In its place, the Honolulu-based carrier ordered 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. In March, Hawaiian Airlines canceled the last remaining order for the A330-800. The A330neo's only US airline customer is Delta with 25 orders on the books. The plane's largest customer is Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia X with 66 on order. In that same period, Boeing racked up more than 400 orders for Dreamliners. Through may, the European planemaker has just 224 orders for the plane which has been on sale since 2014. Thus far, Airbus has struggled to find customers of the A330neo. And yes, there is a pair of fuel-efficient Rolls-Royce engines.Īirbus is offering the neo in two sizes - the A330-800 and the larger A330-900. To create the neo, Airbus thoroughly updated the A330 airframe, gave it a pair of brand new wings, and state-of-the-art avionics. However, the A330neo is more than an old plane with a new engine. Like in the A320neo, "neo" stands for new engine option. Instead of designing a brand new aircraft from the ground up, Airbus decided to use its current generation A330 as the starting point.Īt the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow, Airbus launched the A330neo.
Naturally, Airbus had to answer its rival. In fact, it has come to dominate the small wide-boy market of late.
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Despite being hampered early in its production life by a series of serious reliability issues, the Dreamliner has since proven itself to be a hot-selling and highly efficient airliner. The A330-800neo is priced at $259.9 million while the larger A330-900neo costs $296.4 million.įARNBOROUGH –The Boeing 787 Dreamliner entered service to great fanfare back in 2011.The Airbus sales campaign continues at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow.The A330neo has struggled to find customers of late as Airbus has taken just 224 orders since it went on sale in 2014.
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