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The Airbus A330 is a large capacity medium to long range commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus Industrie and is closely related to the four-engined long range A340.The airbus A330 was to be attacked the attempt of the company Airbus in the year 1987 the market of the long-range aircraft. This market was of the Boeing B-767 , B-777 and not least B-747 , which jumbo jet so mentioned , dominates.
As development basis one took the trunk of the airbus A300 and extended him. The cockpit was taken over from the A320. Thus the airplane became altogether a mixture from the technical innovations of the airbus A320 and its family and the dimensions of the airbus A300 and its family.
The airbus A330 is equipped and for the long-distance enterprise laid out with two jet engines. The shorter version (A330-200) measures, 59 meters, while the longer version (A330-300) measures, somewhat more than 63 meters.
Air Canada Airbus A330-300.
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External links:
- details on the Airbus family of aircraft
- history and pictures of the Airbus A330-300
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Airbus A330."
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