Posts Tagged ‘330’

AirAsia X Orders 25 Airbus A330s

Malaysian long-haul budget carrier AirAsia X announced an order for 25 Airbus A330-300s on Wednesday in a deal valued at USD$6 billion at list prices. Malaysian airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, whose AirAsia group has alrea...


Thai Airways Plane Skids Off Bangkok Runway

  A Thai Airways Airbus A330 skidded off the runway at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after the nose wheel collapsed on landing late on Sunday night, injuring 14 passengers, the airline said. The flight from Guangzho...



Airbus Wins Oman Air Order For Three A330s

  Oman Air Airbus A330-300. Airbus has won an order for three A330-300 aircraft from Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, the European plane maker said on Wednesday. The order, which Airbus said would b...


Qatar Airways In Talks To Buy Up To 15 A330s

  Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus to buy up to 15 A330s, a deal potentially worth USD$3.6 billion at list prices, citing production delays to Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft. “We are talking to Airbus ab...



NTSB To Investigate Newark Taxiway Collision

  An SAS wide-body jet clipped the tail of a smaller regional plane as they were taxiing for departure at Newark airport, but no injuries were reported, US federal officials said on Thursday. The National Transportation Sa...


Lufthansa Plane Crosses Atlantic With Tail Damage

  Authorities in Germany are investigating how a Lufthansa plane flew across the Atlantic with damage to its rear section without passengers or crew noticing that the tail had hit the ground on take-off. The incident invol...