A330 tracker: every Airbus A330 flying right now
The A330 is Airbus's long-serving widebody twin, flying since 1992 and still built today as the A330neo. The live count below covers every A330 a receiver can hear, from the -200 to the -900, along with the versions and airlines that have the most in the air.
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Airbus A330 at a glance
- First flight
- November 2, 1992 (A330-300), Toulouse
- Entered service
- January 1994, with Air Inter
- A330neo
- First flight October 19, 2017; in service with TAP Air Portugal from December 2018
- Engines
- Original: GE CF6, Pratt & Whitney PW4000 or Rolls-Royce Trent 700. Neo: Rolls-Royce Trent 7000
- Sibling
- The four-engine A340, launched alongside it in 1987
The twin that outlived the A340
Airbus launched the A330 and A340 together in 1987 with the same fuselage, wing and cockpit. The four-engine A340 was meant for the longest routes, where the rules of the time kept twin-engine jets close to diversion airports; the A330 was for everything else. As those ETOPS rules relaxed, the A330 could fly most of the same routes on two engines for less money, and it far outsold its sibling. The A340 tracker follows the survivors.
The A330neo
The A330-900 and A330-800 keep the original fuselage but add Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, a longer wing with curved sharklet tips and a new cabin. The -900 is the one you will usually see, with airlines such as Delta, TAP Air Portugal and Condor. The shorter -800 is rare, with only a small number delivered.
Tankers and freighters
The A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport, flown by air forces including the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and the French Air and Space Force, is built on the A330-200 and broadcasts the same A332 code, as do A330-200 freighters. Some of the -200s on this map are therefore tankers or cargo jets, usually with military or freight callsigns.
Airbus's own outsize transport, the BelugaXL, is also built on the A330 and has its own Beluga tracker.
Questions
Is the A330 still in production?
Yes, as the A330neo (the A330-800 and A330-900), which has replaced the original -200 and -300 on the passenger production line. The A330 MRTT tanker is still built on the -200 airframe.
What is the difference between the A330-300 and the A330-900?
They are almost exactly the same length. The A330-900 has newer Trent 7000 engines, a wingspan stretched from about 60 to 64 meters and an updated cabin, and burns noticeably less fuel. The A330-300 vs A330-900 comparison has the full specifications.
Why isn't an aircraft I know is flying on the map?
Positions come from volunteer ADS-B receivers, which only hear aircraft within roughly 200 nautical miles. Over oceans, deserts and parts of Africa and Asia there are few receivers, so an aircraft can vanish mid-flight and reappear near land. Military and some government aircraft also switch their transponders' public data off.
More live trackers
Positions from the adsb.lol volunteer ADS-B network (ODbL). Aircraft are shown only while a receiver can hear them.