The airbus a330 (pronunciation spelling: airbus ae three thirty) is a multi-national plane made by airbus, manufactured from 1990 - present, there are 1650 of these made, its first flight was on 2/11/1992 & was introduced to service on 17/1/1994, having a cabin config of 2-3-2, it could carry a max of 405 people, it flew at a max altitude of 40000 ft & at a max speed of 685.90 mph, it remains in service till today & is well known for being able to land smoothly easily because of its insane gear tilt, qantas got their first a330 on 7/2/2003 & made its first flight on the same day, today, qantas operates 20 a330’s | notes: im now using quarters in then craft instructions for flaps & thrust (except when its not at 25% or 75%)