GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, has signed a firm order for 12 additional long-range Airbus A330-300s.
The company’s new order brings the total number of Airbus A330s ordered by GECAS to 32.
“This order adds to our existing portfolio of A330 aircraft,” says Norman Liu, GECAS president and CEO. “A key part of our strategy is to expand our wide-body product offerings to satisfy customer demand.”
“This repeat order from GECAS underscores the ongoing popularity of the A330, and highlights the strong market demand for the A330-300 in particular,” says John Leahy, Airbus’ chief operating officer, customers. “The unbeatable economic efficiency and proven passenger appeal of this aircraft make it the perfect choice in today’s market for medium capacity routes.”
Airbus says its aircraft share a unique cockpit and operational commonality, allowing airlines to use the same pool of pilots, cabin crews and maintenance engineers, bringing operational flexibility and resulting in significant cost savings.
Offering a true wide-body fuselage, the A330-300 is able to accommodate seat and class configurations to suit diverse customer requirements. It has a range of up to 5,600 nautical miles) (10,400km) with a typical 300-passenger load.
The A330-300 is optimized for the medium-to-long-range market and orders for the aircraft stand at more than 480.
The A330 family, which spans 200 to 400 seats for the passenger variants and also includes freighter, VIP, and military transport/tanker variants, has now attracted orders for more than 1,100 aircraft.
source: http://www.airlinesanddestinations.com/aircraft/gecas-orders-12-more-airbus-a330-300s/
The company’s new order brings the total number of Airbus A330s ordered by GECAS to 32.
“This order adds to our existing portfolio of A330 aircraft,” says Norman Liu, GECAS president and CEO. “A key part of our strategy is to expand our wide-body product offerings to satisfy customer demand.”
The A330-300 was the first version of the A330 family to be developed and initially sold slowly, with the shorter-fuselage, longer-range A330-200 being the hot-selling member of the family for a number of years. However, sales of the A330-300 have picked up substantially and total sales of this longer-fuselage, higher-capacity A330 family member reached more than 480 aircraft by early 2011
Airbus says its aircraft share a unique cockpit and operational commonality, allowing airlines to use the same pool of pilots, cabin crews and maintenance engineers, bringing operational flexibility and resulting in significant cost savings.
Offering a true wide-body fuselage, the A330-300 is able to accommodate seat and class configurations to suit diverse customer requirements. It has a range of up to 5,600 nautical miles) (10,400km) with a typical 300-passenger load.
The A330-300 is optimized for the medium-to-long-range market and orders for the aircraft stand at more than 480.
The A330 family, which spans 200 to 400 seats for the passenger variants and also includes freighter, VIP, and military transport/tanker variants, has now attracted orders for more than 1,100 aircraft.
source: http://www.airlinesanddestinations.com/aircraft/gecas-orders-12-more-airbus-a330-300s/
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