Airbus is set to conduct the maiden flight of the A330-800 from its Toulouse headquarters on 6 November.
The airframer states that the aircraft – the shorter variant of the A330neo family – should depart at 10:30 local time, weather and other conditions permitting.
If the flight goes ahead, the maiden sortie of the -800 would come exactly 9,500 days – just over 26 years – after the first ever A330 take-off, when the initial -300 became airborne on 2 November 1992.
The A330-800 is the re-engined version of the A330-200, and is fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 powerplants.
Airbus carried out the first flight of the larger A330neo, the A330-900, in October last year.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
