Aircraft comes with an increased 242t MTOW and features 279 seats (12 J, 32 W, 235 Y).

Tibet Airlines Airbus A330-243 cn 1730 F-WWKU // B-8420 by Clément Alloing, on Flickr
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http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-e ... irst-a330/
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SonOfABeech wrote:Do they actually plan to use it on longhaul?
Polot wrote:How much will LXA's altitude (3,570m/11,710') restrict range?
euroflyer wrote:They will definitely use some of these frame for domestic routes Inside China, yet I don't know about which cities.
MrHMSH wrote:Is there any precedent for A332s flying at high-altitude airports in S. America?
Polot wrote:MrHMSH wrote:Is there any precedent for A332s flying at high-altitude airports in S. America?
Yes, AV flies BOG(2,548m/8,361')-LHR with the A332, which is longer than LXA-LHR.
I didn't think Tibet Airlines would have any issues with restrictions on plausible routes from LXA unless there are additional issues because of the Himalayas, I was just curious in general how much of a toll that elevation takes on performance.
usflyer123 wrote:they will probably use it on SHA/PEK because they are pretty far fron LXA and have alot of pax traffic.
i really dont see any international routes from LXA they can use that plane, any suggestions?
YLWbased wrote:usflyer123 wrote:they will probably use it on SHA/PEK because they are pretty far fron LXA and have alot of pax traffic.
i really dont see any international routes from LXA they can use that plane, any suggestions?
I was gonna say IST, but than they have the attack.
Rumor has it that they're looking to start HKG and codeshare with CX/KA, I think A320 won't make it to HKG n/s due to LXA's altitude, so this A332 might work.
YLWbased
Crazy4Planes wrote:Will TV launch flights to India, say DEL? There is large Tibetan community in Delhi.
Tibet Airlines is waiting government approval to launch a daily round-trip service to Sochi, Russia starting November 2016.
Pending government approval, the Lhasa-based carrier will operate the Sanya-Chengdu-Sochi service in November on a daily basis, according to an announcement released Monday on the website of the CAAC.
Tibet Airlines will use its Airbus A330 aircraft on the Sochi service, the CAAC added.