Brussels Airlines Says Goodbye To Its Last Airbus A330-200
Belgium’s national flag carrier and the country’s largest airline, Brussels Airlines, is sending its last remaining Airbus A330-200 to the Netherlands, where it will be dismantled and sold off for spare parts. At lunchtime today, the aircraft, registration OO-SFZ, will depart Brussels Airport (BRU) for Enschede Airport Twente (ENS).
According to Aviation24.be, once on the ground in Holland, the aircraft will be handed over to specialist aircraft dismantling company AELS (Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions), who will carefully take the plane apart. Once in pieces, the parts are labeled, recertified, and returned to the market as spare parts. AELS is the only company that can handle the entire supply chain for aircraft disassembly and dismantling.
Brussels Airlines has 12 Airbus A330-300s
According to Planespotters.net Brussels Airlines had three Airbus A330-200s in its fleet with OO-SFZ the last remaining -200 version following OO-SFY being sent to Enschede Airport Twente in August 2019.
Before today, OO-SFZ was still active in the Brussels Airlines fleet. However, it had remained parked for several months following the coronavirus outbreak in Europe last spring. Brussels Airlines’ remaining long-haul fleet is now exclusively composed of 12 Airbus A330-300s with an average age of 13.8 years.
About the Airbus A330-200
Derived from the Airbus A300, the Airbus A330-200 is a short version of the Airbus A330-300. The A330-200 is a twin-aisle widebody jet with a range of 7,250 nautical miles ( 13,450 kilometers). Brussels Airlines’ Airbus A330-200s had 272 seats laid out in a three-class configuration.
Business class has 22 flatbed seats, while premium economy offers 32 seats that are slightly wider than the 218 seats in economy class. Brussels Airlines used its A330-200 on routes between Belgium and the United States and between Belgium and long-haul routes in Africa.
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