Airbus adds more capacity to 330s

Transportation

Friday, November 30, 2012

Airbus has made adjustments to the payload capabilities of its A330-300 and A330-200 planes, bringing the maximum takeoff weight for the craft up two tons to a 242-ton maximum and adding additional fuel capacity to the -300. The expanded capabilities will hit the market in 2015. Airbus officials made the fuel-capacity adjustment possible by using a center-wing fuel tank for the first time. The tank had been in operation on the -200s, but was not in use on the larger it...

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