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Airbus Studying A330-300 Improvements

Airbus confirmed it hopes to raise the A330-300's max takeoff weight.

The A330-300 could see its maximum takeoff weight increase by 11,000 pounds.

By Thierry Dubois • Writer

January 31, 2012

Airbus has confirmed it has begun studies aimed at raising the A330-300’s maximum takeoff weight (mtow) by five metric tons, from 235 tons (518,081 pounds) to 240 tons (529,104 pounds), in a bid to increase the twinjet’s range and better compete with the Boeing 787 and 777. The higher-gross-weight A330-300 would aid Airbus’s efforts to plug the gap left by the withdrawal of the now out-of-production A340 and the delay of the A350 XWB's entry into service until the first half of 2014.

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