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md-100
14th Jan 2007, 17:15
Is there any U.S. carriers that fly A330 or A340 ???
aidey_f
14th Jan 2007, 17:25
Northwest and US Air both fly 330s.
Also, Air Canada fly 340s.
Hope that helps
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Kestrel_909
14th Jan 2007, 17:26
Is there any U.S. carriers that fly A330 or A340 ???
Northwest and US Airways operate A330s, can't think of any others or any A340 operators.
md-100
14th Jan 2007, 18:01
ok, I guess there is no A340 operator in US, why?
flyboyike
14th Jan 2007, 18:02
ok, I guess there is no A340 operator in US, why?
Perhaps because there is no real need for them here.
Whitehatter
14th Jan 2007, 19:20
Continental did order the A340 but cancelled before delivery. One model manufacturer even produced a line of the A340 in Conti's meatball livery which has since become mucho collectable!
Air Canada flies both the A340 and 330, Transat the 330. TWA were also looking to buy some A330 at one stage but that never happened either. US based lessors obviously own quite a few of all versions (including Boeing who took those Singapore A340s in trade for a 777 deal)
vapilot2004
16th Jan 2007, 06:21
While only 32 are currently in operation with 2 carriers in the US, the A330 sees much use between them.
NWA has 23 A330s, with another 17 on order. NW widebody fleet use is about 50/50 - split between their 747s and the A330.The airline reports substantial fuel savings (over 30% + more seats) the A330s are giving them (on the MNP-HNL route alone) in comparison to the recently retired DC-10s.
US Air operates 9 A330s and have 30 more that remain to be delivered. Widebody use is split about 50/50 between the A330s and the 767s.
Continental did indeed order 10 A340s despite a rough time had with ex-EAL A300s. The 8 year old B4s had maintenance issues aplenty and COA was poorly outfitted with spares and lacked experienced techs.
Other than the A300 (as introduced stateside first by Eastern Airlines, then Pan Am and finally American Airlines) in the eighties, US passenger carriers seem strangely un-moved by Airbus widebodies.
Meanwhile, UPS and Fed-Ex cannot seem to get enough A300s with over 150 frames between the two bought mostly to replace aging and thirsty tri-jets. ILFC (American lessor) owns about 100 A330s with practically all of them leased to non-US carriers.
The A350 will most likely surpass A300 and A330 US sales combined in the next decade.