One of the ten new Airbus A330-900neo aircraft of Delta Airlines, N403DX, gets airborne at Seattle-Tacoma. Delta inaugurated its A330neo services on 10 July 2019 with nonstop services Seattle to Shanghai as the first North American airline to operate the type. Prior to the pandemic, the airline planned to have at least 35 of the new A330-900neo aircraft on strength. The arrival of the type is the part of a series of significant investments Delta is making to its new Seattle hub. At first the A330neo were reserved for the airline's flagship international services, but since the pandemic, some of the aircraft have been deployed on transcon domestic services with drops in international travel demand. Compared to the current legacy A330-200/300 versions, the A330-900neo has about a 14% improvement in fuel burn, much of that thanks to the new Rolls Royce Trent 7000 engines. The Trent 7000 is the exclusive engine of the A330neo and is based on the Trent 1000 used on the 787 (in fact it’s certificated as a Trent 1000 variant), the Trent XWB used on the Airbus A350, and the long experience with the Trent 700 used on the legacy A330. Compared to the Trent 700, it has double the bypass ratio which makes for a much bigger fan and thus larger nacelle. The A330-900neo (which I use interchangeably with the shorter A330neo) also dispenses with the A330’s canted winglets and uses the curved sharklets used on the A350 and it also has the A350’s windscreen as well. #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KSEA#SEA#Seattle #SeaTac #Washington #airport #planespotting #instaplane #Airbus #A330 #A330neo #Delta #DeltaAirlines #N403DX #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPrlwNNhlp0/?utm_medium=tumblr
