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Airbus A330

The Airbus A330 is 2-engine medium to long range passenger aircraft, developed by Airbus to counter the Boeing 767 for ETOPS (Extended Range Twin-Engine Operations). ETOPS operations characterizes that the airplane must be within a specific time limit to reach a suitable airport. The more an airliner has the experience with ETOPS, the more the time limit will be (60, 120, 180 minutes).

ETOPS 180 will be that the aircraft must be able to fly within a 180 minutes to a suitable airport in case of an emergency onboard.
 

The Airbus A330 is operated by the Royal Dutch Airlines (8x A330-200).
Airbus offered the A330 in a tank- and transport version (A330MRTT) as a successor of the current US Air Force KC-135 fleet but lost the competition in 2011.

Versions & Civil operators

-200 series
The A330-200 (A332) is used by airliners of which:

Aeroflot
Aer Lingus
Air Algerie
Air Berlin
Air China
Air Europe
Air France
Air Transat
Alitalia
Asiana Airlines
Avianca
China Eastern Airlines
China Southern Airlines
Delta Airlines
Emirates
Gulf Air
Hainan Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
Hong Kong Airlines
Korean Air
KLM
Meridiana Fly
Monarch Airlines
Qantas
Qatar Airways
Royal Jordanian
Sri Lankan Airlines
TAM Airlines
TAP Portugal
Thomas Cook Airlines
Turkish Airlines
US Airways
Vietnam Airlines

-300 series
The A330-300 (A333) is used by airliners of which:

Aeroflot
Aer Lingus
Air Canada
Air Caraibes
Asiana Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Delta Airlines
Egypt Air
Finnair
Garuda Indonesia
Korean Air
Lufthansa
Malaysian Airlines
Oman Air
Qantas
Qatar Airways
SAS
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Swiss
Thai Airways
Turkish Airlines
US Airways
Virgin Atlantic

Militaire Operators
The A330 is used by countries like:

1. Australia
2. Belgium
3. France
4.
Saudi-Arabia
5.
United Arabian Emirates
6.
United-Kingdom

Royal Dutch Air Lines A330-200
Lufthansa A330-300 Belgian Air Force Belgian Air Force
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