the airínea Virgin Atlantic I receivedó his first avión Airbus A330neo leased from Air Lease Corporation (ALC). Press photo Virgin Atlantic
The A330neo performedñará a crucial role in the transformationócompany fleet numberñíand alsoén marks the grandfatherón número 50 from Airbus for the airíUK based company.
Virgin Atlantic will becomeá in the first operator of its kind in the United Kingdom and has asked 13 A330neo aircraft (six leased from LAC) with the intentionón to expand the fleet to 16 possibly.
The A330 family is the avión widebody más popular in técustomer terms and routes, while the flexibility of the A330neo in the medium and long haul market is unrivaled. The A330neo, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines 7000, reduces operating costs per seat by two daysígitos and has a 25 percent less fuel consumption and carbon emissions compared toón with competing generation aircraftón anterior.
Provides pilots with a fleetún of A330-A350 of Virgin Atlantic and a seamless experience for passengers, as Virgin already operates nine aircraft A350-1000 from úlast generationón.
The A330neo features the award-winning cabin Airspace, giving passengers a new level of comfort, environment and designñO. This includes offering más personal space, upper compartments más large, a new lighting systemón and the ability to offer the úlatest in-flight entertainment systems and total connectivity.
As with all aircraft Airbus, the A330neo tooén has a cabin air system úlast generationón that guarantees a clean and safe environment during the flight. the grandfatherón isá configured to accommodate the 262 passengers in three classes, included 32 upper class seats with privacy doors and two of the airline's new Retreat Suitesínea.
Benefitsáleaving the relationshipóderivation nón más high of any Trent engine, the Trent 7000 offers a significant improvement in fuel consumption per seat compared toón with its predecessor and reduceá aircraft noise significantly. East á certified to operate with a mixture of 50 percent of aviation fuelsón sustainable (PURE); the airplane delivery flightón of Toulouse a Londres Heathrow voló with a mixture of PURE of the 35 percent.
