| Model manufacturer: | Aviation 200 |
| Order code: | KJ-A332-061 |
| Scale: | 1:200 |
| Material: | Combined (Metal / Plastic) |
| Weight: | 1.2 kg |
| Registration number: | B-6091 |
| Dimensions: | 29.5×30.2×9.1 cm (L×W×H) |
| Air company: | Air China |
| Aircraft manufacturer: | Airbus |
High quality metal model of the Airbus A330-243 Air China Star Alliance passenger plane. The package includes a stand.
The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and manufactured by Airbus. Airbus created several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner in the mid-1970s. The company then began development of the twin-engine A330 in parallel with the four-engine A340, bringing both designs to market with the first orders in June 1987. The first variant of the A330-300 took off in November 1992 and entered service with Air Inter in January 1994. A slightly shorter A330-200 variant followed in 1998.
The A330 shares its airframe with the early A340 variants, but has two main landing gear legs instead of three, lower weight and slightly different lengths. Both aircraft have fly-by-wire controls as well as a similar glass cockpit to enhance the similarity. The A330 was the first Airbus airliner to offer a choice of three engines: General Electric CF6, Pratt & Whitney PW4000 or Rolls-Royce Trent 700. The A330-300 has a range of 11,750 km or 6,350 nmi with 277 passengers. the shorter A330-200 can travel 13,450 km or 7,250 nmi with 247 passengers. Other variants include the dedicated A330-200F freighter, the A330 MRTT military tanker and the ACJ330 business jet. The A330 MRTT was designed as the EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45 for the US Air Force's KC-X competition, but lost out to the Boeing KC-46 after first winning.
