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Airbus: TransAsia Airways takes delivery of its first A-330 airplane

Blagnac, France - The carrier has selected RR Trent 700 engines to power it

TransAsia Airways of Taiwan has taken delivery of the first of two A-330/300 airplanes ordered from Airbus. The aircraft was delivered at a ceremony in Toulouse on November 26 attended by TransAsia Airways Chairman Vincent Lin. The A-330 will be the first widebody aircraft to be operated by TransAsia. Featuring a high comfort two class layout seating 300 passengers, the aircraft will initially fly...

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Rome, Italy, 11/26/2012 18:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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