The Airbus A330neo is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Airbus based on the Airbus A330ceo. It was announced in 2014.
About the -800neo
The A330-800 retains the fuselage length of the A330-200. The -800 has a range of 7500 nmi (13,900 km) with 257 passengers (406 max). As the variants share 99% commonality, developing the smaller -800 had a negligible extra cost.
The -800s first flight happened in November, 2018.
Customers:
Air Greenland
Kuwait Airways
Uganda Airlines
Specs:
Dimensions
Overall length
58.82 m
Cabin length
45.00 m
Fuselage width
5.64 m
Max cabin width
5.26 m
Wing span (geometric)
64 m
Height
17.39 m
Track
10.68 m
Wheelbase
22.18 m
Performance
Range
15,094 km
Mmo
M0.86
Max ramp weight
251.90 tonnes
Max take-off weight
251.00 tonnes
Max landing weight
186.0 tonnes
Max zero fuel weight
176 tonnes
Max fuel capacity
139 090 litres
Aircraft weights and capabilities shown are the highest
Why do we need the -800?
It has many unique liveries, such as Air Greenland and Uganda Airlines. As the devs are working on the A330neo currently, it would be nice to have this aircraft.
I really like the -800 as it’s a bit shorter but I don’t think we will see it in the near future as the -900 will be added soon ! Although good to see that someone created a feature request :)
I think this model could come in the future if the A330-200 comes too, I think it would be a lot less work to make the -800 considering that we already have engines, wings and other things like the -900, I hope that until then it wins more operators