Editing Airbus A330 (section)

===Entry into service===
[[File:Airbus A330-301, Air Inter AN0198153.jpg|thumb|[[Air Inter]] introduced the A330-300 on 17 January 1994 as its launch operator.]]
[[Air Inter]] became the first operator of the A330, having put the aircraft into service on 17 January 1994 between [[Orly Airport]], Paris, and [[Marseille]].{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|pp=84–85}} Deliveries to [[Malaysia Airlines]] (MAS) and [[Thai Airways International]] were postponed to address [[delamination]] of the [[composite material]]s in the PW4168 engine's [[Thrust reversal|thrust reverser]] assembly. Thai Airways received its first A330 during the second half of the year, operating it on routes from [[Bangkok]] to [[Taipei]] and [[Seoul]].{{sfn|Eden|2008|p=32}}{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|pp=86, 89}} Cathay Pacific received its Trent 700 A330s following the certification of that engine on 22 December 1994.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=89}} MAS received its A330 on 1 February 1995 and then rescheduled its other ten orders.{{sfn|Eden|2008|p=32}} Its initial range was around 4,000 nautical miles but subsequent refinements increased the range of newer models to 5,000 nautical miles and by 2015, the range was 6,100 nautical miles.<ref name="1500th-A330" />