Airbus A330-900 Wins EASA Type Certification

AerospacePosted 10/23/202610/23/2026 at 7:02 am@BuildDesk

Starts 09/26/2018 - All day

Blagnac 2, Rue Charles Lindbergh, Roumegas, Blagnac, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France métropolitaine, 31700, France

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Estimate from the variant's published specs, 0-5; scores are only comparable within one criteria year. A330-900 at the 242 t certified in 2018. Range: Airbus A330 Facts and Figures (Apr 2024) 6,550 nm (12,130 km) at 242 t = 4.0 (7,200 nm at 251 t would be 4.5). Capacity: Airbus planning manual (AC A330, Jul 2023) standard 310 two-class; Airbus page 287-303 three-class. Efficiency: Condor's published 2.1 L per passenger per 100 km for its A330-900 (Airbus release 29 Jul 2021) = 5.0; Airbus's 14% per-seat cut vs the A330-300 applied to Aircraft Commerce's 2.81 gives 2.4 = 4.6; scored 4.5. Speed: Airbus A330-900 page cruise Mach 0.82. Runway: read from AC A330 Trent 7000 chart (ISA, sea level) at 242 t = about 8,900 ft (251 t reads about 10,000 ft = 2.0). Comfort: 5.26 m cabin, Airspace interior, Airbus says 3 dB quieter than the 787; reviewers call it very quiet and smooth = 4. Flight International's flight test was in the -800, not the -900.

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airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2018-09-airbus-a330-900-receives-easa-type-certification
airbus.com· Posted Oct 23, 2026· Starts Sep 26, 2018 ✓· 99% of score
Airbus^[2][4][5][6] release datelined "Toulouse, 26 September 2018": "The A330-900 has received its Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)".
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AC A330 Aircraft Characteristics for Airport and Maintenance Planning (Jul 2023)
aircraft.airbus.com· Published Jul 1, 2023· 1% of score
Standard A330-900 seating and weights.^[1]
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The flight test of Airbus’s refreshed widebody – the A330neo
flightglobal.com· Published Nov 28, 2019· 0% of score
Seating and engine details of the A330neo family.^[1]
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Airbus delivers first A330-900 to launch operator TAP Air Portugal
airbus.com· Published Nov 26, 2018· Starts Nov 26, 2018· 0% of score
First delivery followed the certification by two months.^[1]
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First A330-800 successfully completes maiden flight
airbus.com· Published Nov 6, 2018· Starts Nov 6, 2018· 0% of score
The A330-800 flew in November 2018, weeks after the -900 certification.^[1]

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