Two days ago, the 26th of September, the European giant Airbus declared that his new A330-900 received it certification from European Aviation Safety Agency. This aircraft manufactured by aircraft European top seller has Rolls Royce Trent 7000 engine. This certification obtained in collaboration with TAP Air Portugal will be soon followed by Federeal Aviation Administration certification.
With approval of Portuguese airlines, the first A330-900 have been used as demonstrator for endurance and flight tests compaigns. These tests, performed in 12 countries around the world, are mandatory to obtain certification and ended last week after 1400 flight hours.
EASA certificate has been signed by Trevor Woods, EASA's certification director and delivered by Ludovic Aron to Airbus.
"A330neo family represents the innovation spirit from Airbus. This next gen aircraft offers to users an unequaled performance and flexibility for every routes from short to long-haul. It has a huge commercial potential that will be soon exploited by TAP Air Portugal." said Guillaume Faury, Airbus Commercial Aircraft's president.
A330neo represents the next gen aircraft family for Airbus. Composed by A330-900 and A330-800 that has smaller capacity, maiden flight is planed for next week. Specificity and advantage of this family is the smaller seat/kilometer cost ratio compared to the rest of 300 seats aircraft market. This is due to its Trent 7000 engines from Rolls-Royce that are made of lighter composite materials. These innovative engines reduce fuel consumption of 25% compared to same size and capacity aircraft.
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