Airbus A330
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The Airbus A330 is a twin-engine passenger airplane designed and built by Airbus that first flew in 1992. It's an important aircraft for long-distance international travel because it can carry hundreds of passengers while safely flying for many hours over oceans and remote areas.
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The Airbus A330 is a wide-body airliner developed and produced by Airbus.
Airbus began developing larger A300 derivatives in the mid–1970s, giving rise to the A330 twinjet as well as the Airbus A340 quadjet, and launched both designs along with their first orders in June 1987. The A330-300, the first variant, took its maiden flight in November 1992 and entered service with Air Inter in January 1994. The A330-200, a shortened longer-range variant, followed in 1998 with Canada 3000 as the launch operator.