Family Airbus A330 represented by only two models – the Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A330-300. The Airbus A330-200 can take on Board not more than 380 passengers, and the Airbus A330-300 – not more than 440. The second model had significantly compromise the range of flight is an Airbus 330-200 overcomes to 14 390 km at a cruising speed of 913 km/h in contrast to 10 800 km of the “three hundred”. The range of the Airbus 330-200 has also increased thanks to the installation of additional fuel tank. Shortened by 4.8 m wide-body “hundred” proudly bears the title of a transatlantic passenger airliner, which provides the best possible comfort for every traveler.
Who ever flew over the ocean, you know all the hardships of a long flight in economy class. Charter flights are good that during the flight in the immediate vicinity is a very small number of people who are mostly your friends. To be more than 10 hours in a sitting position, involuntarily sharing personal space with strangers is very hard. So many hours of flight in a passenger liner result in a sizeable stress for everyone. However, the designers of the new Airbus A330-200 took care to give passengers more personal space to reduce fatigue and mental stress, invariably appear in such conditions. Airbus A330-200 provided a wonderful system of sound insulation, thanks to which the interior noise from powerful turbofan engines do not exceed the usual hum of a car engine. At the same time on Board the Airbus 330-200 may be up to 380 passengers, not counting the two pilots and stewards.
The wing of the Airbus A330-200, with a wingspan of 60.3 m, confident the airliner with a length of 58.82 m at a height of 12 500 meters, and its aerodynamics allows you to accelerate to a cruising speed of 0.86 Mach. Avionics Airbus A330-200 repeats the digital complex EFIS embedded in the model A320. The power plant is represented in one of three possible sets of turbofan: generalelectric companies CF6-80E1, Pratt&Whitney PW4000 or Rolls-RoyceTrent 700, each of which provides traction from 31,4 to 32.84 cu.
Sale of Airbus A330-200S will be beneficial for companies interested in passenger air transportation between the continents. Operating costs for Airbus A330-200, 9% higher than those of its main competitor – Boeing 767-300ER, but due to the increased comfort still is in the same segment.
