About thai airways
Thai Airways International plc (Thai: ?????? ????????? ????? (?????)) is the flag carrier airline of Thailand.[6][7][8] Formed in 1961 as a joint venture between SAS and Thai Airways Company, the airline has its corporate headquarters in Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Chatuchak district, Bangkok,[9][10] and primarily operates from Suvarnabhumi Airport. THAI is a founding member of the Star Alliance. The airline is the second-largest shareholder of the low-cost carrier Nok Air with a 8.91 per cent stake (2021),[11] and it launched a regional carrier under the name Thai Smile in the middle of 2012 using new Airbus A320 aircraft.[12] In 2023, it was announced that Thai Smile would be merged back into Thai Airways.[13]

About airbus a330
Powered by two General Electric CF6-80E1, Pratt & Whitney PW4000, or Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, the 63.69 m (208 ft 11 in) long -300 has a range of 11,750 km (6,340 nmi; 7,300 mi), typically carries 277 passengers with a 440 exit limit and 32 LD3 containers.[100] It received European and American certification on 21 October 1993 after 420 test flights over 1,100 hours.[138] The -300 entered service on 16 January 1994.[39] The A330-300 is based on a stretched A300 fuselage but with new wings, stabilisers and fly-by-wire systems.

In 2010, Airbus offered a new version of the -300 with the maximum gross weight increased by two tonnes to 235 t. This enabled 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) extension of the range as well as 1.2 t increase in payload.[139] In mid 2012, Airbus proposed another increase of the maximum gross weight to 240 t. It is planned to be implemented by mid 2015. This -300 version will have the range extended by 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) and will carry 5 t more payload. It will include engine and aerodynamic improvements reducing its fuel burn by about 2%.[140] In November 2012, it was further announced that the gross weight will increase from 235 t to 242 t, and the range will increase by 500 nmi (926 km; 575 mi) to 6,100 nmi (11,300 km; 7,020 mi). Airbus is also planning to activate the central fuel tank for the first time for the -300 model.[125]

As of December 2020, a total of 779 of the -300 had been ordered, 771 of which had been delivered, with 742 in operation.[1] The 2015 list price is $264 million.[77] The closest competitors have been the Boeing 767-400ER, 787-9, and the now out-of-production McDonnell Douglas MD-11.[141]

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