Steven Udvar-Hazy, chairman and CEO of Air Lease Corp., said, 'We don't believe it is rational for us to take the A350-800 and the A330neo I don't see the A350-800 surviving if they do the A330neo'. Steve Mason, CIT vice president for aircraft analysis, said: 'The A350-800 is not as efficient as they'd like'. In the 250-300-seat market, CIT Group believes an A330neo enables profitability on shorter ranges where the longer-range A350 and Boeing 787 are not optimized. In March 2014, Delta Air Lines expressed an interest in the A330neo to replace its aging, 20+-year-old Boeing 767-300ER jets. Airbus also considered re-engining the A380 but was wary of having two major modification programs simultaneously. An A330neo would accelerate the demise of the similarly sized A350-800. Īirbus sales chief John Leahy's argument was that the lower purchase price of an A330 even without new engines make the economics of buying an A330 competitive at midrange routes with that of the Boeing 787. New engines like the GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 developed for the 787 could offer a 12%–15% fuel burn improvement, and sharklets at least 2%. After the A320neo launch in December 2010 and its commercial success, Air Asia's boss Tony Fernandes said he would like Airbus to re-engine the A330. After negative feedback from airlines and lessors, the A350 XWB became a new design in 2006. The initial A350 concept, based on the A330ceoĪt the Boeing 787 launch in 2004, Airbus' initial response was an improved A330. The -800 made its first flight on 6 November 2018 and received EASA type certification on 13 February 2020 the first two -800s were delivered to Kuwait Airways on 29 October 2020. The -900 made its maiden flight on 19 October 2017 and received its EASA type certificate on 26 September 2018 it was first delivered to TAP Air Portugal on 26 November 2018 and entered service on 15 December. It is exclusively powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 with double bypass ratio, in contrast to its predecessor. It was launched on 14 July 2014 at the Farnborough Airshow, promising 14% better fuel economy per seat. A new version with modern engines comparable to those developed for the Boeing 787 was called for by operators of the original A330 series. The Airbus A330neo ('neo' for ' New Engine Option') is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Airbus from the Airbus A330 (now A330 ceo – 'Current Engine Option'). Wide-body jet airliner developed from Airbus A330ġ5 December 2018 with TAP Air Portugal

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