List of Airbus A330 operators

Further information: List of Airbus A330 orders and deliveries
Line drawings of the A330-200 and A330-300, the two most common types in service of Airbus A330 range.

The Airbus A330 is a wide-body, dual-isle, twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus. Versions of the A330 have a range of 7,400 to 13,430 kilometres (4,000 to 7,250 nautical miles), and can accommodate up to 335 passengers in a two-class layout, or carry 70 tonnes (150,000 pounds) of cargo.

The origin of the A330 dates to the 1970s as one of several conceived derivatives of Airbus's first airliner, the A300. The A330 was developed in parallel with the A340, which shared many common airframe components, but differed in number of engines. Both airliners incorporated fly-by-wire flight control technology, first introduced on an Airbus aircraft with the A320, as well as the A320's six-display glass cockpit.[1] In June 1987, after receiving orders from various customers, Airbus launched the A330 and A340. The A330 was Airbus's first airliner offered with the choice of three engines: General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce.[2]

The A330-300, the first variant, took its maiden flight in November 1992, and entered passenger service with Air Inter in January 1994.[3] Responding to dwindling sales, Airbus followed up with the slightly shorter A330-200 variant in 1998, which has proved more popular. Subsequently, developed A330 variants include a dedicated freighter, the A330-200F, and a military multi-role aerial refuelling tanker-transport, the A330 MRTT.

Since its launch, the A330 has allowed Airbus to expand market share in wide-body airliners. Airlines have selected the A330 as a replacement for less economical trijets, and versus rival twinjets. Boeing has offered variants of the 767 and 777 as competitors, along with the 787 which entered service in 2011. Airbus's A350 also shares this wide-body airliner market. As of November 2022, the A330's order book contained 1,764 airframes, of which 1,555 had been delivered and 1,462 were in service.[4] The largest operator is Delta Air Lines with 61 aircraft.[4]

Airline operators

A list of operators of the Airbus A330, as of November 2024.[4]

legend notes
* current
* former
orders
airline country 200 200F 300 300P2F 800 900 total in service notes
undisclosed customers 24 3 22 49
government; executive & private 54 54
Aer Lingus  Ireland 3 10 13
Aer Lingus UK  United Kingdom 2 2
Aeroflot  Russia 5 12 12 No longer supported by Airbus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Aerolíneas Argentinas  Argentina 9 9
Aerolíneas Estelar  Venezuela 1 1 Leased from Iberojet[5]
AeroSur  Bolivia 1 — Operated by Air Comet
Afriqiyah Airways  Libya 2 1 3
Aigle Azur  France 2 — Ceased operations in 2019
Air Anka  Turkey 1 1 2
Air Algérie  Algeria 8 3
5
 8
Air Belgium  Belgium 2 3 2 7 1 A330-200F operating for CMA CGM Air Cargo
Air Berlin  Germany 17 3 — Ceased operations in 2017
Air Canada  Canada 18 18
Air Caraïbes  Guadeloupe 1 2 3
Air Caraïbes Atlantique  France 1 1 1
Air China  China 27 28 55
Air Comet  Spain 8 — Ceased operations in 2009
Air Côte d'Ivoire  Ivory Coast
2
 –
Air Europa  Spain 12 5 —
Air France  France 15 15
Air Greenland  Greenland 1 1 1
Air Hong Kong  Hong Kong 2 4 6
Air India  India 2 —
Air Inter  France 4 — Launch customer of A330-300, merged with Air France in 1997
Air Italy  Italy 5 — Ceased operations in 2020, transferred to Qatar Airways
Air Leisure  Egypt 3 — Ceased operations in 2018
Air Madrid  Spain 3 2 — Ceased operations in 2006
Air Mauritius  Mauritius 1 2 3
Air Namibia  Namibia 2 — Ceased operations in 2021
Air Nigeria  Nigeria 1 — Ceased operations in 2012, leased from EgyptAir
Air One  Italy 2 — Ceased operations in 2014
Air Samarkand  Uzbekistan 2 2
Air Senegal  Senegal 2 2 One operated by Airhub Airlines
Air Serbia  Serbia 3 3
Air Transat  Canada 13 1 14
AirAsia X  Malaysia 1 15 15 15
AirCalin  New Caledonia 2 2 2
Airhub Airlines  Malta 1 2 1 4 A330-900 operating for Air Senegal
AirTanker  United Kingdom 14 14 Operates the Airbus Voyager for the Royal Air Force, leasing its 'surge' fleet to civilian airlines
Ajwaa Airlines  Egypt 1 1 Leased from EgyptAir
Alitalia  Italy 14 — Ceased operations in 2021
AlMasria Universal Airlines  Egypt 1 —
Amazon Air  United States 1 1 Operated by Hawaiian Airlines
American Airlines  United States 15 9 — Acquired from merger with US Airways

Now has been retiered

Arik Air  Nigeria 3 —
Asiana Airlines  South Korea 15 15
ASL Airlines Ireland  Ireland 2 3 3 Operated by DHL
Aura Airlines  Spain 1 — Ceased operations in 2022
Avianca  Colombia 12 2 —
Avianca Brasil  Brazil 6 1 — Ceased operations in 2019
Avianca Cargo  Colombia 6 4 6
Avianca Perú  Peru 1 — Ceased operations in 2020, transferred to Avianca
Awesome Cargo  Mexico 1 1
Azores Airlines  Portugal 1 —
Azul Brazilian Airlines  Brazil 7 5 12 To be added +4 units of the A330-900's to the fleet, and 2 leased aircraft from Avianca
Batik Air  Indonesia 3 —
Batik Air Malaysia  Malaysia 4 4
Beijing Capital Airlines  China 7 4 11
BH Air  Bulgaria 1 —
Blue Panorama Airlines  Italy 3 — Ceased operations in 2022, operated under Luke Air name, never entered service
Blue Wings  Germany 2 — Transferred to TAP Air Portugal
Boliviana de Aviación  Bolivia 2 2
British Midland International  United Kingdom 3 — Merged with British Airways in 2012
Brussels Airlines  Belgium 4 10 10
Canada 3000  Canada 4 — Launch customer of A330-200, ceased operations in 2001
Cathay Dragon  China
( Hong Kong) 		29 — Ceased operations in 2020
Cathay Pacific  Hong Kong 42
30
 42
Cebu Pacific  Philippines 8 8 8 Replaced by A330-900 and RP-C3341 is now operated by SmartLynx Malta RP-C3342 and RP C3344 is Operated by US Bangla Airlines RP-C3343 is operated by Air Transat RP-C4435 is operated by Lion Air and RP-C3346 (PK-LEY) on order RP-C3347 and RP-C3348 was sold back to Airbus
China Airlines  Taiwan 21 21 To be retired by 2026
China Eastern Airlines  China 30 25 55
China Southern Airlines  China 14 27 41
Citilink  Indonesia 2 — Transferred to Garuda Indonesia
CMA CGM Air Cargo  Belgium 4 4 1 operated by Air Belgium
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation  Congo 1 1
Condor  Germany 2 2 10 12 A330-300 leased from Smartlynx Airlines Malta
Conviasa  Venezuela 1 1 — A330-200 leased from Hi Fly
A330-300 leased from AirAsia X
Corsair International  France 3 4 5 9
Cubana de Aviación  Cuba 1 — Leased from Novair
Czech Airlines  Czech Republic 1 — Leased from Korean Air
Delta Air Lines  United States 11 31 22 64 Largest A330 operator
DHL Air UK  United Kingdom 3 3
Dragonair  China
( Hong Kong) 		30 — Rebranded to Cathay Dragon in 2016
Edelweiss Air  Switzerland 2 2 — A330-300 transferred to Eurowings Discover
EgyptAir  Egypt 3 4 7
EgyptAir Cargo  Egypt 3 3
Emirates  United Arab Emirates 29 —
Etihad Airways  United Arab Emirates 31 5 6 —
Eurofly  Italy 5 — Merged with Meridiana in 2010
European Air Transport Leipzig  Germany 3 2 5
Eurowings  Germany 7 5 12 A330-200 operated by SunExpress Deutschland
A330-300 operated by Brussels Airlines
Discover Airlines  Germany 3 9 12
EVA Air  Taiwan 3 9 12
Evelop Airlines  Spain 1 4 — Renamed to Iberojet in 2021
Eznis Airways  Mongolia 1 1
Fiji Airways  Fiji 5 1 6
Finnair  Finland 8 8
Flynas  Saudi Arabia 2 10 3 13 A330-200 leased from Hi Fly and Eaglexpress Air
A330-900 leased from Lion Air
Fly Gangwon  South Korea 1 1
Fly OYA  Libya 1 1
French Bee  France 1 — Formerly French Blue, transferred to Air Caraïbes
Garuda Indonesia  Indonesia 5 20 4 5 30
GetJet Airlines  Lithuania 1 1
Gulf Air  Bahrain 12 —
GullivAir  Bulgaria 3 3
Hans Airways  United Kingdom 1 1
Hainan Airlines  China 9 24 33
Hawaiian Airlines  United States 24 1 25 Operating for Amazon Air
Heston Airlines  Lithuania 3 3
Hi Fly  Portugal 2 2 1 —
HiSky Europe  Romania 1
Hi Fly Malta  Malta 3 1 1 4 A330-900 transferred to Airhub Airlines
Hong Kong Airlines  China
( Hong Kong) 		9 5 7 21
Iberia  Spain 18 8 26
Iberojet  Spain 2 1 3
Iberworld Airlines  Spain 1 4 — A330-200 leased from Orbest, rebranded to Orbest Orizonia Airlines in 2011
I-Fly  Russia 3 3 6 No longer supported by Airbus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Indonesia AirAsia X  Indonesia 2 — Ceased operations in 2019
Iran Air  Iran 2 2
Iraqi Airways  Iraq 1 1
ITA Airways  Italy 8 3 11
Jet2.com  United Kingdom 2 — Leased from AirTanker Services
Jet Airways  India 12 4 —
Jordan Aviation  Jordan 2 2
KLM  Netherlands 6 5 11 To be retired by 2025
Korean Air  South Korea 8 22 30
Kuwait Airways  Kuwait 5 4 7 9 Launch customer of A330-800
LEVEL  Spain 5 5 Operated by Iberia
Libyan Airlines  Libya 3 3
Lion Air  Indonesia 5 8 13
LTU International  Germany 9 8 — Merged with Air Berlin in 2009
Lucky Air  China 5 5
Lufthansa  Germany 5 11 11 To be replaced by 787-9.
Maldivian  Maldives 1 –
Malaysia Airlines  Malaysia 9 15 20 24
Maleth-Aero  Malta 4 4
Mas Air  Mexico 2 1 3
MASkargo  Malaysia 3 3
Meridiana  Italy 1 — Operated for Turkish Airlines
Middle East Airlines  Lebanon 5 4 5
MNG Airlines  Turkey 1 2 3
Monarch Airlines  United Kingdom 2 — Ceased operations in 2017
Mongolian Airways  Mongolia 1 1
MyTravel Airways  United Kingdom 3 1 — Merged with Thomas Cook Airlines in 2008
National Airlines (N8)  United States 1 1
Nepal Airlines  Nepal 2 2
Nordwind Airlines  Russia 2 3 5 No longer supported by Airbus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Northwest Airlines  United States 11 21 — Merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010
Novair  Sweden 6 —
Oman Air  Oman 4 4 10
Onur Air  Turkey 12 5 — Ceased operations in 2022
Orbest  Portugal 2 1 1 — A330-900 transferred to Iberojet
Orbest Orizonia Airlines  Spain 1 2 — Ceased operations in 2013
Pakistan International Airlines  Pakistan 1 — Leased from SriLankan Airlines
Philippine Airlines  Philippines 15 15
PAL Airlines  Chile 1 — Leased from Air Europa
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas  Spain 5 5
Qanot Sharq  Uzbekistan 2 2 Leased from Oman Air
Qantas  Australia 18 10 28
Qatar Airways  Qatar 5 8 7 12 To be retired by 2023
Really Cool Airlines  Thailand
3
 —
RwandAir  Rwanda 1 1 2
Sabena  Belgium 6 4 — Ceased operations in 2001
SalamAir  Oman
3
 —
Saudia  Saudi Arabia 20 33 33 A330-200 leased from various airlines
SBA Airlines  Venezuela 1 — Leased from Hi Fly
Scandinavian Airlines  Sweden
 Norway
 Denmark 		9 9
Sentra Airways  United Kingdom 1 1
Serene Air  Pakistan 3 3
Shaheen Air  Pakistan 4 3 —
Shanghai Airlines  China 4
Shenzhen Airlines  China 6 6
Sichuan Airlines  China 7 3 7 17
Singapore Airlines  Singapore 34 —
Skyservice Airlines  Canada 5 —
SmartLynx Airlines Malta  Malta 7 7
SN Brussels Airlines  Belgium 3 — Merged with Virgin Express to form Brussels Airlines in 2006
South African Airways  South Africa 11 3 3
Southwind Airlines  Turkey 2 2
SriLankan Airlines  Sri Lanka 2 7 9
Starlux Airlines  Taiwan 4 4
Sunclass Airlines  Denmark 1 1 2 4
SunExpress Deutschland  Germany 7 — Operated by Eurowings
Swissair  Switzerland 16 — Merged with Crossair to form Swiss International Air Lines in 2002
Swiss International Air Lines  Switzerland 15 14 14
T'way Air  South Korea 5 3 8
TACA Perú  Peru 1 — Rebranded to Avianca Perú in 2013
Tajik Air  Tajikistan 1 — Leased from Southwind Airlines
TAM Linhas Aéreas  Brazil 22 —
TAME  Ecuador 1 —
Tampa Cargo  Colombia 2 — Rebranded to Avianca Cargo in 2013
TAP Air Portugal  Portugal 3 4 19 22 Launch customer of A330-900
Tashkent Air  Uzbekistan 1 1
Thai AirAsia X  Thailand 7 2 9
Thai Airways International  Thailand 3 3
Thai Lion Air  Thailand 3 7 — Transferred to Lion Air
Thomas Cook Airlines  United Kingdom 16 — Leased one aircraft from AirTanker Services in 2015 for 3 years and a second added in April 2017, ceased operations in 2019
Tianjin Airlines  China 4 2 6
Tibet Airlines  China 5 5
TransAsia Airways  Taiwan 4 — Ceased operations in 2016
TUI fly Belgium  Belgium 1 — Leased from AirTanker Services[citation needed]
Tunisair  Tunisia 2 2
Turkish Airlines  Turkey 13 10 37 60 Second largest operator, behind Delta Air Lines
Turkmenistan Airlines  Turkmenistan 2 2
Uganda Airlines  Uganda 2 2
US Airways  United States 15 9 — Merged with American Airlines in 2015
US-Bangla Airlines  Bangladesh 2 2
Uzbekistan Airways  Uzbekistan 2 2 Leased from Heston Airlines
VietJet Air  Vietnam 7
20
 7
Vietnam Airlines  Vietnam 12 1 —
Virgin Australia  Australia 8 —
Virgin Atlantic  United Kingdom 4 10 4 14
Virgin Blue  Australia 2 — Rebranded to Virgin Australia in 2011
Virgin Nigeria  Nigeria 1 — Leased from British Midland International
VIM Airlines  Russia 2 — Ceased operations in 2017
Wamos Air  Spain 4 6 10
Wizz Air  Hungary 1 1 Aircraft owned by the Hungarian government.
World2Fly Portugal  Portugal 1 1
Wow Air  Iceland 3 — Ceased operations in 2019
XL Airways France  France 9 6 — Leased from various airlines, ceased operations in 2019
XL Airways UK  United Kingdom 1 — Leased from Orbest, ceased operations in 2008
Yemenia  Yemen 1 1
airline country 200 200F 300 300P2F 800 900 total in service notes

Military operators

Further information: Airbus A330 MRTT

As of August 2015, seven countries have placed order for a total 41 of Airbus A330 MRTTs, specialised for air-to-air refuelling tanker operations: Australia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, and South Korea.[6]

Government operators

Airbus A330-200 of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Following countries operate A330-200 for VIP use.

See also

Footnotes

References
  1. ^ Norris & Wagner 2001, p. 27
  2. ^ Norris & Wagner 2001, p. 44
  3. ^ Norris & Wagner 2001, pp. 84–85
  4. ^ a b c "Airbus orders and deliveries" (Microsoft Excel). Airbus S.A.S. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Nuestra Flota". flyestelar.com. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Airbus Defence and Space – orders, deliveries, in operation military aircraft by country, worldwide" (PDF). MilitaryAircraft-AirbusDS.com. Airbus Defence and Space, Airbus S.A.S. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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