sábado, 2 de agosto de 2014

Air China Southwest Receives Brand New A330 Aircraft

Air China Southwest took delivery of a brand-new Airbus A330-300 aircraft on July 31.

At 5:00 p.m., July 31, a brand-new wide-body Airbus A330-300from Toulouse, France landed smoothly at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) and joined the fleet of Southwest Branch of Air China (CA), bringing its fleet size up to 68 aircraft including 19 A330s.

The new aircraft, registration number B-5948, is the fifth plane introduced by the branch company in 2014, which will be deployed on Chengdu-Frankfurt route and some popular domestic routes, including business and tourism flights departure from Chengdu, Beijing, and Guiyang.

 Airbus A330-300, a wide-body twin-aisle jet airliner, is configured with 301 seats in three cabins - 30 in business class, 16 in premium economy class, and 255 in economy class.
Since the retirements of last Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft in 2013, the branch company had entered an age of all-Airbus fleet. Currently, the branch company operates four models including A330, A321, A320 and A319 aircraft with improved fleet structure, reducing aircraft age from 8.14 years in 2010 to 4.7 years in 2014, which can not only enhance customers comfort, but also save maintenance and operation cost for the airline.
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