A330-800 et A330-900 NEO

Poncho (Admin) a écrit:Maintien de la possibilité de faire des CEO pour les MRTT

Beochien a écrit:Courir après les B787, est sans trop d'intérêt, le A330-900 a son marché, surtout son prix, et sa position, qu'il gagne 500 Nm, c'est bien, mais pour moi, c'est plus important les 5 T de freight !

Tel Aviv-based Arkia Israeli Airlines has firmed an order for four A330-900neo aircraft valued at $1.15 billion at list prices.
The order, first announced as an MOU in February 2015 and finalized June 11 at the Farnborough Airshow, marks the first time an Israeli airline has ordered an Airbus widebody aircraft. Arkia has an existing order for four A321neo aircraft.
Airbus noted that commonality between A321neo and A330-900neo cockpits will “allow pilots and engineers to transition between [the two types] easily.”
The A330neo aircraft will be equipped with the Airspace by Airbus cabin offering.

Jeannot a écrit:En dehors de la commande annoncée sans doute sur un autre fil, je trouve que l'argument de communautarité avec le 321 n'est pas inintéressant dans le czdre du(des) MOM(s).

Well done to the team at Broughton - first #A330neo wing signed, sealed and delivered... pic.twitter.com/iWEbt2czZ5

— Robert Gage (@Welsh_Wings) 17 août 2016

Just landed in Toulouse: 1st nose & forward section of the #A330neo, paving way to final assembly start by end Sept. pic.twitter.com/LV4ecxEVZ5

— Airbus (@Airbus) 9 septembre 2016

Airbus has commenced the final assembly of its first A330neo, an A330-900, at its Final Assembly Line in Toulouse with the joining of the wings to the centre fuselage at station 40.

As the newest member of the world’s most popular A330 wide-body family the A330neo builds on the Family’s proven economics, versatility and reliability, set to reduce fuel consumption by a further 14 per cent per seat. Both the A330-800 and A330-900 feature a new A350-inspired wing with Sharklet wingtip devices for state-of-the-art aerodynamics, incorporating latest-generation Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, and the new AirSpace by Airbus cabin for the latest experience in cabin comfort.

“We have started with a very tight development schedule and are today right on time,” says Odile Jubécourt, Airbus Head of the A330neo programme. “I am happy to say we are in good shape to meet the high standards of maturity and reliability our customers expect from us and I want to thank the teams for this outstanding achievement.”

Thanks to its low, new generation fuel-burn, the A330neo expands its operators’ market opportunities by offering an additional 400 nautical miles range, leading to a 6,550 nautical miles range on the A330-900 and 7,500 nautical miles on the A330-800. To date, 10 customers have ordered a total of 186 A330neo.

The first A330neo entered final assembly on 27th September and work then commenced on the wing join-up to the centre fuselage. This milestone was achieved on-schedule, as planned over two years ago. Notably, it has taken only 26 months to deliver components with the same level of quality as serial aircraft and with all flight test instrumentation installed. Once the initial A330-900 is structurally complete, the next milestones for the A330neo programme will include: the electrical systems’ power-on of the first aircraft; engine installation and the associated ground-based tests; entry into the FAL of the second A330-900 test aircraft in November; assembly of TAP's first aircraft to start a few months later; and afterwards the first A330-800 flight test aircraft will enter the FAL. Overall A330neo final assembly is very similar to that of the A330ceo, using the same work stations. Nevertheless, some stations are adapted to accommodate new features of the A330neo – notably its new pylons, larger engines, larger wingspan and wing-tip Sharklets. The goal is for each workstation to be able to handle assembly of either the ‘CEO’ or ‘NEO’ A330 version. On the powerplant side, the manufacturer Rolls-Royce recently began assembling the first Trent 7000 flight-test engines, while testing on development units is being performed concurrently.

First Airbus #A330neo emerged from final assembly https://t.co/s67AsusoHc (@ Didier Durieux) pic.twitter.com/e9xLrqgt6n

— Karel Souffriau (@karelxwb) 25 novembre 2016