{"id":1,"date":"2015-04-02T01:16:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T01:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2015-06-15T05:48:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T05:48:22","slug":"easa-certifies-the-latest-and-most-capable-242-tonne-a330-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/02\/easa-certifies-the-latest-and-most-capable-242-tonne-a330-version\/","title":{"rendered":"EASA certifies the latest and most capable 242 tonne A330 version"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new 242 metric tonne A330-300 variant of the Airbus bestseller is seen taking off from Blagnac airport for a final test flight. \u00a9A. Domenjou\/Airbus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The latest variant of the highly successful A330 \u2013 the new 242 metric tonne A330-300 \u2013 has achieved certification from the European airworthiness authorities (EASA) following a 100 hour flight-test campaign. Certification from the US authorities (FAA) is also expected soon. Furthermore, and in the near future, the smaller A330-200 model will follow the -300 by benefiting from the 242t take-off weight capability. To date eleven customers have already selected their new A330s to have a 242t capability. <\/p>\n

Eric Zanin, Airbus\u2019 Head of the A330 Programme said: \u201cThe latest A330\u2019s maximum take-off weight capability of 242 metric tonnes, combined with various aerodynamic refinements and increased fuel capacity means that soon operators will benefit from an extended range of up to 500 nautical miles or carry greater payload. Moreover, they will do so with a fuel consumption reduction of up two percent \u2013 yet another concrete example of Airbus\u2019 incremental innovation strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initial certified A330-300 242t aircraft is powered by CF6-80E1 engines and certification with the other engine types \u2013 the PW4000 and Trent 700 \u2013 will follow. The flight-test campaign of approximately 100 hours was shared between two aircraft: an Airbus test aircraft (MSN0871) which was used to validate some aerodynamic refinements, and a new production aircraft (MSN1628) whose tasks included the validation of the *centre tank activation and overall performance effect on the larger A330-300 platform. Notably, the 242t A330\u2019s structure is also the basis for development of the forthcoming A330neo.<\/p>\n

The combination of the increased take-off weight, aerodynamic improvements and the optional fuel capacity boost \u2013 compared with the previous 235t version \u2013 means that the new 242t A330-300 is capable of flying missions of up to 15 hours, or carry more payload over existing routes. In practice this means that it will allow operators to fly directly between Europe and south-East Asia and could be used for more than 90 percent of typical routes from London airports.<\/p>\n

The A330 Family, which spans 250 to 300 seats and includes Freighter, VIP, and Military Transport\/Tanker variants, has attracted almost 1,500 orders and around 1,150 aircraft are flying worldwide with over 100 operators. Ever since the original A330-300 entered service, its hallmarks are its very efficient operating economics, innovative cabin features, while offering passengers much wider economy-class seats than any competing aircraft. Moreover, with numerous product improvements and with an operational reliability of 99.4 percent, the A330 is the most cost-efficient and capable aircraft in its class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest variant of the highly successful A330 \u2013 the new 242 metric tonne A330-300 \u2013 has achieved certification from the European airworthiness authorities (EASA) following a 100 hour flight-test campaign. Certification from the US authorities (FAA) is also expected soon. Furthermore, and in the near future, the smaller A330-200 model will follow the -300<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2212,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/2212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}