Air France begins to retire Airbus A330s from its fleet
Air France’s first Airbus A330-200s have been quietly withdrawn from its fleet since late August, according to a report in Journal de l’Aviation.
Four aircraft joined the Tarmac Aerosave facility at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport between August 26 and September 30. They are MSN 500, 448, 519 and 481 (F-GZCH, F-GZCC, F-GZCL and F-GZCF respectively), delivered in 2001 and 2002. It should be noted that one of the aircraft was flown from N’Djamena, Chad, following an incident in late May with a container cargo vehicle during a storm. A fifth aircraft (MSN 465, F-GZCE) has been stationed in Toulouse for several days.
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Currently, some nine Air France A330s continue to serve routes such as Abuja (Nigeria), Bangalore (India), Douala (Cameroon), Libreville (Gabon), Lomé (Togo), Luanda (Angola), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), N’Djamena, Pointe-Noire (Congo), Saint-Maarten and Yaoundé (Cameroon).
The airline’s A330s will be gradually replaced by new Airbus A350-900s.
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