Airbus A330-200

Airbus · International (Europe) · first flew 1997 · airliner

Variant of the Airbus A330-300 — family overview.

The A330-200 is the shorter, longer-range member of Airbus's hugely successful twin-engine A330 widebody family.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	Low-mounted, swept
E — Engines	2 × turbofan, wing-mounted
F — Fuselage	Two large underwing engines on a broad-winged twin widebody
T — Tail	Conventional

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Spot it by:

Two large underwing engines on a broad-winged twin widebody
Shorter fuselage than the A330-300 with a tall-looking tail
Canted winglets on the ceo (large sharklets denote the later neo)

Two large engines hang under a wing nearly as wide as the four-engine A340, giving a broad-winged twin look. The shorter fuselage and proportionally tall tail distinguish it from the A330-300, and wingtip fences rather than curved sharklets mark the ceo version.

Specifications

The Airbus A330-200 has a length of 59 m (194 ft).
It has a wingspan of 60.3 m (198 ft).
Its maximum speed is 880 km/h (547 mph).
Typical crew: 2 pilots.

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History

It first flew in August 1997 and was offered with General Electric, Pratt & Whitney or Rolls-Royce engines. When the re-engined A330neo was launched in 2014 the original models were redesignated A330ceo.

Variants

The family includes the -200, the stretched -300, the -200F freighter and the newer A330neo (-800 and -900), plus the A330 MRTT military tanker.

Where you'll see it

It became a dependable long-haul workhorse across UK and European fleets, with Virgin Atlantic operating A330s on transatlantic routes and the type widely used within the IAG group and other European carriers.

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