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kurz auf piefkinesisch: Airbus wird Mitte 2014 eine Entscheidung über die Entwicklung eines A330neo treffen. EIS ist für 2017 oder 2018 geplant. Sicher scheint ein neues Triebwerk zu sein: "... mit Technologie die man heute an der 787 sieht". Möglicherweise kommen andere Dinge hinzu wie Sharklet und einige aerodynamische Verbesserungen.Airbus anticipates A330neo decision by mid-2014
Airbus is likely to make a decision on whether to move forward with a re-engined A330 by the middle of 2014, says Airbus Americas president Barry Eccleston.
A decision on the aircraft, dubbed the A330neo, is needed in order to ensure that it is competitive with the Boeing 787 but does not erode sales of the European airframer’s own A350 when it enters service, he says at the Phoenix International Aviation Symposium on 4 April.
That entry-into-service window is widely understood to be in the 2017 or 2018 timeframe when there is limited availability of A350s and 787s, based on comments from various lessors and lenders at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas conference in March.
The A330neo would likely include a new engine as well as other upgrades.
“If we did it, we’d probably be looking to upgrade the engine technology to what we see in the 787 today,” says Eccleston on potential upgrades to the existing A330. “We’d do other things to the airplane as well, if we did it – some aerodynamic tweaks, a sharklet maybe.”