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^[update], 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]

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

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
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	Hong Kong			29				—	Ceased and merged operations with Cathay Pacific in 2020 due to COVID-19. Older batches of A330-300 was retired
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong			42			30	42	Older batches of A330-300 is sent to Cathay Dragon
Cebu Pacific	Philippines			8			10	10	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
Centrum Air	Uzbekistan			2				—
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			2	4	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	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	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	1	5	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			1	25
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			8	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

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2024)

As of August 2015^[update], 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]

Following countries operate A330-200 for VIP use.

• Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan – 1 in service
• French Air and Space Force – 1 in service
• Government of Brazil - 1 in service
• Government of Turkey – 1 in service
• Government of Thailand – 1 in service
• Government of Malaysia – 1 in service
• Royal Air Force – 1 in service
• Royal Canadian Air Force – 1 in service
• Qatar Amiri Flight – 2 in service

• List of Airbus A330 orders and deliveries

References

Bibliography

• Norris, Guy and Mark Wagner (2001). Airbus A340 and A330. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-7603-0889-6.
• Airbus Orders and Deliveries