The start of production of the A330-200 came, not at the initiative of its maker, but at the request of the same companies that needed a more powerful aircraft than the -300 version built so far by Airbus.
Thus, the A330-200 program was launched on November 24, 1995, after an initial order of 13 copies by the U.S. leasing company IL-FC, the prototype flew on August 13, 1997, and was Canada 3000 the first to put into commercial service.
The A330-200, with 10 frames less than the A330-300 (4.60 meters), has a higher takeoff weights than his older brother and a capacity to transport 40,000 liters more fuel, and that means about 40 percent compared with the A330-300.
This allows the A330-200 have a maximum range of close to 1 2,000 kilometers inside flying 253 passengers in three classes or up to 8,000 kilometers with 233,000 kg maximum takeoff weight. Just as in version -300, the A330-200 can be equipped with three different kinds of powerplants: Rolls-Royce Trent, Pratt & Whitney PW4000 о GF6 General Electric GE-80E1, all in around 30,000 kg thrust in each engine.
The Airbus A330-200
The A330 program was launched in parallel with the A340, and it stands out compared to its vertical drift adjustment, that is one meter taller than the other models of the A330/A340 family. This has helped maintain the payload capacity over the A340-200, almost 45 tons and up to 27 containers in the hold of the type LD3.
Until the end of last September, Airbus had a backlog for the A330-200 reached the total of 303 aircraft, of which 197 had been delivered.
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