The A330NEO is the second generation of the 1990’s A330 fly-by-wire wide-body aircraft family developed by Europe based Aerospace conglomerate Airbus.

Developed in parallel with the four-engine A340 family sharing the same fuselage, cockpit, and cabin. The A330 was aimed at high-capacity medium-range routes replacing the 1970’s era A300 in Airbus products portfolio where the A340 was designed to address long-range routes. The A330-300 longer variant was the first to take to the sky on November 2 , 1992, prior to entering service with French domestic operator Air Inter, followed in 1998 by the shorter variant A330-200 with launch customer Korean Air.

The A330 family was offered multiple 70,000 lbf class engine selection from General Electric with the CF6-80, Rolls-Royce with the Trent 700, and Pratt & Whitney with the PW4000.

With the increase in engine reliability and the rapid development of ETOPS (Extended Twin-engine Operations) performance standards. The A330 family started to be very popular on long-range point to point routes, pushing manufacturer Airbus to offer more and more increased take-off weight variants to cope with airlines’ increased range demand. The A330-200 longer-range version served as the base of the ACJ330 offering and proved very popular with government for officials and head of state transportation. The Latest A330NEO should carry this popularity by offering even more range capability.   

Launched in 2014, the latest A330NEO was designed to compete against Boeing 787 model and introduced the latest generation Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engine. Replacing the A330-300, the A330-900 entered service in late 2018 and should be followed with the A330-200 replacement designed A330-800 in 2020.