The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft 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.Airbus A330A white and red Turkish Airlines A330-300 with the undercarriages extended over a blue sky.An Airbus A330-300 operated by Turkish Airlines, the second largest operator of the family behind Delta Air LinesGeneral informationRoleWide-body airlinerNational originMulti-national[a]ManufacturerAirbusStatusIn servicePrimary usersDelta Air LinesTurkish AirlinesChina Eastern AirlinesAir ChinaNumber built1,623 as of January 2025[1]HistoryManufactured1992–presentIntroduction date17 January 1994 with Air InterFirst flight2 November 1992; 32 years agoDeveloped fromAirbus A300VariantsAirbus A330 MRTTAirbus CC-330 HuskyDeveloped intoAirbus A330neoAirbus Beluga XLThe A330 shares many underpinnings with the airframe of the early A340 variants, most notably the same wing components, and by extension the same structure. However, the A330 has two main landing gear legs instead of three, lower weights, and slightly different fuselage lengths. Both airliners have fly-by-wire controls as well as a similar glass cockpit to increase the commonality. The A330 was Airbus's first airliner to offer a choice of three engines: the General Electric CF6, Pratt & Whitney PW4000, or the Rolls-Royce Trent 700. The A330-300 has a range of 11,750 km (6,340 nmi; 7,300 mi) with 277 passengers, while the shorter A330-200 can cover 13,450 km (7,260 nmi; 8,360 mi) with 247 passengers. Other variants include the A330-200F dedicated freighter, the A330 MRTT military tanker, and the ACJ330 corporate jet