A330 : Version Passagers ; toute la famille

Airbus insists that the higher-weight A330 will not evolve into a substitute for the A350-800, reiterating that it still intends to develop the shrink variant of its new twinjet family.

Chief operating officer for customers John Leahy stresses that there is "not
even an internal review" over the -800's future, although he says slot
constraints on the A350 programme are directing the airframer to
prioritise sales of the higher-value -900.

Airbus will tweak the A330 family to raise the maximum take-off weight to 240t, giving a
consequent increase in range, and is pitching entry into service for
2015, a year earlier than the A350-800.

Lessor CIT has become the first to commit to the improved A330, which will benefit from A350
aerodynamics. The company had previously been an A350-800 customer, with
an order for five, but abandoned it in favour of the larger -900. Leahy
says CIT is a strong A330 customer and its decision to take the
higher-weight type is unconnected to the A350 switch. He says the
modified A330 and the A350 will serve "different markets".

The new A330-300, the first variant to undergo the change, will have a range of 5,950nm
(11,000km). That of the A350-800 - which will have a maximum take-off
weight of 248t - is intended to be about 8,500nm. Qatar Airways
is one of the primary customers of the -800, accounting for 20 of the
118 on order, and is unconvinced Airbus wants to retain the programme.

Chief executive Akbar Al Baker believes the airframer is quietly trying to
shelve the -800. "Officially they are telling us they are still going to
make that aircraft," he says. "We don't know."

He says the carrier's commitment to the type depends on its capability. "If it is
not head and shoulders above the [Boeing] 787-8, then we will have to
reconsider. In our contract with Airbus we can swap our A350 orders
between the -800 and -900."

Qatar has ordered 40 A350-900s and Al Baker says he is expecting the first in mid-2014, adding that this
amounts to a six- or seven-month delay to contractual delivery dates.
"We had been expecting that slip and we had already built a buffer into our
preparations," he says. "We realise that it is heavier than in our
contract with them, but there are ways around this and we are talking to
Airbus about how to resolve this."

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/higher-weight-a330-not-intended-as-a350-800-substitute-374578/

Beochien a écrit:

Notre Bashing-man frustré du Power 8 d'Airbus et .... employé ailleurs... pose ses petites interventions à droite à gauche, comme une mouche dépose des petites taches noires sur les vitres !

En ce qui me concerne, je préfères les contributions positives, et critiques s'il le faut, (Et on ne s'en prive pas!) qui font avancer le débat !

JPRS

VV a écrit:Je ne comprends pas bien cette réaction, alors j'ai fait l'effort de trouver l'article Aviation Week. Vous pouvez le trouver ci-dessous, c'est le paragraphe 5:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article/PrintArticle.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_05_28_2012_p40-461572.xml&p=1&printView=true

This jetliner has a range of up to 5,450 nautical miles while carrying 300 passengers in a typical two-cabin arrangement, seating 36 in first or business class at a 60-inch seat pitch, and 264 in coach at 32-inch pitch.

An increased maximum takeoff weight of 240 metric tonnes was launched by Airbus in July 2012. The new 240 tonne A330-200 will fly up to 270 naut. mi. further – to 7,050 naut. mi. (13,060 km.) – with 246 passengers and carry over 2.5 tonnes more payload than the previous 238 tonne A330-200 version. This latest takeoff weight increase also will bring increased fuel efficiency thanks to wing aerodynamic refinements and enhancements to the engines.

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https://avia.superforum.fr/t21p320-a330-version-passagers-toute-la-famille#30625

En termes de conso Airbus donne officielle -23% par PAX @4000 Nm vs A330-200, c'est un gouffre.