie GIE, now merged into Airbus, and manufactured from 1971
Airbus A330
…of putting it on an A330; however, Airbus' strategy for long-haul was the four-engine A340, missing the market favouring twins. Responding to lagging A300-600F and A310F sales, Airbus began marketing the Airbus A330-200F, a freighter derivative of the A330-200, around 2001. The freighter has a range of 7,400…
Iran Air Airbus A300 605R; EP IBD@FRA;06.07.2011 603ks
Technical director Roger Béteille (from behind) discussing with general manager Henri Ziegler beside the CF6 turbofan, which powered the A300 first flight
The 5.64 m (222 in) diameter circular fuselage section for 8-abreast seating and 2 LD3 containers below. This is part of the first A300 prototype, F-OCAZ, on display at Deutsches Museum in Munich.
An A300 in vintage Airbus livery, it was rolled out on 28 September 1972