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Airbus delivers its 1,000th A330 to Cathay Pacific Airways

Airbus (Toulouse) yesterday (July 19) celebrated the delivery of the 1,000^th A330. The aircraft, an A330-343X registered B-LBB (msn 1436), powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, was handed over to Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong) at special ceremony in Toulouse. Cathay Pacific together with its sister airline Dragonair (Hong Kong) is the world’s largest operator of the A330, with a total of 56 now in service.

Since its first delivery of the A330 in 1995, Cathay Pacific’s Airbus fleet now comprises 38 A330-300s and 11 A340s, while Dragonair flies 21 single aisle A320 Family aircraft and 18 A330-300s. The Cathay Pacific Group has outstanding orders for 10 more A330-300s. The airline will also take delivery of 48 all-new A350 XWBs in the future, including 46 ordered from Airbus and two leased aircraft.

The wide market appeal of the A330 Family is demonstrated daily by over 100 operators, including network carriers, low cost, charter and flag carriers, who fly A330s on all missions from 30 minutes to over 14 hours. About 1.2 billion passengers have enjoyed traveling on board the light, bright and spacious A330 cabin to and from the 300 airports it serves today. More than 1,250 A330s have been ordered to date.

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Hong Kong Airlines introduces its first Airbus A330-300

Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong) today (December 10) introduced its first Airbus A330-300 into revenue service on the Hong Kong-Beijing route per Airline Route.

Copyright Photo: Eurospot. The pictured Airbus A330-343X F-WWCY (msn 1358) became B-LNM when it was handed over on November 30.

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Turkish Airlines orders 15 additional Airbus A330-300s

Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) has placed an order for 15 additional Airbus A330-300s, their seventh order for the A330 family of aircraft and their twentieth Airbus order overall. The aircraft will be operated on medium and long haul routes from the Turkish Airlines hub in Istanbul.

Turkish Airlines placed their first order with Airbus in 1984, and now operate 101 Airbus aircraft including 17 A330 Family aircraft.

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SAS to add two long-haul routes and European expansion

Scandinavian Airlines-SAS Airbus A330-343X LN-RKH (msn 497) ARN (Stefan Sjogren), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Scandinavian Airlines-SAS (Stockholm) will expand its route network with two new long-haul routes. Oslo-New York will commence on March 27, 2011, while the Copenhagen-Shanghai route will start during the winter of 2011. In addition, SAS will also launch a number of new European routes, as well as significantly increase frequency across its key short haul routes by 150 new weekly departures.

The Oslo-New York route will be launched March 27 next year and serviced daily with an Airbus A330-300, offering 34 Business class seats, 35 Economy Extra and 195 Economy seats, whilst Copenhagen-Shanghai will start as five times weekly as of next winter, using an Airbus A340-300, which offers 46 Business class seats 28 Economy Extra and 171 Economy seats.

The additional European frequencies will be continuously introduced during spring 2011. Compared to same period last year, SAS will offer150 more departures a week on key routes.

In addition four new routes will open: Oslo-Munich, Oslo-Palma, Oslo-Split and Stockholm-Venice.

AirAsia X to start Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo Haneda flights in December

AirAsia X (AirAsia.com) Airbus A330-343X F-WWYY (9M-XXG) (msn 1131) TLS (Guillaume Besnard) (latest delivery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

AirAsia X (AirAsia.com) (Kuala Lumpur) is going to launch low-fare Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo (Haneda) flights in December. The company is planning to add two additional cities.

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Copyright Photo: Guillaume Besnard. A dramatic picture of AirAsia X’s brand new Airbus A330-343X F-WWYY (msn 1131). it will become 9M-XXG on delivery.

Lufthansa selects a new CEO, orders more aircraft for the group

Lufthansa Airbus A330-343X D-AIKJ (msn 701) IAD (Brian McDonough), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has selected a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and ordered a new round of aircraft. The group has ordered 20 Airbus A320 family aircraft and three A330-300s for Lufthansa, four A320 family aircraft and five A330-300s for Swiss International Air Lines and eight A319-100s for low-cost Germanwings. Eight Embraer ERJ 195 aircraft were also ordered for Lufthansa Regional.

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough. LH will now operate 13 Airbus A330-300s. A330-343X D-AIKJ (msn 701) prepares to land at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, near Washington.