Why an A330-200, and Why Now?

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Blog article by Jason Rosewell

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If you’ve been following our recent Open Beta updates (or our CEO’s Discord leaks), you may have noticed something unexpected entering testing: the Airbus A330-200.

And collectively, the audience exclaimed, “Um… what?”

For some, that’s exciting. If you’re into wing box fairings that are comically large in relation to the fuselage, or oddly stretched out main gear (long live the 777), but my personal preference may be spilling into the corporate comms and I digress. For others, it raises fair questions about how a new aircraft variant shows up while other aircraft still in development haven’t shipped yet. This article adds a bit of context on how the A330-200 came to be, what changed behind the scenes, and why this kind of addition is possible now.

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And of course the glorious GE90s.

Thanks for the great info Jason. Anyways, looking forward to the A330!

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Thanks for the info, indeed! Just sad that my subscription ends this month…

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I think everyone has one big question from this:

Could we be getting the PW engine variant out of this?

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I have a question. The blog page is currently in dark mode, how do I switch it back to light mode?

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Uhmmm. A330-200 why not. It looks beautiful anyway.

Nice concept, maybe a couple of liveries such as Turkish or Iberia would be nice. Who else uses the A332?

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You can’t. Light mode is an abomination. (jk… but actually)

Our new website no longer supports “modes” in favour of the dark “style” of Infinite Flight’s brand.

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I certainly wasn’t expecting the Spanish, I mean, the A332, and it looks really advanced in production, do you have an estimated release timeframe? I know the basic, and correct, answer will be “when it’s ready,” but maybe a vague timeframe can help reduce the anger on social media re-lack of 26.1.

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There’s nothing that can reduce that anger, you know that :smiley:

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The “vague” timeframe is last October :joy:

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Alright!! Good to hear! I’m glad the new pipeline is already proving to be significantly more effective!

But let’s give the military aircraft some love :wink:

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Nothing beats a good ol’ blog article.

The A330-200 is an excellent choice. Derivative of an existing high-quality model with plenty of unique operators and fun route opportunities!

Please though, have this aircraft not be underpowered. :folded_hands:

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Is there already confirmed livery ?

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Im very excited to hear about this and also happy that this hasn’t slowed down any of the other productions

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Can’t wait for this aircraft what a great surprise. You guys are the best at these random super surprises :raising_hands:

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I guess Generic is confirmed with CF6s…

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I hope the landing gear of A330 is not so soft anymore, but has some cushioning :smiley:

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Emphasis on this especially, I remember flying the A330-300 only on a short hop between Fort Lauderdale and Montreal and the aircraft struggled to climb at only 1,800ft/m

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ooooo a new surprise aircraft :eyes:

The A330 lovers will definitely love this!

However (pardon me in advance for saying this)

A330F TOO PLEASEEEEEEEE!!!:pleading_face::pleading_face::pleading_face::pleading_face::pleading_face:

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Awesome! I would love to fly it on infiniteflight. Azul has great liveries on it, besides its standard. Check PR-AIV, PR-AIT and PR-AIU, Brazilian flag, tudo azul and azul viagens livery :laughing::folded_hands:t3:

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