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Malaysia Airlines to acquire 20 A330neo units
Airbus A330-900
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Rafael Ramos
8/15/2022
Airbus started the week with another sale of its A330neo widebody. Malaysia Airlines' parent company, Malaysua Aviation Group, announced the acquisition of 20 aircraft to renew its dual-aisle fleet.
Gradually, the company will replace the 21 A330ceo of the previous generation with the A330neo-900, the largest in the family. The new widebody will join the fleet of six more A350-900s and will fly across Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East.
In addition, the planes will be a solution to cover the six A380s that are for sale.
The A330neo is the new generation of the A330 widebody with improvements and new Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. The aircraft offers 25% lower fuel consumption and consequently lower CO2 emissions than the previous generation.
The company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 20 units of the model. Initially, 10 planes will be acquired directly, while the other 10 will be leased from Avolon.
The A330neo was introduced by TAP in 2018. Since then, more than 73 units of the model have been delivered, even in times when widebody planes were not so sought after. In addition, Airbus has already accumulated more than 270 orders for the model worldwide.
Malaysia Airlines had a provisional order for the Boeing 787 in 2017. The deal was never finalized.
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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