Airbus A330-300 C-GFUR

An Air Canada Airbus A330-300 C-GFUR arriving in Montreal. It will be a sad day when these beauties leave the fleet. I wish they could stay alongside the 777s... they are so elegant.

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sfPhotocraft says:

Is AC getting rid of the 330? When?

I saw your photo in the Red, White and Blue group and I liked the old paint job for AC better, the one prior to this one with the maple leaf on the green tail - it was more elegant.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

caribb says:

I agree with you on the old colours. I prefer them too but sadly once into bankrupcy then out again the norm is to distance themselves from the old image that held all the ghosts of why they went bankrupt... so this new look was born. It's not bad but I'm no jumping up and down about it.... eh, not that I would anyways LOL.

As for the A330, yes both it and the A340s are leaving the fleet over the next ten years with the A340s going out fast. Air Canada ordered Boeing 777s and 787s to replace them as well as their 767s which too will be retired. The 777s are much more efficient for Air Canada's needs (2 engines vs 4 engines - so better economics over the Pacific) and they will start to come online next year I believe and the A340s will leave at the same time. The 787s will be several years down the road as the first test model isn't even completed yet. My understanding is the A330 is a really good plane but I'm told the A340s apparently are real gas guslers.... so don't take that as fact but it's rumored to be the reason around Air Canada's decision... Therefore when replacing the fleet they had to decide to either go all new (Boeing) or stick with Airbus and they chose Boeing. I think in part because the A340-500 wasn't living up to it's performance targets and the A340-600 is even worse... and the new A350 wasn't a match for the 787. Not surprisingly Airbus has now proposed a complete redesign of the A350 because they lost so many sales to Boeing for the 777/787 combination. So they are having a rough go at the moment unfortunately... but I still love the A330 both to fly in and to watch. It's just too bad they couldn't keep them on with the 777s but it makes sense to dump them as well and start fresh when you are talking milions upon millions of dollars.
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Evergreen2005 says:

Beauty and majesty !
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caribb says:

Evergreen2005 - Thanks!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Ellis says:

Great shot!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

liveanoptimisticlife says:

Stunning!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

caribb says:

Peter Ellis & liveanoptimisticlife thanks forthe comments :)
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Skagit Information Management Systems (Skagit IMS) says:

Thanks for the pic - helped me ID an airplane recently:

Zoom on Air Canada A330-300 (01) by Skagit Information Management Systems (Skagit IMS)

Oh and at the link is a comment where I bash Airbus. Fair warning :-).
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

caribb says:

Skagit Information Management Systems (Skagit IMS) - Glad I can help.
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